World News Atlas
Arab Countries
2007
March
| Arab Countries, March 2007 Timeline | Thursday, November 27 | Author |
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| Mar.6 | Iraq |
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Insurgents stepped up attacks on Shiite pilgrims heading to the city of Karbala, with bombings and small arms attacks
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Iraq
Baghdad
U.S. Congress
Baghdad
Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, has warned that military force alone will not be enough to quell the insurgency
Baghdad
Iraq hosts key security meeting
A key international conference aimed at winning regional support for efforts to stabilise the situation in Iraq
Iraq
Kidnapping in Iraq aimed at Germans Militants holding a woman and her son hostage demanded that Germany withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
Baghdad
Car bomb kills 31 pilgrims
Shiites were killed a bomb exploded near a minibus that was bringing pilgrims home from the holy city of Karbala
Washington
London
Sunni Triangle Suicide bombers detonated 3 chlorine-filled trucks in Anbar province, killing 2 police officers and sickened 350 Iraqis and 6 coalition force members
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Baghdad
Washington
Bush calls for patience on Iraq President has said the US-led security push in Baghdad, will take 'months, not days or weeks' to show results
Baghdad 
| One of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, Taha Yassin Ramadan was sentenced to life for his role in killing Shias in the 1980s. His punishment was increased at an appeal. 'The execution was smooth with ... |
UN
Baghdad
Somalia
The insurgents dragged soldiers' bodies through the streets before burning them on in heavy fighting that killed at least 13 people
Baghdad
UN chief shaken by blast| A blast interrupted a Ban Ki-moon news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki |
Baghdad
Salam al-Zubaie was wounded in a suicide bombing inside his compound. The blast knocked out rooms and 6 people were killed
West Bank
Rice pushes 'common agenda' in Mideast U.S. Secretary of State said that it is important for Israel and the Palestinians move forward on creating a Palestinian state
United Kingdom
UK, Iraq raise pressure on Iran Iran is under increased pressure to release 15 British sailors and marines seized in what Tehran insists were its territorial waters
Northern Iraq | The explosions, within a few minutes of each other, targeted markets. In 2006 Bush touted Tal Afar as an example. One bomb was hidden in a truck... |
U.S. Congress
The Senate has endorsed a deadline of March 2008 for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
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