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Suicide blast kills at least 10 in market
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| Jun.4 |
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IDs of missing soldiers shown on Web site
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| Jun.5 |
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Suicide car bomb kills 15  A suicide bomber struck a local market in Ameriya, near Falluja. In Baghdad, police shot a female suicide bomber in the Sadr City
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| Jun.6 |
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 Turkish troops enter Iraq Several thousand troops crossed into northern Iraq to chase Kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases there
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Car bombs kill at least 7, wound 27
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| Jun.7 |
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Gen. Petraeus: Tribes deserting al Qaeda
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199 killed in June, Iraq says Iraq Interior Ministry: Nearly 200 people were victims of Baghdad's sectarian violence in the first week of June
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| Jun.8 |
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Rift seen in Iraq insurgency U.S. forces have begun arming nationalist guerrillas, ex-Saddam loyalists in Diyala province -- against al Qaeda radicals
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| Jun.9 |
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 Bush talks to pope about Iraq  Bush said he felt 'awe' in the presence of Benedict XVI, who urged the U.S. president to seek 'regional and negotiated' solution to Middle East conflicts
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6 die in attack on U.S.-run prison
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Iraq condemns Turkish 'shelling'
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| Jun.10 |
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Truck bombing kills 15 at police station
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| Jun.11 |
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 Blast collapses bridge, killing 3 US soldiers 6 more wounded when a suicide bomb blast caused a highway overpass to collapse on them near Mahmoudiya
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| Jun.12 |
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Blast hits key Shia shrine Map of Samarra Iraq The 3 minarets of the al-Askari, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, have been damaged by an explosion in Samarra
| The bombing destroyed two towers at the mosque. The same holy site was attacked in February 2006. The shrine houses one of 2 tombs in Samarra for Shia imams, which attract pilgrims from around the world
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| Jun.13 |
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Sunni insurgents storm Sunni mosques Gunmen stormed a mosque in southwestern Baghdad's Bayaa area, a Shiite neighborhood
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| Jun.15 |
Iraq |
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Shantytowns springing up in Iraq Iraqis fleeing their homes because of sectarian warfare are starting to set up makeshift camps inside the country
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| Jun.16 |
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Troops find missing soldiers' I.D. U.S.-led coalition forces have found the ID cards of 2 missing U.S. soldiers, abducted last month south of Baghdad
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| Jun.18 |
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Coalition raids kill 20 insurgents Raids aimed at disrupting the flow of weapons and fighters between Iraq and Iran resulted in at least 20 militants killed in eastern Iraq
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Iraq drives up refugee count, U.N. says The exodus of more than 1 million refugees from Iraq reversed a 5-year trend decline in the number of refugees worldwide
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US launches major Iraq offensive 10,000 US and Iraqi troops are taking part in an operation against al-Qaeda north of Baghdad
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| Jun.19 |
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 Car bomb kills 87 in crowded square A truck bomb ripped through a crowded Khalani Square, killing at least 75 people and wounding 204 others
| The massive explosion in the Sinak commercial district destroyed part of the al-Khilani mosque
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| Jun.21 |
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14 U.S. troops killed in 48 hours| A roadside bomb struck a military vehicle in northeastern Baghdad, killing 5 U.S. soldiers, 4 Iraqi civilians | |
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| Jun.23 |
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9 U.S. troops die| 4 were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near a coalition vehicle northwest of Baghdad. U.S. military death toll so far in June is 79 | |
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| Jun.24 |
Baghdad |
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'Chemical Ali' sentenced to hang| An Iraq court sentenced 3 former aides to Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for their role in a genocide campaign that that killed up to 100,000 Kurds. Ali Hassan al-Majid, Hussein's first cousin, earned nickname Chemical Ali for atrocities committed in a campaign, code-named Operation Anfal, during the Iraq-Iran war in 1980s. Also sentenced to death was Sultan Hashem Ahmed, Iraqi army commander during t... | |
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At least 8 dead in suicide car bombing A suicide car bomber detonated explosives at a Hilla government compound killing civilians and security guards
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| Jun.25 |
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Blast kills Sunni leaders A number of senior tribal leaders are among 12 people killed in a suicide bombing at a hotel
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| Jun.26 |
Baghdad |
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Cabinet minister accused of killings in 2005 Authorities aided the home of the Sunni culture minister al-Hashimi, whom they accused of killing 2 people during an assassination attempt
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| Jun.28 |
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Car bomb kills at least 22 A car bomb exploded at a bus station in southwestern Baghdad. Police found 20 decapitated bodies in the town of Madaen, southeast of Baghdad
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| Jun.29 |
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Roadside bomb kills 5 U.S. soldiers A bomb exploded near their combat patrol in southern Baghdad. The patrol also was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms
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US-led raids 'kill 26' American-led forces say they have killed militants in a series of raids in the Sadr City area, a Shia stronghold
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Main Event: Blast hits key Shia shrine
