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Iraqi troops are deployed in large numbers in the Baghdad District of Sadr City, where Shiite militiamen used to control the streets. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 33 days ago
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi soldiers took up positions on rooftops and military helicopters hovered overhead Friday in a show of strength in a Baghdad District where Shiite militiamen once ruled the streets. There were no reports of violence. The heavy ... Source: www.salon.com --- 33 days ago
Iraqi soldiers took up positions on rooftops and military helicopters hovered overhead Friday in a show of strength in a Baghdad District where Shiite militiamen once ruled the streets. There were no reports of violence. The heavy deployment in Sadr City coincided with Friday prayers held... ... Source: www.salon.com --- 47 days ago
Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said. Sheik Salim al-Dirraji was gunned down in the Hayania District, which had been a stronghold of the Mahdi Army of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr until a s... ... Source: www.salon.com --- 4 days ago
Iraqi police and hospital officials say a car bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad has killed three people and wounded nine others. The officials say the parked car exploded at about 9 a.m. Saturday near minibuses assembled to pick up pilgrims in the city's mainly Shiite District ... ... Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com --- 13 days ago
On a recent night, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki went to celebrate Baghdad's security gains. He went out to a restaurant in Baghdad's Karrada District, where he was greeted by Baghdadis. The visit by Maliki and his entourage would have been unthinkable a year ago when bombings happened every day. But now with a relative calm, Maliki and his supporters were given a hero's welcome in the primarily affluent Shiite District, where restaurants stay open into the evening. The tour seemed akin to a Western-style meet-and-greet by politicians in the United States. ...
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 10 days ago
BAGHDAD — Iraq's foreign minister says negotiators are "on the brink" of reaching a long-term security pact with the United States that will decide the fate of American troops in Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari says the Iraqis are insisting on the inclusion of a "clear timeline" for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. But he has refused to give any dates. Zebari told journalists on Sunday that the main sticking points have been over the authorization of military operations and sovereignty issues. But he's optimistic that both sides "are compromising on all these issues." U.S. acceptance _ even tentatively _ of a specific timeline would represent a dramatic reversal of American policy in place since the war began in March 2003. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. BAGHDAD (AP) _ A series of bombs struck Iraqi security forces and commuters in the Baghdad area on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding 25 others, police said. The deadliest blast occurred about 8:15 a.m. in a crowded area where people wait for buses in the mainly Shiite southeastern District of Kamaliya in Baghdad, police officials said. Four people were killed, including a woman and her brother, and 11 others wounded in that attack, according to the officials. A car bomb later exploded as an Iraqi army patrol passed by in Baghdad's central Khillani square, killing a soldier and a civilian and wounding ni ... Source: www.chron.com --- 33 days ago
BAGHDAD — Iraqi troops are deployed in large numbers in the Baghdad District of Sadr City, where Shiite militiamen used to control the streets. Iraqi soldiers are on top of buildings around the office of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose followers hold Friday prayers there and use the occasion to criticize the American-backed government. ... Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 17 days ago
BAGHDAD — A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said. The explosives-packed small truck blew up some 200 yards away from a passport office in a Sunni Arab District, a police officer said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. At least two women were among the dead, the officer said. The wounded included four women and three policemen, he added. Health authorities confirmed the casualties. It was the first major bombing in Baghdad since last Monday, when three suicide bombers killed more than 30 people and wounded hundreds during a Shiite religious procession. Sunday's attack came just hours before Iraq's parliament is scheduled to convene a special session aimed at defusing tension over Kurdish demands to incorporate the oil-rich Kirkuk area into their autonomous region in Iraq's north. The dispute over Kirkuk and its vast oil wealth has blocked passage of legislation providing for provincial elections this year, a major U.S. goal aimed at reconciling Iraq's rival ethnic and religious communities. More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen rallied Saturday against Kurdish demands in the town of Hawija, near Kirkuk. Tension is high, after a suicide bomb attack killed 25 people last week during a Kurdish protest. "I hope they can reach a sol ... Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 4 days ago
BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Saturday as Shiite pilgrims were boarding minibuses in Baghdad, killing at least six people, officials said. It was the third consecutive day that extremists targeted travelers en route to the holy city of Karbala. Despite the violence, hundreds of thousands of worshippers streamed toward the twin golden domed mosques amid tight security in the city south of Baghdad. Men and women filed through separate metal gates to be searched. The explosives-laden car blew up about 9 a.m. near minibuses assembled to pick up pilgrims in Baghdad's mainly Shiite District of Shaab. It was the latest in a series of bombings targeting Shiites heading to Karbala for a major religious festival that culminates this weekend. The deadliest was a female suicide bombing on Thursday that killed at least 18 pilgrims resting on the side of the road south of Baghdad. A passenger van packed with explosives also blew up Friday night at a bus station in Balad, north of Baghdad where Shiite pilgrims had stopped for the night, killing four people and wounding dozens, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The attacks have raised concern that extremists were seeking to re-ignite the firestorm of sectarian massacres that plunged Iraq to the brink of civil war two years ago before thousands of American reinforcements were rushed to the country. U.S.-backed Iraqi troops have stepped up security measures for the pilgrimage, but travelers remain vul ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 17 days ago
A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said. The explosives-packed small truck blew up some 200 yards away from a passport office in a Sunni Arab District, a police officer said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. At least two women were among the dead, the officer said. The wounded included four women and three policemen, he added. Health authorities confirmed the casualties. It was the first major bombing in Baghdad since last Monday, when three suicide bombers killed more than 30 people and wounded hundreds during a Shiite religious procession. Sunday's attack came just hours before Iraq's parliament is scheduled to convene a special session aimed at defusing tension over Kurdish demands to incorporate the oil-rich Kirkuk area into their autonomous region in Iraq's north. ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 3 days ago
A series of bombings in this small but strategic northwestern Iraqi city is stoking fears of a return to sectarian conflict here and raising questions about a strategy of handing urban security to Iraqi police. Since April, at least four major bombings have killed about 40 people and wounded nearly 150 on this city on the main route from Mosul to the east and the Syrian border 60 miles to the west. The deadliest was on Aug. 8, when a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives in a vegetable market in a Shiite District, killing at least 20 people, police said. U.S. officials blamed the attack on al-Qaida in Iraq. The city's mayor, Najim Abdullah, fears that the removal of American troops from his city and the deployment of Iraqi army soldiers to nearby Mosul have left his overwhelmingly Turkoman community vulnerable. "The goal was to start sectarian violence with the car bombs," he said. "There used to be a whole brigade here and now it's less. Soon, these policies will backfire in Tal Afar and allow terrorists to come in." Those concerns have emerged even as insurgent attacks and sectarian bloodshed have ebbed over the past year throughout Iraq, and as the U.S. is considering a further reduction in the 145,000-member U.S. force following the July departure of the last of the troops sent here in 2007 to curb sectarian violence. ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 4 days ago
A car bomb exploded Saturday as Shiite pilgrims were boarding minibuses in Baghdad, killing at least six people, officials said, in a third straight day of attacks on travelers heading to a religious ceremony in Karbala. Despite the violence, hundreds of thousands of worshippers streamed toward the twin golden domed mosques of Karbala, a Shiite religious center 50 miles south of Baghdad. Men and women filed through separate gates to be searched. The explosives-laden car blew up about 9 a.m. near minibuses picking up pilgrims in Baghdad's mainly Shiite District of Shaab. It was the latest in a series of bombings targeting Shiites heading for the Karbala festivities, which culminate Sunday. The deadliest attack came Thursday when a female suicide bomber killed at least 18 pilgrims resting on the side of the road south of Baghdad. On Friday, a passenger van packed with explosives blew up at a bus station in Balad, north of Baghdad. The Balad hospital director, Qassim Hatam al-Qaisi, said nine people were killed and 40 were wounded. ... Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com --- 3 days ago
Iraqi police and hospital officials say a car bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad has killed six people and wounded 11 others. The officials say the parked car exploded at about 9 a.m. Saturday near minibuses assembled to pick up pilgrims in the city's mainly Shiite District of Shaab. The officials gave the casualty toll for the bombing on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information. ... Source: www.michaelmoore.com --- 15 days ago
2008-08-05 2 U.S. TROOPS KILLED BY IRAQ ROADSIDE BOMB BAGHDAD, Iraq ( CNN ) -- A roadside bomb attack on Monday killed two U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Another soldier was wounded in the attack and taken to a combat support hospital, according to military spokesman Lt. David Russell. The deaths follow an incident Saturday in which a U.S. soldier died and two others were injured when their vehicle rolled over at a forward operating base near Balad, north of Baghdad, Russell said. July marked the lowest monthly toll of the war, with 11 U.S. troop deaths -- six killed in hostilities and five dying from causes not related to combat, according to a CNN count of figures released by the Pentagon. With the three deaths in August, 4,130 U.S. military personnel have died since the Iraq war began in 2003. Other developments ⢠A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol detonated Monday morning on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 15, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The deaths include one Iraqi soldier, while nine Iraqi soldiers were among the wounded. ⢠Also on Monday morning, a roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi police patrol in the southern Baghdad District of Dora, wounding two people, including one policeman, the ministry official said. ⢠Late Sunday, a parked car bomb exploded outside a coffee shop in Hilla, a Shiite city about 62 miles south of Baghdad, killing on ... Source: www.wspa.com --- 21 days ago
4th District Rep. Bob Inglis just got back from visiting Iraq and three other nations. He tells News Channel 7, security in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City has improved so much. He says when he last visited Iraq in 2007, going to Sadr City was too dangerous. ... Find more results for Shiite District on RSSMicro.com |
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RTE.ie Baghdad suicide blast kills 15 CNN International - 50 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bombing killed 15 people, including a leader of a US-backed militia, and wounded nearly 30 others Sunday in a Sunni Arab District of Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said. Suicide Bombing Kills 15 in Baghdad Voice of America Shiite pilgrims head home after largely violence-free rites at Karbala International Herald Tribune The Post - Aljazeera.net - AFP - GulfNews all 1,261 news articles ...
AP - Iraqi troops deployed in large numbers during Friday prayers in the Baghdad District of Sadr City, where Shiite militiamen used to control the streets. There were no reports of violence. ...
AP - Iraqi soldiers took up positions on rooftops and military helicopters hovered overhead Friday in a show of strength in a Baghdad District where Shiite militiamen once ruled the streets. There were no reports of violence. ...
Here on the plains of the Tigris River lies the shrine of Ezra, the Jewish prophet, who returned to Jerusalem at the end of the Babylonian exile. According to biblical scholars, Ezra died years later back in the Mesopotamia at age 120 in what is now called Uzair. Locals believe Ezra passed away while roaming through the area with his donkey. His shrine still exists in this predominantly Shiite District of Amarah province filled with supporters of young cleric Muqtada's Sadr late father, a grand ayatollah assassinated in 1999. Bashir Zaalan is the custodian of Ezra's shrine. Zaalan inherited the job from his blind 100-year-old father, who hobbles around on crutches. Iraq's once sizable Jewish population, which thrived in Baghdad, appointed him caretaker long ago. The capital is 268 miles away. If the shrine was forgotten after the creation of Israel in 1948, when most Jews left Iraq, Uzair has proudly embraced its cultural heritage. Like other prophets in the Bible, Ezra is a holy figure in Islam. And the wooden shrine and blue mosaics in the domed building are treated as sacred by visitors. A picture of Sadr's father hangs in the room where men worship by Ezra's wooden shrine. They touch the wood out of reverence. People visit the shrine to hold classes and deliver sermons on Islam. "Before, people had no idea who Ezra was!" Zaalan said. Zaalan guesses the brick building is 150 years old and replaced a reed structure. Until now ...