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Iraq’s Christians terrorized by wave of bombings (AP)

November 10th, 2010

Iraqi Christian Siba Nadhir, who survived last week's church carnage in Baghdad, lies on her hospital bed surrounded by a nurse and mourning family members in black, in the Iraqi capital on November 7, one day before being transferred along with 40 people wounded in the deadly October 31 Al-Qaeda hostage assault on the Sayedat al-Nejat Catholic catherdral to France for further hospital treatment.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AP - Suspected Sunni militants took aim again at Baghdad’s dwindling Christian community, setting off a dozen roadside bombs Wednesday and sending terrified families into hiding behind a church where…

7 US troops die in bombings in violent south (AP)

August 30th, 2010

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a trilateral regional summit in Tehran, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiAP - Roadside bombs killed seven American troopers on Monday — including five in a single blast in Kandahar — raising to more than a dozen the number who have…

Al-Qaida plants flag in Baghdad as 23 die in 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 - Al-Qaida briefly planted its flag in Baghdad on Thursday as militants killed 23 members of Iraq’s security forces across the country in a combination of shootings and roadside…

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…

Roadside bombs kill 4 NATO troops in Afghanistan (AP)

July 17th, 2010

Richard Holbrooke (L) , the U.S. special representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan, walks with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi before their meeting at the foreign ministry in Islamabad July 17, 2010.  REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood  (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Roadside bombs killed four NATO troops in Afghanistan, the international force said Saturday, adding to a violent summer as coalition forces step up patrols in the Taliban-dominated south.


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