suicide attacks

Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq (AP)

July 18th, 2010

A policeman and a worker unload the bodies of government-backed Sunni militia members who were killed in a bomb attack, at a hospital in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad July 18, 2010. REUTERS/StringerAP - Two suicide bombers targeting members of a government-backed, anti-al-Qaida militia struck within hours of each other early Sunday, killing at least 48 people and wounding dozens more, Iraqi…

UN says security in Afghanistan has not improved (AP)

June 19th, 2010

Former Taliban fighters stand in line as they surrender their weapons to Afghan authorities in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - The United Nations reported Saturday that insurgent violence has risen sharply in Afghanistan over the last three months, with roadside bombings, complex suicide attacks and assassinations soaring over…

Iraqi police: Baghdad suicide attacks kill 9 (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Amidst high security, Iraqi army soldiers are searched by Iraqi police as they arrive to cast their votes at a polling center in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Early voting in Iraq for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel is taking place Thursday, ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraqi police officials say nine people have been killed in two suicide bombings, bringing the daily death toll in Iraq’s capital to 16 as hundreds of thousands across…