World News Atlas
Iraq
2008
February
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Female bombers kill 64 at markets ||||
| Two mentally disabled were strapped with explosives and sent into busy markets, where they were blown up by remote control. The death toll in morning's attacks at two animal markets was the high... |
Northern Iraq
Iraqi political and military leaders and U.S. military commanders have traveled to Mosul ahead of a planned offensive on al Qaeda
Iraq
Video claims to show al Qaeda kid camp
The U.S. military said disturbing video that shows masked boys brandishing guns was an al Qaeda training and recruiting tool
Sunni Triangle
Town of Balad hit by deadly car bomb At least 23 people have been killed in the blast happened near an Iraqi army checkpoint. About 45 people were also injured
Baghdad
Iranian president to make Iraq visit Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a landmark visit to Iraq on March 2, the first-ever trip by an Iranian leader
Baghdad
Women patients recruited as bombers U.S. military: Al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting female patients at 2 psychiatric hospitals for suicide missions, with the help of hospital sta...
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killing former allies Video shows al Qaeda firing squad executing one-time allies, fellow Sunni extremists, who were not loyal enough to the terror organization
Southern Iraq
Northern Iraq
Turkish troops enter Iraq 
Turkish ground forces have crossed the border into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebels to be sheltering there
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Baghdad | Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for 6 months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia |
Iraq
'Surge' produces some results| A year after Bush ordered 30,000 additional U.S. troops, American and Iraqi officials said there has been a drop in violence |
Northern Iraq
'Dozens dead' in Turkish assault
Turkey's army says its ground offensive has left five soldiers and dozens of Kurdish rebels dead
Northern Iraq
Turkey: 35 Kurd rebels killed
At least 35 Kurdish rebels have been killed in fighting as the offensive against the rebels came under criticism from Baghdad
Baghdad
Northern Iraq
PKK 'shoots down Turkish chopper' Kurdish rebels say they have shot down a Cobra attack helicopter during clashes
Iraq
Bombers, gunmen attack Shiite pilgrimage
A suicide bomber killed at least 40 pilgrims and wounded 60 others as the pilgrims are to commemorate one of the holiest days
Sunni Triangle
Map of Samarra Iraq A man in a wheelchair blew himself in a police station, killing 3 National Police officers, including a commander
Northern Iraq
Turks claim 41 rebels killed| 2 military personnel died in a further day of fighting. The White House is in 'constant dialogue' with Iraq and Turkey about the operation |
Iraq
About 8,000 'surge' troops will remain Pentagon: About 8,000 of the 30,000 'surge' troops sent to Iraq in 2007 will not go home as planned this summer. Support troops will still be...
Baghdad
Iraq denounces Turkish offensive The Iraqi government has denounced an incursion into northern Iraq in some of the strongest terms heard since the operation began
London
PM Brown: Hostage video deplorable British Prime Minister consulted with his Iraqi counterpart, following the release of a video showing a British national who was kidnapped
Northern Iraq
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