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Scores Killed in Iraq Bombings

14 hours ago ago from Pan-African News Wire

The dead body of a man is carried away from the blast scene after being killed by a massive bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Thursday, December 24, 2009 20:33 Mecca time, 17:33 GMT Scores killed in Iraq blasts A twin bomb attack occured near a bus stop in Hilla Three bomb blasts in Iraq have killed more than 30 people and injured 75 others. Officials ...

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Five killed by bomb at funeral in Baghdad

20 hours ago ago from India Business Blog News

2009/12/24 Tags: ashura , iraq news , sadr city , voices of iraq in Gulf-Middle East , International , News Baghdad, Dec 24 (DPA) Five people were killed and 22 others wounded by an explosion Thursday in Sadr City in the east of Baghdad, security officials said. The bomb went off during a funerary gathering in the impoverished, predominately Shia district of the Iraqi capital, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported. ...

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Violence In Iraq 12/24/2009

22 hours ago ago from NewsPirates | news commentary humor secrets treasure tibetan mastiffs

Posted on 24 December 2009 by Jim Walrod BAGHDAD Iraqi forces captured a man, identified as a Syrian national, in western Baghdad who was planning to detonate a car bomb. MOSUL Gunmen shot dead a Christian man and wounded another man. MOSUL Gunmen killed a man near his home. KERBALA A roadside bomb went off near a restaurant, killing one person and wounding five others, including two religious pilgrims. BAGHDAD A motorbike laden ...

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Scores killed in Iraq blasts

14 hours ago ago from Muslims Against Sharia

Three bomb blasts in Iraq have killed more than 34 people and injured 75 others. Officials said that a double explosion struck near a bus station in Babil province on Thursday, killing 14 policemen and a provincal councillor. The first bomb, in a car, was said to have exploded at about 2pm (1100GMT) in Hilla, the provincial capital about 95km south of the capital Baghdad. Another blast came about 15 minutes later when police ...

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Iraqi bomb blasts leave 23 dead

7 hours ago ago from MIDEASTA

A twin bomb explosion has killed at least five people in Iraq. The blast, in a bus and taxi station, reportedly went off as a bomb disposal experts were trying to defuse a roadside bomb. A local leader was among the dead and 20 others were wounded, Reuters news agency reported. The bombs went off in the town of Hilla, 100km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, an area where it was thought the the level of violence had dropped. The ...

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Threats, Ashoura Bring Blue Christmas In Iraq : NPR

20 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Threats, Ashoura Bring Blue Christmas In Iraq by The Associated Press Associated Press Iraqi Army soldiers stand guard outside a church in Basra, Iraq's ...

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Explosions Kill at Least 26 Across Iraq

20 hours ago ago from FOX News

Explosions Kill at Least 26 Across Iraq Thursday, December 24, 2009 Print BAGHDAD Explosions killed at least 26 people across Iraq on Thursday, most of them Shiite pilgrims taking part in a holy mourning ceremony, authorities said, raising fears of further sectarian attacks at the approach of Shiite Islam's most solemn occasion. The deaths came three days before the climax of Ashoura, when hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims ...

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Five attacks kill at least 19, wound more than 100 in Iraq

23 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.

BAGHDAD -- Violence spiked in Iraq on Thursday in advance of the Shiite religious festival of Ashura, with five attacks killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100, including a provincial council member and a high-ranking Iraqi military official. Iraqi officials said al-Qaeda in Iraq was probably responsible for the string of attacks, which have totaled more than a dozen in the past 24 hours. The Shiite festival, commemorating ...

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