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| Jan.1 |
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Suicide bomber hits funeral
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| Jan.6 |
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Soldiers killed in bombing |
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Shiite sheikh shot dead |
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| Jan.7 |
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Sunni leader blown up |
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| Jan.12 |
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Ban eased on Saddam-era officials 
The parliament has passed legislation allowing former officials from Baath party to return to public life
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| Jan.24 |
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Iraq to host Iran leader |
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| Feb.1 |
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Female bombers kill 64 at markets Two mentally disabled were strapped with explosives and sent into busy markets, where they were blown up by remote control
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| Feb.14 |
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Iranian president to make Iraq visit
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Women patients recruited as bombers
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| Feb.19 |
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Iraq to round up homeless, mentally ill |
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| Feb.22 |
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Al-Sadr extends Mehdi Army cease-fire Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for 6 months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia
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| Feb.23 |
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Shells hit Green Zone |
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| Feb.26 |
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Iraq denounces Turkish offensive |
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| Feb.29 |
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Iraq approves execution of 'Chemical Ali'
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| Mar.1 |
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Iranian President arrives in Iraq
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| Mar.3 |
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Ahmadinejad: foreigners must leave Iraq
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| Mar.6 |
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Pair of bombs kills 53 A roadside bomb exploded first in the central district of Karrada. As others gathered to help the wounded, a suicide bomber detonated a vest
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| Mar.7 |
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Bombings death toll hits 69 |
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| Mar.10 |
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Bomb kills 5 US troops
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| Mar.16 |
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McCain arrives in Baghdad
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| Mar.17 |
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Cheney makes surprise visit to Iraq |
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| Mar.21 |
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Iraqi forces battle rogue Shiite militants |
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| Mar.22 |
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Attack brings U.S. death toll near 4,000 |
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| Mar.23 |
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U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 4,000 4 soldiers died in a roadside bombing while patrolling a neighborhood, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to the grim mileston...
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| Mar.25 |
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Unrest spreads around Shia Iraq Fighting between Iraqi security forces and Shia militants has spread from Basra to other Shia parts including Baghdad's Sadr City
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| Mar.26 |
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Ultimatum as cease-fire in jeopardy The prime minister gave Shiite militants battling security forces in Basra a 72-hour deadline to surrender their weapons
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| Mar.27 |
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Baghdad under curfew amid clashes A curfew from 23.00 on Thursday until 05.00 on Sunday has been imposed amid clashes between Shia militias and Iraqi security forces
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Prison tour reveals Saddam's last days |
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| Mar.28 |
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Lockdown as rockets, bombs fly |
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| Mar.29 |
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Curfew to be extended in Baghdad
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| Mar.30 |
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Government to lift Baghdad curfew |
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| Apr.1 |
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Iraqi deaths spike in March |
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| Apr.5 |
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Iraq: Blackwater staying on 'is bad news'
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| Apr.6 |
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Rocket attacks kill 3 U.S. troops
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| Apr.9 |
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Clashes in Sadr City kill 20 |
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| Apr.11 |
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Iraq sends tanks into Sadr City Iraqi tanks, with U.S. air support, are attacking Sadr City, just hours after al-Sadr called for calm in the wake of the assassination
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US Iraq envoy stresses Arab role |
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| Apr.13 |
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Hellfire missile overshoots, injures troops |
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| Apr.18 |
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U.S.: Al Qaeda plotting Baghdad attacks |
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| Apr.20 |
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PM: We can't become new Somalia |
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| Apr.23 |
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Food, drugs run short in Sadr City |
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| Apr.26 |
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U.S. denies Sadr City airstrikes
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| Apr.27 |
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Female suicide bomber kills 3
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| Apr.28 |
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Green Zone under attack |
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Tariq Aziz due on trial |
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| Apr.29 |
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Tariq Aziz on trial over executions
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Judge condemns Hussein's execution |
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28 militants killed during battles |
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| May.4 |
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Iraq First Lady survives bombing President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, has escaped unhurt after a bomb attack on her motorcade
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| May.10 |
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Cease-fire reached in Sadr City |
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| May.15 |
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Iranian embassy employees shot |
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| May.17 |
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U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice |
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Speaker Pelosi leads delegation |
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| May.25 |
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Blast wounds five near Turkish Embassy |
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| May.27 |
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Al Sadr: Let Iraqis decide on U.S. troops |
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| May.31 |
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Security talks worry Shiites and Sunnis
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| Jun.15 |
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Iraqi official rebukes al-Sadr threats
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| Jun.17 |
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Car bomb kills at least 51 Iraqis| In one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad in months, at least 51 Iraqis were killed and 75 were wounded in Hurriya, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood. The bomb ripped through a garage and a bus s... | |
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| Jun.24 |
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U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed
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| Jun.26 |
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American grad student dies in Iraq |
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| Jun.28 |
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WHO to open permanent Baghdad office |
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| Jun.30 |
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Judges targets of bombing attacks |
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| Jul.1 |
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Deal to end contractors' immunity
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| Jul.8 |
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Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011
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| Jul.17 |
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Iraqi PM announces diplomatic push |
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| Jul.19 |
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Sunni bloc rejoins Iraqi cabinet
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| Jul.21 |
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Barack Obama meets Iraqi PM |
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| Jul.24 |
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Iraq banned from Summer Olympics
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| Jul.28 |
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4 suicide bombers kill scores in Iraq Female bombers and a gunman killed at least 70 people and wounded almost 300 others during a string of attacks in central Baghdad and Kirkuk
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| Aug.6 |
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Lawmaker: Surplus 'not real money' |
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| Aug.7 |
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U.S. troops may leave by 2011| Iraqi officials: Iraq and the U.S. are close to reaching a deal under which U.S. combat troops would leave by December 2010 and the rest by 2011 | |
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| Aug.11 |
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Iraq to revive oil deal with China |
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| Aug.17 |
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Suicide blast hits Awakening Council
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| Aug.20 |
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Draft of deal for Iraq pullout reached |
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| Aug.22 |
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Deal would have U.S. troops out by 2012 |
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| Aug.23 |
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Former Iraq minister sentenced to death |
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| Aug.25 |
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Iraq 'deal' on 2011 troop pullout |
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PM demands 'specific' U.S. pullout timeline |
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| Aug.30 |
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Iraq signs $3B oil deal with China
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| Sep.5 |
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Bomb targets controversial politician
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| Sep.15 |
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Gates arrives to oversee command change Secretary of Defense Robert Gates flew to oversee a change of command of American forces. Gen. Ray Odierno will take over command
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| Sep.16 |
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Odierno warning on Iraq security
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| Sep.24 |
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Deal over province elections The parliament has passed a law which paves the way for provincial elections and agreed to deal separately with the issue of Kirkuk
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| Sep.28 |
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Holy month in Iraq sees deadliest day
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| Sep.29 |
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Iraq works to reverse doctor brain drain
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| Oct.2 |
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Baghdad shaken by suicide attacks Bombers have struck near two Shia mosques, killing 20 people and wounding another 25
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| Oct.4 |
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Helicopters collide while landing Two UH-60 Blackhawk collided in northern Baghdad, killing one Iraqi soldier. Two U.S. troops and two Iraqi soldiers were injured
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| Oct.9 |
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Bomb kills senior Iraqi lawmaker A roadside bomb explosion has killed Saleh al-Ageili, a senior member of the Sadr Movement's influential parliamentary bloc
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| Nov. 10 |
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Triple bombings kill at least 30 A bombing has killed more than two dozen people and wounded scores more in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in almost four months
| Another 68 people were injured in the blasts. The first 2 blasts were car bombs and then a suicide bomber detonated his charges in the crowd that had gathered to help
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| Nov. 14 |
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Cleric calls for mass protest against U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for a prayer service and a peaceful demonstration in Baghdad against the U.S.-led presence in Iraq
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| Nov. 16 |
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Iraq cabinet backs US troops deal The cabinet has approved a security pact with the US governing the future presence of 150,000 US troops in the country
| US troops will withdraw from the streets next year, leaving Iraq by 2011
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| Nov. 18 |
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Fifteen corpses found in mass grave Police in northern Baghdad found a grave in a house under construction in the Ur neighborhood that contained the remains of 15 people
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| Yesterday |
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Iraq delays vote on future of U.S. troops| Iraqi lawmakers postponed a vote to set a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops because the nation's 3 major factions continue tussling | |
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.6 |
Soldiers killed in bombing |
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| Feb.22 |
Al-Sadr extends Mehdi Army cease-fire Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for 6 months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia
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| Feb.23 |
Shells hit Green Zone |
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| Mar.10 |
Bomb kills 5 US troops
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| Mar.21 |
Iraqi forces battle rogue Shiite militants |
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| Mar.22 |
Attack brings U.S. death toll near 4,000 |
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| Mar.23 |
U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 4,000 4 soldiers died in a roadside bombing while patrolling a neighborhood, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to the grim mileston...
|
| Mar.25 |
Unrest spreads around Shia Iraq Fighting between Iraqi security forces and Shia militants has spread from Basra to other Shia parts including Baghdad's Sadr City
|
| Mar.26 |
Ultimatum as cease-fire in jeopardy The prime minister gave Shiite militants battling security forces in Basra a 72-hour deadline to surrender their weapons
|
| Mar.27 |
Baghdad under curfew amid clashes A curfew from 23.00 on Thursday until 05.00 on Sunday has been imposed amid clashes between Shia militias and Iraqi security forces
|
| Mar.28 |
Lockdown as rockets, bombs fly |
|
| Mar.29 |
Curfew to be extended in Baghdad
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| Mar.30 |
Government to lift Baghdad curfew |
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| Apr.1 |
Iraqi deaths spike in March |
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| Apr.5 |
Iraq: Blackwater staying on 'is bad news'
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| Apr.6 |
Rocket attacks kill 3 U.S. troops
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| Apr.9 |
Clashes in Sadr City kill 20 |
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| Apr.11 |
Iraq sends tanks into Sadr City Iraqi tanks, with U.S. air support, are attacking Sadr City, just hours after al-Sadr called for calm in the wake of the assassination
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| Apr.13 |
Hellfire missile overshoots, injures troops |
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| Apr.18 |
U.S.: Al Qaeda plotting Baghdad attacks |
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| Apr.20 |
PM: We can't become new Somalia |
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| Apr.26 |
U.S. denies Sadr City airstrikes
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| Apr.28 |
Green Zone under attack |
|
| Apr.29 |
28 militants killed during battles |
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| May.10 |
Cease-fire reached in Sadr City |
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| May.17 |
U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice |
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| May.27 |
Al Sadr: Let Iraqis decide on U.S. troops |
|
| May.31 |
Security talks worry Shiites and Sunnis
|
| Jun.24 |
U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed
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| Jul.8 |
Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011
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| Aug.7 |
U.S. troops may leave by 2011| Iraqi officials: Iraq and the U.S. are close to reaching a deal under which U.S. combat troops would leave by December 2010 and the rest by 2011 | |
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| Aug.20 |
Draft of deal for Iraq pullout reached |
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| Aug.22 |
Deal would have U.S. troops out by 2012 |
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| Aug.25 |
Iraq 'deal' on 2011 troop pullout |
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| Aug.25 |
PM demands 'specific' U.S. pullout timeline |
|
| Sep.15 |
Gates arrives to oversee command change Secretary of Defense Robert Gates flew to oversee a change of command of American forces. Gen. Ray Odierno will take over command
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| Sep.16 |
Odierno warning on Iraq security
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| Oct.4 |
Helicopters collide while landing Two UH-60 Blackhawk collided in northern Baghdad, killing one Iraqi soldier. Two U.S. troops and two Iraqi soldiers were injured
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| Nov. 16 |
Iraq cabinet backs US troops deal The cabinet has approved a security pact with the US governing the future presence of 150,000 US troops in the country
| US troops will withdraw from the streets next year, leaving Iraq by 2011
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| |
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| Yesterday |
Iraq delays vote on future of U.S. troops| Iraqi lawmakers postponed a vote to set a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops because the nation's 3 major factions continue tussling | |
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|
| 2008 |
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| Apr.23 |
Food, drugs run short in Sadr City |
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| Oct.4 |
Helicopters collide while landing Two UH-60 Blackhawk collided in northern Baghdad, killing one Iraqi soldier. Two U.S. troops and two Iraqi soldiers were injured
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|
| 2008 |
|
| Aug.6 |
Lawmaker: Surplus 'not real money' |
|
| Aug.11 |
Iraq to revive oil deal with China |
|
| Aug.30 |
Iraq signs $3B oil deal with China
|
| Sep.29 |
Iraq works to reverse doctor brain drain
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jul.24 |
Iraq banned from Summer Olympics
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Suicide bomber hits funeral
|
| Jan.6 |
Shiite sheikh shot dead |
|
| Jan.7 |
Sunni leader blown up |
|
| Feb.1 |
Female bombers kill 64 at markets Two mentally disabled were strapped with explosives and sent into busy markets, where they were blown up by remote control
|
| Feb.14 |
Women patients recruited as bombers
|
| Feb.29 |
Iraq approves execution of 'Chemical Ali'
|
| Mar.6 |
Pair of bombs kills 53 A roadside bomb exploded first in the central district of Karrada. As others gathered to help the wounded, a suicide bomber detonated a vest
|
| Mar.7 |
Bombings death toll hits 69 |
|
| Mar.27 |
Prison tour reveals Saddam's last days |
|
| Apr.18 |
U.S.: Al Qaeda plotting Baghdad attacks |
|
| Apr.27 |
Female suicide bomber kills 3
|
| Apr.28 |
Tariq Aziz due on trial |
|
| Apr.29 |
Tariq Aziz on trial over executions
|
| Apr.29 |
Judge condemns Hussein's execution |
|
| May.4 |
Iraq First Lady survives bombing President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, has escaped unhurt after a bomb attack on her motorcade
|
| May.15 |
Iranian embassy employees shot |
|
| May.25 |
Blast wounds five near Turkish Embassy |
|
| Jun.17 |
Car bomb kills at least 51 Iraqis| In one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad in months, at least 51 Iraqis were killed and 75 were wounded in Hurriya, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood. The bomb ripped through a garage and a bus s... | |
|
| Jun.24 |
U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed
|
| Jun.26 |
American grad student dies in Iraq |
|
| Jun.30 |
Judges targets of bombing attacks |
|
| Jul.28 |
4 suicide bombers kill scores in Iraq Female bombers and a gunman killed at least 70 people and wounded almost 300 others during a string of attacks in central Baghdad and Kirkuk
|
| Aug.17 |
Suicide blast hits Awakening Council
|
| Aug.23 |
Former Iraq minister sentenced to death |
|
| Sep.5 |
Bomb targets controversial politician
|
| Sep.28 |
Holy month in Iraq sees deadliest day
|
| Oct.2 |
Baghdad shaken by suicide attacks Bombers have struck near two Shia mosques, killing 20 people and wounding another 25
|
| Oct.9 |
Bomb kills senior Iraqi lawmaker A roadside bomb explosion has killed Saleh al-Ageili, a senior member of the Sadr Movement's influential parliamentary bloc
|
| Nov. 10 |
Triple bombings kill at least 30 A bombing has killed more than two dozen people and wounded scores more in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in almost four months
| Another 68 people were injured in the blasts. The first 2 blasts were car bombs and then a suicide bomber detonated his charges in the crowd that had gathered to help
|
| |
|
| Nov. 18 |
Fifteen corpses found in mass grave Police in northern Baghdad found a grave in a house under construction in the Ur neighborhood that contained the remains of 15 people
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jan.12 |
Ban eased on Saddam-era officials The parliament has passed legislation allowing former officials from Baath party to return to public life
|
| Jan.24 |
Iraq to host Iran leader |
|
| Feb.14 |
Iranian president to make Iraq visit
|
| Feb.19 |
Iraq to round up homeless, mentally ill |
|
| Feb.22 |
Al-Sadr extends Mehdi Army cease-fire Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for 6 months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia
|
| Feb.26 |
Iraq denounces Turkish offensive |
|
| Mar.1 |
Iranian President arrives in Iraq
|
| Mar.3 |
Ahmadinejad: foreigners must leave Iraq
|
| Mar.16 |
McCain arrives in Baghdad
|
| Mar.17 |
Cheney makes surprise visit to Iraq |
|
| Mar.26 |
Ultimatum as cease-fire in jeopardy The prime minister gave Shiite militants battling security forces in Basra a 72-hour deadline to surrender their weapons
|
| Apr.11 |
US Iraq envoy stresses Arab role |
|
| Apr.20 |
PM: We can't become new Somalia |
|
| May.17 |
U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice |
|
| May.17 |
Speaker Pelosi leads delegation |
|
| May.27 |
Al Sadr: Let Iraqis decide on U.S. troops |
|
| May.31 |
Security talks worry Shiites and Sunnis
|
| Jun.15 |
Iraqi official rebukes al-Sadr threats
|
| Jun.28 |
WHO to open permanent Baghdad office |
|
| Jul.1 |
Deal to end contractors' immunity
|
| Jul.8 |
Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011
|
| Jul.17 |
Iraqi PM announces diplomatic push |
|
| Jul.19 |
Sunni bloc rejoins Iraqi cabinet
|
| Jul.21 |
Barack Obama meets Iraqi PM |
|
| Aug.6 |
Lawmaker: Surplus 'not real money' |
|
| Aug.20 |
Draft of deal for Iraq pullout reached |
|
| Aug.22 |
Deal would have U.S. troops out by 2012 |
|
| Aug.25 |
Iraq 'deal' on 2011 troop pullout |
|
| Aug.25 |
PM demands 'specific' U.S. pullout timeline |
|
| Aug.30 |
Iraq signs $3B oil deal with China
|
| Sep.15 |
Gates arrives to oversee command change Secretary of Defense Robert Gates flew to oversee a change of command of American forces. Gen. Ray Odierno will take over command
|
| Sep.24 |
Deal over province elections The parliament has passed a law which paves the way for provincial elections and agreed to deal separately with the issue of Kirkuk
|
| Nov. 14 |
Cleric calls for mass protest against U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for a prayer service and a peaceful demonstration in Baghdad against the U.S.-led presence in Iraq
|
| Nov. 16 |
Iraq cabinet backs US troops deal The cabinet has approved a security pact with the US governing the future presence of 150,000 US troops in the country
| US troops will withdraw from the streets next year, leaving Iraq by 2011
|
| |
|
| Yesterday |
Iraq delays vote on future of U.S. troops| Iraqi lawmakers postponed a vote to set a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops because the nation's 3 major factions continue tussling | |
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