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Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 60 (AP)

August 17th, 2010

A wounded army recruit is transferred to a hospital after a bomb attack occurred in Baghdad August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday among hundreds of army recruits who had gathered near a military headquarters in an attack officials said killed 60 and wounded…

Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 51 (AP)

August 17th, 2010

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in Baghdad. An Iraqi pharmacist just back from his studies in the United States was among at least 18 people killed in a spate of attacks across the country over the weekend, officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday among dozens of Iraqi army recruits who had gathered near a military headquarters in downtown Baghdad in a devastating strike that…

Suicide bombers kill 2 security workers in Kabul (AP)

August 10th, 2010

Relatives and friends carry coffin of Jawed, 27, one of the two Afghans killed by gunmen in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, from a morgue in a military hospital in Kabul. The FBI is conducting its own probe into the deaths of six Americans citizens who were among eight foreigners gunned down in northeastern Afghanistan in an attack claimed by the Taliban, a US official said Monday.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - Two suicide attackers struck a building rented by a private security company in Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, detonating their explosive vests to kill two company drivers, police said.


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Suicide car bomber kills 8 west of Baghdad (AP)

August 8th, 2010

Iraqi men evacuate a victim from the scene of an explosion in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 7, 2010. Health officials say evening market blasts in Iraq's second-largest city have killed several people and wounded dozens.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a police patrol west of Baghdad Sunday and killed eight people, most of them civilians standing in line outside a post office to…

Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north (AP)

August 5th, 2010

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, Afghan police officers stand at a check point next to a makeshift camp where displaced Pashto families from Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, live on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of NATO troops and Afghan police Thursday in northern Afghanistan, killing seven police officers and wounding at least 11 people.


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Suicide car bomb kills 6 kids in south Afghanistan (AP)

August 2nd, 2010

In this handout photo provided by the MOD, Sunday Aug. 1, 2010, soldiers from 1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, during day three of Operation Tor Shezada, in Afghanistan. The troops have cleared large areas of the key route into Sayedebad, removing numerous IEDs and ultimately increasing security in the area.  British and Afghan Troops have occupied the first of several permanent check points and the military presence will allow the local population the freedom of movement to go about the their normal daily lives without risk of intimidation from the insurgents. (AP Photo, MOD, HO)AP - A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a police truck bringing a southern Afghan official to work early Monday, killing six children nearby, officials said.


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Afghan official: 3 die in Kunduz suicide bombing (AP)

July 31st, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - A former militia commander who supported the Afghan government and two others were killed Saturday night by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a football game…

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…

Suicide bomb in Afghan capital kills 3 civilians (AP)

July 18th, 2010

An aerial view from a US helicopter in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, July 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A suicide bombing in eastern Kabul killed three civilians on Sunday, two days before an international conference that will host representatives from about 60 nations, an Afghan official said.


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Unexploded suicide vests found at Uganda site (AP)

July 13th, 2010

Damaged chairs and tables amongst the debris strewn outside the restaurant 'Ethiopian village' in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, July 12, 2010 after an explosion at the restaurant late Sunday. Simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant, killing at least 64 people including one American, officials said. Police feared an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group was behind the attacks.  (AP Photo/Marc Hofer)AP - Investigators found several unexploded suicide vests in a disco hall in Uganda’s capital, suggesting that al-Shabab militants planned to carry out more attacks, a government official said Tuesday.


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