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Up to 500 people die in bomb attacks   The blasts targeted a Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidi sect, near Mosul. At least 4 blasts hit areas which house the community

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  Suicide bomber kills 42 at funeral  An attacker wearing a suicide vest killed 42 people at a funeral for a tribal leader in a village dominated by the U.S.-backed movement

  Car bombs, suicide attack kill 17   A string of car bombs shook Mosul, killing 12 Kurdish troops and a civilian and wounding several others

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Feb.29     Turkish troops pull out of Iraq  Turkey says its troops have been withdrawn after an offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels Feb.25     Turks claim 41 rebels killed  2 military personnel died in a further day of fighting. The White House is in 'constant dialogue' with Iraq and Turkey about the operation Feb.23     PKK 'shoots down Turkish chopper'  Kurdish rebels say they have shot down a Cobra attack helicopter during clashes Turkey: 35 Kurd rebels killed 'Surge' produces some results

    Turkish troops enter Iraq

Dec.25     Suicide car bomb kills more than 20   Dozens of people picking up cylinders of cooking gas were victims of a bomb attack in the city of Baiji. 80 others wounded Dec.24  Iraq Kurds warn Turkey over raids Dec.23  Turkish jets hit Iraqi Kurd region Dec.22 Turkey in fresh Iraq air strikes Dec.19 Torture house discovered Dec.18 Turkish troops cross into Iraq Dec.17  Iraq condemns Turkish attacks Dec.16 'US backed' Turkish raids on Iraq. Turkey   Turkey hits PKK

  The warplanes and long-range missiles attacked Kurdish rebel positions in the mountains near the Turkish border British troops return Basra to Iraqis

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Apr.15  Dozens dead, wounded in bombings Mar.27   Truck bombs kill 50 in city of Tal Afar  The explosions, within a few minutes of each other, targeted markets. In 2006 Bush touted Tal Afar as an example Iran seizes 15 British sailors

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Dec.20  U.S. capture al Qaeda in Iraq leader Huge rally demands PM quit Nov.27  Insurgents target oil sources Oct.19     Suicide bomber, clashes kill 20 in Mosul  A bomber blew up a fuel truck outside a police center and rebels fired mortars and fought gunbattles Oct.15 Bombs kill 16, including schoolgirls Sep.17 Wave of bombs kills 23 in Kirkuk Jun.29  Bomber kills mourners at soldier's funeral Israeli troops move into Gaza Jun.12  Kirkuk rocked by bombings Mar.27  30 killed in recruitment center blast

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Dec.29 Death threats cut oil flow Nov.10  Rice on surprise visit Oct.31  6 U.S. soldiers killed Blasts kill 55 Jul.29  At least 26 dead in suicide attack Jun.26 4 Mosul suicide attacks kill 33 Jun.16  Al Qaeda leader in Mosul captured Jun.14 Attacks kill at least 24 in 2 cities Jun.4  Al-Zarqawi deputy arrested May.2  Bombs kill 12, wound 44 Last Syrian soldiers left Lebanon Apr.13 Blast kills 12 Iraqi security guards Apr.8  10 Iraqi civilians found shot to death Mar.10   Blast hits Shia funeral. 47 killed  An explosion has torn through a procession at a mosque in the city of Mosul killing 47 Feb.23  Politician assassinated Huge blast kills ex-PM Feb.7     Suicide bombers kill at least 26  2 suicide bomb attacks on a hospital in Mosul and a police post in Baquba Feb.3  12 die as Iraqi recruits ambushed Jan.18  Video shows 8 Chinese held in Iraq Jan.17 Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul Jan.8  US strikes wrong target

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Dec.26  Video purportedly shows mess hall attack Dec.23  Security review after Mosul attack Dec.22  Rumsfeld pressed over Mosul blast Dec.21   22 killed in attack on U.S. base  Multiple rounds hit a dining hall near Mosul, killing U.S. troops, members of the Iraqi national guard, and Iraqi civilians Dec.4  Suicide Attack Kills 7 Kurdish Fighters Storm of protest at poll result Nov.16  US launches major Mosul assault U.S., Iraqis enter Falluja's center Sep.18 Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces Sep.4  Attack on police academy kills 25 Aug.4 Fighting in Mosul leaves 12 dead Aug.1 Bomb blasts rock churches. Iraq Jun.24 Multiple attacks kill 90. Sunni Triangle May.10  3 dead in drive-by attack Mar.29  Mosul violence leaves 8 dead Mar.27  Police officer killed in his home Rail blasts: 200 dead Feb.22  Car bomb hits Iraq police station Jan.31  2 bombings kill 12, including 3 U.S. soldiers

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28,000 dead after earthquake Dec.8  Car bomb wounds 40 troops Dec.5  Rumsfeld visits troops Dec.2  US raid 'targets Saddam deputy' Nov.30 46 ambushers killed by U.S. forces Nov.15 2 US helicopters downed Nov.1  2 U.S. soldiers killed Sep.19 Former defense minister surrenders Sep.9  Car bomb kills 2 10,000 dead in heat wave Jul.22     Saddam's sons killed in raid  Uday and Qusay were killed by U.S. troops in the northern city of Mosul after a tipster betrayed their hideout Apr.16  U.S. Troops working to calm Mosul Apr.11  Kurds start to leave Kirkuk Chaos as Mosul falls to Kurds. Kurdistan Apr.10  US troops heading for Mosul  Northern Iraq cities falling  Saddam statue tumbles in Kirkuk Mar.21  Turkish troops cross Iraqi border Mar.20   Airstrike hits north as tanks roll from south  Coalition forces bombed city of Mosul. A convoy of U.S. tanks rolled unopposed through the desert toward Baghdad U.S. Launches War Against Iraq

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Russian troops storm theater

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  Turkish troops pull out of Iraq  Turkey says its troops have been withdrawn after an offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels   Turks claim 41 rebels killed  2 military personnel died in a further day of fighting. The White House is in 'constant dialogue' with Iraq and Turkey about the operation   PKK 'shoots down Turkish chopper'  Kurdish rebels say they have shot down a Cobra attack helicopter during clashes Turkey: 35 Kurd rebels killed 'Dozens dead' in Turkish assault   Turkish troops enter Iraq

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Turkish ground forces have crossed the border into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebels to be sheltering there  The raid began after an air and artillery bombardment

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Feb.2 Iraq set for new offensive in Mosul   Iraqi political and military leaders and U.S. military commanders have traveled to Mosul ahead of a planned offensive on al Qaeda Jan.28 5 US troops killed Jan.25  Iraq sends troops for 'decisive' battle Jan.9  6 U.S. soldiers killed in house explosion Jan.5  Iraqi soldier 'killed US troops' 2007 Dec.30  U.S. troops killing 6 al Qaeda suspects Dec.24  Iraq Kurds warn Turkey over raids Dec.23  Turkish jets hit Iraqi Kurd region Dec.22 Turkey in fresh Iraq air strikes Dec.18 Turkish troops cross into Iraq Dec.16 'US backed' Turkish raids on Iraq. Turkey Dec.16 Turkey hits PKK   The warplanes and long-range missiles attacked Kurdish rebel positions in the mountains near the Turkish border Dec.1 Turkey attacks Kurd rebels in Iraq

The Turkish military said it attacked 50 to 60 Kurdish rebels inside Iraqi territory, inflicting 'significant losses'  A spokesman for the local Iraqi Kurdistan government denied there had been an attack. The Turkish military did not say whether Turkish troops had crossed into Iraq to conduct the operation

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Dec.1  Turkish army fires on PKK in Iraq Nov.24  Raids target militants in Kirkuk Oct.19  Kurds 'will fight Turkish raids' Oct.14  Attacks cross Iraq-Turkey border Oct.10 Turkey hits rebels in Iraq Sep.21  Two U.S. soldiers die Sep.7  Seven U.S. troops killed Aug.23  Copter crash blamed on mechanical failure Aug.22   Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers

  2 UH-60 Black Hawks were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. The U.S. said the crash was not the result of an attack Aug.2  Mosul al Qaeda leader killed Jun.6  Turkish troops enter Iraq 2006 Dec.20  U.S. capture al Qaeda in Iraq leader Oct.19   Suicide bomber, clashes kill 20 in Mosul  A bomber blew up a fuel truck outside a police center and rebels fired mortars and fought gunbattles Sep.17 Wave of bombs kills 23 in Kirkuk

Apr.8  10 Iraqi civilians found shot to death Feb.7   Suicide bombers kill at least 26  2 suicide bomb attacks on a hospital in Mosul and a police post in Baquba Feb.3  12 die as Iraqi recruits ambushed Jan.8  US strikes wrong target 2004 Dec.23  Security review after Mosul attack Dec.22  Rumsfeld pressed over Mosul blast Dec.21 22 killed in attack on U.S. base  Multiple rounds hit a dining hall near Mosul, killing U.S. troops, members of the Iraqi national guard, and Iraqi civilians Dec.4  Suicide Attack Kills 7 Kurdish Fighters Nov.16  US launches major Mosul assault Sep.18 Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces

Jul.22   Saddam's sons killed in raid  Uday and Qusay were killed by U.S. troops in the northern city of Mosul after a tipster betrayed their hideout Apr.16  U.S. Troops working to calm Mosul Apr.11  Kurds start to leave Kirkuk Apr.11 Chaos as Mosul falls to Kurds

. Kurdistan Apr.10  US troops heading for Mosul Apr.10  Northern Iraq cities falling Mar.21  Turkish troops cross Iraqi border Mar.20 Airstrike hits north as tanks roll from south  Coalition forces bombed city of Mosul. A convoy of U.S. tanks rolled unopposed through the desert toward Baghdad

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2007 Oct.30 Dam 'at risk of collapse'

Aug.29  U.N.: Cholera outbreak Aug.23  Copter crash blamed on mechanical failure Aug.22   Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers  2 UH-60 Black Hawks were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. The U.S. said the crash was not the result of an attack Aug.15  Frantic hunt in bomb rubble

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2006 Nov.27  Insurgents target oil sources 2005 Dec.29 Death threats cut oil flow

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2008 May. 8 Leader of al Qaeda in Iraq captured Map of Mosul Iraq  Abu Ayyub Al-Masri took the reins of the Iraqi al Qaeda offshoot in June 2006 after a U.S. missile strike killed his predecessor, al-Zarqawi Apr. 17   Suicide bomber kills 42 at funeral  An attacker wearing a suicide vest killed 42 people at a funeral for a tribal leader in a village dominated by the U.S.-backed movement Apr.14   Car bombs, suicide attack kill 17   A string of car bombs shook Mosul, killing 12 Kurdish troops and a civilian and wounding several others Mar.23  Dozens die in attacks across Iraq Mar.13 Archbishop death condemned Map of Mosul Iraq

The death of Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop, who was kidnapped two weeks ago has provoked furious condemnation

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2007 Dec.25   Suicide car bomb kills more than 20   Dozens of people picking up cylinders of cooking gas were victims of a bomb attack in the city of Baiji. 80 others wounded Aug.15  Death toll in bombings has risen to 500 Aug.15  Frantic hunt in bomb rubble Aug.14 Up to 500 people die in bomb attacks Map of Mosul Iraq

The blasts targeted a Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidi sect, near Mosul. At least 4 blasts hit areas which house the community.    Tensions between the Yazidi and local Muslims have grown since a Yazidi girl was stoned by her community in April for converting t...

World in August 2007

Aug.6  Suicide truck blast kills 28 Jul.16 Truck bomb kills at least 80 in Kirkuk   A suicide bomber ripped through a busy commercial district, leaving a large crater surrounded by dozens of mutilated bodies Jul.7   At least 105 killed in village market blast

A truck, resembled an Iraqi military truck, laden with two tons of explosives detonated in an outdoor market in Amerli.    250 people were wounded in the bombing.. The village predominately populated by Shiite Turkmens and K...

World in July 2007

May.13 Bombings leave at least 45 dead Apr.22 Gunmen line up, execute 23 Kurd Apr.16 Dean, professor killed Apr.15  Dozens dead, wounded in bombings Mar.27 Truck bombs kill 50 in city of Tal Afar  The explosions, within a few minutes of each other, targeted markets. In 2006 Bush touted Tal Afar as an example Mar.19  4 car bombs, 2 roadside bombs, kill 10 Jan.17  Bombers kill 28 in Baghdad, Kirkuk 2006 Nov.27  Insurgents target oil sources Oct.15 Bombs kill 16, including schoolgirls Sep.17 Wave of bombs kills 23 in Kirkuk Jun.29  Bomber kills mourners at soldier's funeral Jun.12  Kirkuk rocked by bombings Mar.27  30 killed in recruitment center blast 2005 Dec.29 Death threats cut oil flow Jul.29  At least 26 dead in suicide attack Jun.16  Al Qaeda leader in Mosul captured Jun.4  Al-Zarqawi deputy arrested May.2  Bombs kill 12, wound 44 Apr.13 Blast kills 12 Iraqi security guards Apr.8  10 Iraqi civilians found shot to death Mar.10 Blast hits Shia funeral. 47 killed  An explosion has torn through a procession at a mosque in the city of Mosul killing 47 Feb.23  Politician assassinated Jan.18  Video shows 8 Chinese held in Iraq Jan.17 Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul 2004 Dec.26  Video purportedly shows mess hall attack Sep.18 Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces Sep.4  Attack on police academy kills 25 Aug.1 Bomb blasts rock churches. Iraq May.10  3 dead in drive-by attack Mar.27  Police officer killed in his home Feb.22  Car bomb hits Iraq police station 2003 Sep.9  Car bomb kills 2

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2008 Mar.13 Archbishop death condemned Map of Mosul Iraq

The death of Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop, who was kidnapped two weeks ago has provoked furious condemnation

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2007 Dec.24  Iraq Kurds warn Turkey over raids Dec.19 Torture house discovered Dec.17  Iraq condemns Turkish attacks 2005 Nov.10  Rice on surprise visit 2004 Dec.22  Rumsfeld pressed over Mosul blast 2003 Dec.5  Rumsfeld visits troops Apr.10  Saddam statue tumbles in Kirkuk