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| Mar.1 |
Baghdad |
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No-one else to blame, says Saddam
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Baghdad |
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Blasts kill at least 26
| Mar.2 |
Iraq |
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21 dead in bombings, attacks
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Baghdad |
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Government talks in disarray
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Baghdad |
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Authorities to impose Sabbath curfew A string of bombings and shooting assaults left at least 22 people dead and more than a dozen others wounded
| Mar.3 |
Iraq |
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Gunmen kill 19 Shias
| Mar.4 |
Baghdad |
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Deadly blasts shatter curfew calm
| Mar.5 |
Baghdad |
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Gunmen kill 3 in mosque attack
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Iraq |
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Amnesty says Iraq abuses continue
| Mar.6 |
Baghdad |
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Iraqi brigadier killed by sniper
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Iraq |
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Car bomb kills at least 6 in Baquba
| Mar.7 |
Iraq |
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Video of three hostages aired
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Baghdad |
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18 men found strangled The bodies have been found with their hands tied behind their backs in western Baghdad
| Mar.8 |
Baghdad |
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Gunmen seize 50 Iraq security men
| Mar.9 |
Baghdad |
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Search on for 50 kidnapped workers
| Mar.10 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Suicide bomber targets Iraq checkpoint A truck bomber struck an Iraqi police and military checkpoint in Falluja, killing 8 people and wounding 11 others
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Iraq |
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FBI: Body of U.S. hostage found The body of Tom Fox, a Christian peace advocate, has been found | |
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Baghdad |
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Talabani called parliament to meet As violence claimed 15 lives, President orders the new parliament to hold its first session on March 19
| Mar.12 |
Sadr City |
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Car bombs kill at least 36 in Sadr City 3 bombs killed at least 36 people and wounded 104 others in a marketplace in the largest Shiite neighborhood
| Mar.13 |
United Kingdom |
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UK to cut Iraq troop levels
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Baghdad |
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Hussein judge defends death orders
| Mar.14 |
Baghdad |
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More than 80 dead in reprisal killings 86 bodies were found in the capital during a 30-hour period. Officials announced a vehicle curfew | |
| Mar.15 |
Baghdad |
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Hussein takes stand for first time The judge closed the proceeding to the media. Former Iraqi president calls for Iraqis to fight the occupying forces
| Mar.16 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Military launches largest air assault Map of Samarra Iraq 50 aircraft are involved in Operation Swarmer with more than 1,500 Iraqi and U.S. troops near Samarra. troops detained more than 30 people and found fi... | |
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Baghdad |
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First meeting for Iraq parliament The new parliament holds its inaugural session, 3 months after the first general elections for a new assembly
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Tehran |
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Iran would talk with U.S. about Iraq Ali Larijani, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator: Iran is willing to hold talks with the United States on Iraq
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Iraq |
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U.S. probes 15 Iraqi civilian deaths Map of Haditha Iraq The U.S. military has opened a criminal investigation into the deaths of civilians in the city of Haditha | |
| Mar.17 |
Sunni Triangle |
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U.S., Iraqi offensive enters second day
| Mar.18 |
Washington |
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Bush: Iraqi factions know urgency of unity
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Iraq |
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60 detained in U.S.-led Swarmer offensive
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Iraq |
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Iraq in civil war, says former PM Iyad Allawi suggested there was no other way to describe the sectarian violence
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Iraq |
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Offensive yields detentions
| Mar.19 |
Washington |
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Bush upbeat on Iraq anniversary
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Washington |
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Debate over Iraq strong as ever On the 3rd anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion, Iraqi and US officials differed on whether there is a civil war | |
| Mar.20 |
Baghdad |
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Nine more bodies found
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Iraq |
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US probes Iraqi civilian deaths There are allegations that marines shot and killed 15 Iraqi civilians last November
| Mar.21 |
Washington |
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Bush denies Iraq is in civil war US President urged the nation's leaders to confront sectarian violence
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Iraq |
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Insurgents storm police station, free 30
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Iran |
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Ayatollah Khamenei backs talks on Iraq Iran's supreme spiritual leader has backed talks with the US but warned Washington against 'bullying' tactics
| Mar.22 |
Iraq |
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Four police killed in attack Insurgents attacked the mayor's office and police station in a town of Madain south of the Iraqi capital
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Baghdad |
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Thirteen Shiite pilgrims killed Altogether, at least 23 people died today in Iraq, including the killing of four security forces
| Mar.23 |
Iraq |
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Peace group hostages freed U.S. and British forces have freed 3 Christian aid workers held hostage, ending a 4-month ordeal
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Baghdad |
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33 killed in car bombings
| Mar.24 |
Baghdad |
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First freed hostages heads home Norman Kember, who was found found bound but unguarded, was flown out of Iraq
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Washington |
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Russia 'gave Iraq intelligence' Map of Pentagon USA Pentagon: Russia provided Saddam with intelligence on US military in the opening days of the US-led invasion
| Mar.27 |
Northern Iraq |
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30 killed in recruitment center blast
| Mar.28 |
Baghdad |
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35 abducted in 2 days
| Mar.30 |
Iraq |
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Journalist Carroll freed American hostage, a freelance journalist released after 3 months in captivity, said she was 'treated very wel'
| Mar.31 |
Iraq |
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Carroll praises insurgents in video
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