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Iraq |
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Employer: 7 hostages released |
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| Sep.4 |
Northern Iraq |
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Attack on police academy kills 25
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Iraq |
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16 police officers killed in fighting |
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| Sep.5 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Report: Fugitive al-Duri captured
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Northern Iraq |
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Fighting rages |
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| Sep.6 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Falluja bomb kills 7 U.S. troops
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| Sep.7 |
Sadr City |
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Dozens killed in Baghdad fighting
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 Iraq |
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  U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000| More than three-quarters have died in combat, and 647 of have been killed since Bush declared an end to major combat | |
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Iraq |
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Italian aid workers among 5 kidnapped
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| Sep.8 |
Iraq |
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Fears grow for Italian hostages
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Baghdad |
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Insurgents target more Iraqi officials
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Sunni Triangle |
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Airstrike targets 'Zarqawi house' |
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| Sep.9 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Dozens dead in fighting
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| Sep.10 |
Iraq |
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US soldier confesses to Iraq abuses
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| Sep.12 |
Iraq |
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26 Iraqis killed in heavy fighting
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| Sep.13 |
Sunni Triangle |
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U.S. strikes 'terrorist site'
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Turkey |
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Turkey warns US on northern Iraq
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| Sep.14 |
Baghdad |
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 Car bomb at police station kills 47| Assailants launched two deadly assaults at police targets. 12 police officers killed in a drive-by shooting in Baquba | |
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Washington |
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Iraq rebuilding funds shifted to security
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| Sep.15 |
Iraq |
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Turkish hostage freed
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 UN |
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 Iraq war illegal, says Annan The Secretary-General says the US-led invasion was an act that contravened the UN charter
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| Sep.16 |
Baghdad |
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 2 Americans, Briton kidnapped Three were seized by kidnappers from their home in the upscale al-Mansur district
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Sunni Triangle |
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Bloodshed in US raids on Falluja
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| Sep.17 |
Baghdad |
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 8 killed in car bombing A suicide bomb detonated near an Iraqi police checkpoint on a busy street
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Iraq |
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Iraqi Airways to resume flights
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| Sep.18 |
Northern Iraq |
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Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces A suicide car bomb detonated in front of the national guard headquarters, killing 19 people and wounding 39 others
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Iraq |
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Group threatens to kill hostages
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| Sep.19 |
Iraq |
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Turkey confirms 10 kidnappings
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England |
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Blair, Allawi vow to defeat Iraq 'evil'
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England |
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Iraq 'on track for January poll'
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| Sep.20 |
Iraq |
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Sunni clerics killed in Baghdad
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Iraq |
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 U.S. hostage beheaded An Islamist Web site showed video of Eugene Armstrong being beheaded by members of al-Zarqawi's group
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| Sep.21 |
UN Gen. Assembly |
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 Bush defends US Iraq policy at UN President has issued a strong defence of his Iraq policy in a speech to the General Assembly
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Iraq |
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Families plead for hostages' lives
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Iraq |
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Iraq woman prisoner 'to be freed'
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| Sep.22 |
Iraq |
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Rift over Saddam scientists' fate
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Iraq |
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 British hostage pleads for life on video Kenneth Bigley tearfully pleaded to Tony Blair to help spare his life. UK rules out hostage negotiations
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| Sep.23 |
 U.S. Congress |
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Iraq PM thanks U.S.| Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is laying out his government's aspirations to a joint meeting of Congress | |
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Washington |
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Violence 'may limit Iraqi poll'
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| Sep.24 |
Baghdad |
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 Six Egyptians taken| Gunmen have seized Egyptians in a raid on their Baghdad office | |
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Washington |
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Iraq poll plans spark new US row Democrats have questioned its ability to ensure that full elections are held in January 2005
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| Sep.25 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Fighting, insurgent attacks intense At least 9 Iraqis and 5 U.S. troops died. U.S. warplanes hit Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror network in Falluja
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| Sep.26 |
Washington |
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 Powell: Insurgency in Iraq 'intensifying' Secretary of State has said the conflict between US forces and insurgents is getting worse
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Sadr City |
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US air strikes 'target Sadr City'
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| Sep.27 |
Iraq |
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  Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed| Fereidoun Jahani, who was kidnapped in Iraq in early August, arrived at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad | |
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 Jordan |
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Jordan king doubts Iraq elections King Abdullah has said it will be impossible to hold fair elections in the current state of chaos
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| Sep.28 |
 Basra |
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Two UK soldiers killed in Basra 2 armored Land Rovers and a logistics vehicle were traveling in a convoy when they were attacked
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England |
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 Blair defiant over Iraq invasion The prime minister has acknowledged evidence about Saddam having actual weapons of mass destruction was wrong
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Iraq |
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 Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released 2 women kidnapped 3 weeks ago have been released and 2 journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours
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| Sep.29 |
Iraq |
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Hostage Bigley shown in new video British hostage has been shown in a cage in chains in a video screened on Al-Jazeera television
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England |
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UK hopes for Iraq hostage contact Tony Blair said his government would respond immediately to any contacts from the militants
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| Sep.30 |
Baghdad |
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Bombs toll hits 45 Suspected insurgents launched deadly car bomb attacks, killing mostly children in operations aimed at Iraqi government
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Sunni Triangle |
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U.S. launches Samarra offensive A brigade-size force of U.S. and Iraqi national guard troops had reached the center of the Sunni Triangle city
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Sunni Triangle |
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US 'retakes' key Samarra targets
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Iraq
