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| Jan.1 |
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Suicide bomber hits funeral |
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| Jan.6 |
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Shiite sheikh shot dead |
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Soldiers killed in bombing |
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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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28 militants killed during battles |
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Judge condemns Hussein's execution |
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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
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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
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| Oct.4 |
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Helicopters collide while landing
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| Oct.9 |
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Bomb kills senior Iraqi lawmaker
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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
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| Nov.14 |
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Cleric calls for mass protest against U.S. |
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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 str... | |
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| Nov.18 |
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Fifteen corpses found in mass grave |
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| Nov.26 |
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Iraq delays vote on future of U.S. troops |
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| Nov.27 |
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Parliament OKs pact on U.S. troops' future | After months of tough negotiations and intense political wrangling, Iraqi lawmakers approved the U.S.-Iraqi security agreement | |
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| Dec.2 |
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Chemical Ali sentenced, again, to death |
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| Dec.5 |
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5 Blackwater guards charged in deaths| 5 security guards have been indicted on charges related to a 2007 shooting in which 17 Iraqis were killed in a Baghdad square | |
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| Dec.6 |
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Bomb kills leader opposing al Qaeda |
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| Dec.13 |
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Blackwater prosecutors meet with Iraqis |
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| Dec.14 |
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Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush Bush made a farewell visit, where he met with Iraqi leaders, talked to the media and joked after a man threw shoes at him
| Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, was wrestled to the floor by security guards after during a news conference he called Bush 'a dog' and threw his footwear, just missing the president
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| Dec.15 |
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Iraq rally for Bush shoe attacker Thousands of Iraqis have demanded the release of a local TV reporter who threw his shoes at US President at a news conference
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Shoe thrower wanted to humiliate Bush
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| Dec.17 |
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UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July' Gordon Brown and Iraqi prime minister say UK forces will have 'completed their tasks' and leave the country by the end of July next year
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Shoe-throwing journalist faces court trial |
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Iraqi lawmakers argue over shoe-thrower
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| Dec.20 |
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Officers in Iraqi plot released from jail |
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First try at law to keep foreign troops fails |
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| Dec.21 |
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Baghdad celebrates first public Christmas |
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| Dec.22 |
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Iraq shoe-thrower set for trial
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| Dec.23 |
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Iraqi MPs back foreign troop deal MPs have authorised the government to sign agreements allowing non-US troops to stay on in the country after 2008
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| Dec.27 |
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At least 22 killed by car bomb |
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| Dec.28 |
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Iraq allows British, other troops to stay |
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| Dec.31 |
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Army probes killing of al Qaeda suspect |
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Mar.28 |
Lockdown as rockets, bombs fly |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| May.31 |
Security talks worry Shiites and Sunnis
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| 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
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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 str... | |
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| Nov.26 |
Iraq delays vote on future of U.S. troops |
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| Dec.13 |
Blackwater prosecutors meet with Iraqis |
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| Dec.17 |
UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July' Gordon Brown and Iraqi prime minister say UK forces will have 'completed their tasks' and leave the country by the end of July next year
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| Dec.20 |
Officers in Iraqi plot released from jail |
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| Dec.20 |
First try at law to keep foreign troops fails |
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| Dec.28 |
Iraq allows British, other troops to stay |
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| Dec.31 |
Army probes killing of al Qaeda suspect |
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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
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|
| 2008 |
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| Aug.6 |
Lawmaker: Surplus 'not real money' |
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| Aug.11 |
Iraq to revive oil deal with China |
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| Aug.30 |
Iraq signs $3B oil deal with China
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| Sep.29 |
Iraq works to reverse doctor brain drain |
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|
| 2008 |
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| Jul.24 |
Iraq banned from Summer Olympics
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|
| 2008 |
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| 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'
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| Jun.24 |
U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed
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| 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
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| 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
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| Oct.9 |
Bomb kills senior Iraqi lawmaker
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| 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
|
| Nov.18 |
Fifteen corpses found in mass grave |
|
| Dec.2 |
Chemical Ali sentenced, again, to death |
|
| Dec.5 |
5 Blackwater guards charged in deaths| 5 security guards have been indicted on charges related to a 2007 shooting in which 17 Iraqis were killed in a Baghdad square | |
|
| Dec.6 |
Bomb kills leader opposing al Qaeda |
|
| Dec.13 |
Blackwater prosecutors meet with Iraqis |
|
| Dec.17 |
Shoe-throwing journalist faces court trial |
|
| Dec.20 |
Officers in Iraqi plot released from jail |
|
| Dec.22 |
Iraq shoe-thrower set for trial
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| Dec.27 |
At least 22 killed by car bomb |
|
|
| 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
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| Mar.3 |
Ahmadinejad: foreigners must leave Iraq
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| Mar.16 |
McCain arrives in Baghdad
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| 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. |
|
| 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 str... | |
|
| Nov.26 |
Iraq delays vote on future of U.S. troops |
|
| Nov.27 |
Parliament OKs pact on U.S. troops' future | After months of tough negotiations and intense political wrangling, Iraqi lawmakers approved the U.S.-Iraqi security agreement | |
|
| Dec.14 |
Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush Bush made a farewell visit, where he met with Iraqi leaders, talked to the media and joked after a man threw shoes at him
| Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, was wrestled to the floor by security guards after during a news conference he called Bush 'a dog' and threw his footwear, just missing the president
|
| |
|
| Dec.15 |
Iraq rally for Bush shoe attacker Thousands of Iraqis have demanded the release of a local TV reporter who threw his shoes at US President at a news conference
|
| Dec.15 |
Shoe thrower wanted to humiliate Bush
|
| Dec.17 |
Iraqi lawmakers argue over shoe-thrower
|
| Dec.20 |
First try at law to keep foreign troops fails |
|
| Dec.21 |
Baghdad celebrates first public Christmas |
|
| Dec.23 |
Iraqi MPs back foreign troop deal MPs have authorised the government to sign agreements allowing non-US troops to stay on in the country after 2008
|
| Dec.28 |
Iraq allows British, other troops to stay |
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