Tag: Iraq

Let the Sunshine In

Stephen F. Hayes · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack at al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 8, 2013. Iraqi authorities say the car bomb explosion has killed and wounded people in a commercial street in the Shiite neighborhood of al-Ameen, southeastern Baghdad. Several shops were damaged in the attack. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq hit by wave of bomb attacks, killing dozens

Adam Schreck · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center right, shakes hands with Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, center left, upon his arrival in Irbil, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 9, 2013. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki landed in Iraq's self-ruled northern Kurdish region to hold a Cabinet meeting as part of an initiative started last year to hold meetings outside Baghdad to better understand the needs of the provinces. (AP Photo/Ceerwan Aziz)

Iraq’s PM visits Kurdish north to melt ice

Sinan Salaheddin · June 9, 2013 4:00 am

A street vendor inspects his destroyed juice cart at the scene of a bomb attack at Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 28, 2013. A bomb left on a Baghdad minibus and a suicide truck bomb north of the Iraqi capital killed and wounded scores of people on Tuesday, officials said. The attacks followed a particularly bloody day that left more than 70 people dead. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Evening bomb blasts kill 30 in Baghdad

Qassim AbdulZahra · May 29, 2013 4:00 am

Iraqis gather at the scene of a car bomb attack at a used cars dealers parking lot in Habibiya neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 27, 2013. A wave of car bombings tore through mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhoods of the Baghdad area, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said, in the latest outburst of an unusually intense wave of bloodshed roiling Iraq. The blasts are the latest indication that Iraq's security is rapidly deteriorating. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Bombs tear through Iraqi capital, killing over 60

Sinan Salaheddin, Adam Schreck · May 27, 2013 4:00 am

Civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two car bombings in the southern city of Basra, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, including bombings hitting both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the last week. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)

Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover

Sinan Salaheddin · May 20, 2013 4:00 am

Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. A bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques have also been on the rise recently, raising fears that the country is slipping into a new round of sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Adem Hadei)

Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped

Sameer Yacoub · May 18, 2013 4:00 am

The dead body of a thwarted suicide bomber lies outside of the Mustafa mosque after being killed by security forces in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. Elsewhere, a bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques have also been on the rise recently, raising fears that the country is slipping into a new round of sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · May 17, 2013 4:00 am

A group of armed Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) enter northern Iraq in the Heror area, northeast of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The first of Kurdish fighters from Turkey have entered northern Iraq as part of a peace deal to end a long uprising, despite Iraqi objections to the transfer. Comrades greeted 13 armed men and women from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) at a ceremony in Heror in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish area. The central government in Baghdad has rejected the deal, warning that the entry of more armed Kurdish fighters could harm the country's security. (AP Photo/ Ceerwan Aziz)

Gunmen open fire on liquor stores in Iraq, 11 dead

Sameer Yacoub · May 14, 2013 4:00 am

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 photo, an Iraqi cleric walks inside a damaged Sunni mosque in western Baghdad, Iraq. Attacks on mosques, especially where Sunnis worship, have been on the rise recently. Iraqi officials have warned that insurgents are trying to take advantage of the country's political and sectarian turmoil by targeting mosques in an attempt to reignite civil strife in the country. The mosque was attacked two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Attacks on Sunni mosques fuel fears in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · May 13, 2013 4:00 am

Officials: Gunfire attacks kill 4, wound 3 in Iraq

Officials: Gunfire attacks kill 4, wound 3 in Iraq

Sinan Salaheddin · May 12, 2013 4:00 am

Family members of Diaa Mutashar al-Issawi, seen in the poster, chant anti-Jabhat al-Nusra and Free Syrian Army slogans during his funeral in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 6, 2013. The Iraqi Shiite fighter's body was collected Monday morning at a border crossing with Iran, then carried through the streets of this southern Iraqi city as mourners vowed a similar sacrifice to protect a revered shrine in Syria. (AP Photo/ Nabil Al-Jurani)

Iraqi death hints of Iran’s role in Syrian crisis

Nabil AlJurani, Adam Schreck · May 6, 2013 4:00 am