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Beginning in August 2009 Al Qaeda in Iraq began attacking government institutions. On August 18 they bombed the Foreign Affairs and Finance ministries , killing 101 and wounding 1,023. On August 25 they attacked the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad provincial council building resulting in 135 casualties. Finally, on December 8 the federal appeals court, a technical college, the headquarters of the state-run Raifdain Bank, and the new ...
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The initial phase in Obama's plan to end combat operations will take place over the next 6 months, military officials say. The announcement comes as a suicide bomber kills 33 police recruits in Baghdad. The U.S. will reduce its military presence in Iraq by 12,000 troops over the next six months as part of the first major drawdown since President Obama announced his plan to end combat operations in the country next year, U.S. military ...
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BBC News Holiday in Iraq Is Largely Peaceful New York Times BAGHDAD — A bomb killed four people in northern Iraq, but a massive deployment of security forces kept the culmination of the Shiite observance of Ashura on Sunday largely peaceful, foiling several other plots to kill pilgrims, Shia pilgrims gather for Ashura climax BBC News In election season, Iraq steps up Ashura security Reuters Pilgrims killed in Baghdad ...
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A U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan on Sunday raised the American death toll in 2009 to exactly twice the number of those soldiers killed there in that country in 2008. After eight years in Afghanistan, 940 U.S. and 613 coalition soldiers have died. Casualty statistics are available at iCasualties . JCL Agence France-Presse via Google News: A US solder was killed in Afghanistan, NATO said on Sunday, raising the American death ...
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