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Militants kill 23 security forces across Iraq (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants killed 23 members of Iraq’s security forces across the country Thursday in a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers…

Militants kill 7 policemen, soldiers in Baghdad (AP)

July 29th, 2010

FILE - In July 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq. An al-Qaida-linked group is claiming responsibility for the bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of the pan-Arab television station, Al-Arabiya. A statement posted Thursday, July 29, 2010, on the website of the Islamic state of Iraq said the operation was carried out by a 'hero of Islam.' (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqi police and army officials say seven members of the country’s security forces have been killed in what apparently were coordinated attacks in Baghdad’s Sunni district of Azamiyah.


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Twin car bombs kill 25 in Iraqi city of Karbala (AP)

July 26th, 2010

Iraqi army soldiers stand in the ruins of the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed 25 people on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. Sunni…

Taliban claim to capture US sailor, kill another (AP)

July 25th, 2010

A U.S. soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) chats with a driver during a search for the two missing U.S. Navy personnel at a joint check post with Afghan soldiers in Pul-e-alam, Logar province of Afghanistan on Sunday, July 25, 2010. The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a U.S. Navy sailor they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said Sunday. (AP Photo)AP - The Taliban claimed Sunday that they killed a U.S. sailor and kidnapped another as NATO forces ramped up a massive search for the servicemen, who went missing two…

US missiles kill 5 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

July 25th, 2010

** RETRANSMISSION TO PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY ** In this photo taken on July 19, 2010, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan When Hillary offered Pakistan help this week in exporting mangos to the US for the first time in a bid to dampen anti-American sentiment, it marked the latest chapter in the fruits' curious history of diplomacy and intrigue in the region. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five suspected militants in the second drone strike in as many days, intelligence…

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