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 Sadr City |
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 Car bomb slaughter 62 at market The blast destroyed food and clothing stalls around 10 a.m. in the Sadr City section in the northeast of the capital
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Osama bin Laden |
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Bin Laden tells Sunnis to fight Shiites| Osama bin Laden in a tape posted on the Web encourages Sunnis to retaliate against Shiites in Iraq | |
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| Jul.2 |
Baghdad |
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 Hussein's wife, daughter on 'wanted' list| Iraq unveiled a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives which contains 41 names. al-Duri tops the list | |
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| Jul.4 |
Baghdad |
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Minister's convoy snatched Gunmen have kidnapped Raad al-Harith, Iraq's deputy electricity minister, and 19 bodyguards
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| Jul.7 |
Iraq |
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Gunmen, bombers target holy sites Insurgents struck 3 Sunni mosques and a Shiite holy place, killing at least 10 people
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 USA |
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US probe 'finds Haditha failings' Report: Marine officers at all levels failed to investigate conflicting reports of killings in the town
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| Jul.9 |
Baghdad |
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Gunmen kill 40 Sunnis in rampage| Gunmen, mostly 'young reckless teenagers', killed unarmed Iraqis as soon as they identified them as Sunnis | |
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Baghdad |
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5 soldiers charged in rape-murder case
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| Jul.11 |
Baghdad |
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Sunni official: Iraq may seek U.N. troops
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| Jul.12 |
Iraq |
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20 bodies found after abductions
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| Jul.13 |
Southern Iraq |
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 Province power transferred Britain has handed over responsibility for security in Muthanna to local forces
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| Jul.14 |
Baghdad |
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Violence takes lives at mosque
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| Jul.15 |
St. Petersburg |
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Putin rejects Iraq democracy model
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Baghdad |
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Gunmen kidnap Olympic leader
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| Jul.17 |
Iraq |
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Gunmen kill at least 48 market attack
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| Jul.18 |
Iraq |
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 Holy city bombing kills 45 A suicide car bomber detonated in a busy Kufa marketplace where day laborers gather
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 U.N.: 14,000 Iraqis killed in 2006 United Nations report: killings, kidnappings and torture remain widespread in Iraq
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| Jul.19 |
Iraq |
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U.N. envoy: End Iraqi 'tragedy' Ashraf Qazi has urged Iraqis to find a way to stop the killings in the war-torn country,
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| Jul.21 |
Iraq |
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Five killed in terror raid  The U.S. military: 5 people, two suspected terrorists, 2 women and a child, were killed in a raid
in northwest Baquba
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Baghdad |
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 Baghdad 'calmer' after new curfew The city has seen a day of relative quiet after a daytime traffic ban was extended to curb
violence
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| Jul.22 |
Iraq |
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3 Iraqi policemen killed in attack A planned ambush in a market in the city of Baquba
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| Jul.23 |
Baghdad |
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Hunger-strike Hussein in hospital| Former Iraqi president is suffering from the effects of a hunger strike, launched in protest of his ongoing trial | |
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| Jul.24 |
London |
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 Blair, Iraq PM discuss troop exit Britain's prime minister and Nuri al-Maliki are expected to discuss the progress made by Iraq's national government
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Baghdad |
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Trial resumes without Hussein 2 of the 7 defendants expected to give their final summations
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Baghdad |
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U.S. cracks down on Iraq death squads The death squads responsible for killing hundreds of citizens in Baghdad in recent months
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| Jul.25 |
Washington |
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 Bush, Iraqi PM discussed Baghdad security President Bush and Nuri al-Maliki worked to find common ground
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| Jul.26 |
Baghdad |
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Hussein: Shoot me if found guilty Saddam Hussein calsl on Iraqis to oust the Americans and to request execution by firing squad
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| Jul.27 |
Baghdad |
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Next up for Hussein: Verdict in October The trial of former Iraqi leader has been adjourned until October 16, when the verdict will be announced
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| Jul.29 |
Western Iraq |
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Four Marines killed in action 38 U.S. troops have died in Iraq during July
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| Jul.31 |
Baghdad |
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Gunmen kidnap 25 people Gunmen wearing Iraqi police uniforms pulled up in 15 vehicles and rounded up staff and customers of a firm
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