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Bombs kill dozens as Iraqi Christians mourn (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Lebanese citizens, light candles of the victims who were killed Sunday when gunmen stormed a church in Baghdad during mass and took the entire congregation hostage, during a vigil at the Martyrs square in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A series of bombs rocked mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens two days after al Qaeda militants…

Explosions kill more than 30 in Iraqi capital (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Lebanese Christian priest and residents light candles for the victims of the attack on Our Lady of Salvation church of Baghdad, during a sit-in held in front of the Martyrs square in Beirut November 2, 2010. At least seven Iraqi Catholics died on Sunday when police stormed a Baghdad church where gunmen were holding dozens of parishioners hostage, threatening to kill them if al Qaeda prisoners were not released. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)Reuters - At least 10 explosions rocked mainly Shi’ite areas of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing more than 30 people two days after al Qaeda militants caused a bloodbath…

Suicide bomber kills 22 in attack on Iraqi cafe (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up in an Iraqi cafe usually packed with Shi’ite Kurds in a town northeast of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 22 people…

Iraqi court orders parliament back to work (AP)

October 24th, 2010

FILE - Iraq's new parliament convenes Monday June 14 2010 but postponed a decision on a new president as the country remained in political limbo three months after inconclusive national elections. Iraq's highest court on Sunday Oct 24 2010 ordered parliament back in session after a seven-month political impasse that has blocked formation of a new government.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraq’s highest court on Sunday ordered parliament back to work after a virtual seven-month recess, intensifying pressure to break the political stalemate that has held up formation of…

Iraqi court forces parliament back to work (AP)

October 24th, 2010

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in central London. Assange has defended the unauthorised release of 400,000 classified US military documents on the war in Iraq, saying they revealed the AP - Iraq’s highest court has ordered parliament back in session after a seven-month political impasse that has blocked formation of a new government.


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Iraqi PM: WikiLeaks release politically timed (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - New documents detailing alleged prisoner abuse by Iraqi security officials prompted fresh doubts Saturday about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bid to remain in power for a second term.


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Iraqi PM on the defense in WikiLeaks release (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq’s prime minister is accusing WikiLeaks of releasing documents that detail prisoner abuse by Iraqi security forces to sabotage his re-election hopes.


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Critics denounce Iraqi PM over WikiLeaks material (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Allegations that Iraqi security forces tortured detainees, as described in new WikiLeaks documents, serve as a warning against keeping Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power, his main political…

Files: Iraqi deaths higher than US count (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

US soldiers take cover behind a wall as a cloud of smoke rises from an explosion of ordinances while on patrol in the Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad in 2008. Al-Jazeera on Friday released what it called AP - Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian…

US influence dwindling in Iraqi govt (AP)

October 21st, 2010

** FOR AMS STORY BY LARA JAKES ** FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 file photo released by the Iraq Prime Minister's office, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, meets with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad, Iraq.(AP Photo/Iraq Prime Minister's Office, HO, File)AP - American influence has so dwindled in Iraq over the last several months that Iraqi lawmakers and political leaders say they no longer follow Washington’s advice for forming a…

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