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Gunmen rob gold shops in Iraqi capital, kill 15 (AP)

May 25th, 2010

An Iraqi police officer patrols as medical staff and authorities work at the scene, with the shrouded bodies of jewelers, who was killed when masked gunmen attacked gold shops at the southwestern neighborhood of Baiyaa in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. The attackers killing 15 people before they fled with a large quantity of gold, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Masked gunmen shot up a gold jewelry market in Baghdad Tuesday, killing 15 people before they fled with a large quantity of gold in their arms, police and…

Iran seen influencing Iraqi prime minister choice (AP)

May 21st, 2010

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2009 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen at a rally in Basra, Iraq. Iran is wielding significant influence over the two Shiite blocs maneuvering to form the next Iraqi government and political insiders say Tehran is throwing its weight behind Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to stay on for another term an endorsement that could seal his hold on power. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)AP - Iran is throwing its weight behind Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bid for a second term, political insiders say, an endorsement that could seal his hold on power.


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Iraqi officials: 7 killed in Sadr City bombing (AP)

May 12th, 2010

Protesters gather to denounce the killing of 23-year-old journalist Sardasht Othman in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. More than a thousand people demonstrated in the Kurdish city, demanding justice for the death of the Kurdish journalist whose body was found last week.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - Iraqi officials say seven people were killed and 25 wounded when a parked car exploded near a cafe in the Sadr City slum in eastern Baghdad.


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Mortar fire kills 2 Iraqi soldiers at Baghdad post (AP)

April 28th, 2010

A policeman stands guard at a checkpoint at the entrance to Sadr City, northeastern Baghdad, April 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - An overnight mortar attack killed two Iraqi soldiers Tuesday at a security station in a Shiite neighborhood of northern Baghdad, police and hospitals officials said.


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Iraqi court bans candidates in election disarray (AP)

April 26th, 2010

Iraqi election officials count votes at a polling station in Karbala, March 2010. An Iraqi spokesman for a controversial investigative committee said that a judicial panel has invalidated the candidatures of 52 people who stood in Iraq's March 7 general election.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AP - An Iraqi court threw the nation’s disputed election into deeper disarray Monday by disqualifying 52 candidates, including one winner, in a legal ruling that cast doubt on the…

US clears 2nd Navy SEAL in Iraqi abuse case (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

AP - A U.S. military judge has cleared a Navy SEAL of wrongdoing in the alleged beating of a prisoner suspected of masterminding the grisly 2004 killings of four American…

Men in Iraqi army uniforms kill 24 in Sunni area (AP)

April 3rd, 2010

An Iraqi Awakening Council member, Sunnis who turned against al-Qaida and now help Iraqi forces provide security, patrols in the Azamiyah area of north Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 3, 2010. Gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing many people, including five women, execution-style most of the dead were members of local Sahwa, or Awakening Councils. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing at least 24 people, including five women, execution-style, officials said Saturday.


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Men in Iraqi army uniforms kill 25 in Sunni area (AP)

April 3rd, 2010

An Iraqi soldier mans a checkpoint at one of two entrances leading into the al-Amin neighbourhood of Baghdad, in 2008. Gunmen in army uniforms swooped on a village south of Baghdad, stormed three houses and massacred 25 people from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia before dawn, Iraqi officials said.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AP - Gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing 25 people, including five women, execution-style, officials said Saturday.


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Iraqi officials say 25 killed in overnight attack (AP)

April 3rd, 2010

File picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle in Baghdad. Gunmen in army uniforms swooped on a village south of Baghdad at dawn Saturday, stormed three houses and shot dead 20 men and five women from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia, officials said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AP - Gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing 25 people, including five women, in an overnight attack, officials said Saturday.


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Iraqi vote winner hopes to form government soon (AP)

March 27th, 2010

Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in the poster, take to the streets after the results released by Iraq's election commission show a secular challenger has beaten the country's prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. The narrow margin — 91 seats for Ayad Allawi's coalition to 89 for al-Maliki's alliance — sets the stage for months of political wrangling as the veterans of Iraq's young democracy attempt to win support for a majority coalition. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The top vote-getter in Iraq’s parliamentary elections says he wants to negotiate with all parties to form a government that can restore Iraq’s place in the Arab and…

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