Iraq Attacks

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  Rocket Attacks In Iraq Strike Baghdad School, US Embassy, Injuring 3

  Three people including two children were wounded in rocket attacks Thursday on Baghdad's Green Zone, with one hitting a school and two smashing into the US embassy grounds, Iraqi security sources said.

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  11 Dead In Iraq Attack Blamed On ISIS: Report

  At least 11 people were killed late Tuesday in an attack on a village in eastern Iraq blamed on the Islamic State group, security sources said.

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  Rocket Hits North Iraq Base Hosting US Troops: Security Sources

  A rocket attack on Thursday night slammed into an Iraqi base in the remote province of Kirkuk where American troops are stationed, Iraqi and US security sources told AFP.

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  2 Rockets Hit Iraq Capital Baghdad's Green Zone, Day After Iran Attack

  Two rockets crashed late Wednesday into the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, the high-security enclave where foreign embassies including the US mission are based, security sources told AFP.

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  At Least 74 Killed In Iraq Attack Claimed By ISIS

  Gunmen and suicide car bombers killed at least 74 people Thursday near the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, in the deadliest attack claimed by the ISIS since it lost second city Mosul.

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  Turkish Jets Strike Rebels In Iraq Following Failed Coup

  Turkey's state run news agency says Turkish jets have carried out cross-border strikes against Kurdish rebel positions in Northern Iraq, killing 20 alleged terrorists.

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  Iraq Car Bombs Kill 50, Rare Attack in South

  Three car bombs killed at least 50 people in Iraq Monday, including 35 in a single blast north of Baghdad and 10 in a rare attack in the south, officials said.

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  'I am Responsible,' Says Grieving Father of Australian Islamic State Bomber

  The heartbroken father of an Australian schoolboy believed to have died while carrying out a suicide bombing for Islamic State said today that he felt "totally responsible" for failing to see that his son needed help.

• 13 Killed in Two Separate Attacks in Baghdad

  At least 13 people were killed and 46 injured in two separate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad today.

• Iraq attacks kill 33 as 2014 toll tops 4,000

  Attacks across Iraq killed 33 people on Wednesday, the latest in a months-long surge in violence that has left more than 4,000 people dead this year.

• Iraq: Militant group claims attack that killed 25

  An al Qaida spin-off group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in a Kurdish town northeast of Baghdad that killed at least 25 people the previous day.

• 21 killed in wave of Baghdad attacks

  Attacks across Baghdad, including car bombs at an up-scale shopping mall and near a juvenile detention centre, killed 21 people on Saturday as rising violence fuels fears of all-out sectarian war.

• Iraq attacks kill 44 as millions mark Shiite holiday

  Attacks mostly against Shiites, including the suicide bombing of a religious procession, killed 44 people in Iraq on Thursday despite massive security for one of the holiest days of their faith.

• Iraq attacks kill 13 people, as 2013 toll tops 5,500

  Attacks in Iraq killed 13 people on Tuesday, most of them security personnel, officials said, the latest casualties in a country-wide spike in violence that the government has failed to stem.

• Iraq: Gunmen attack Shiite families, kill 16

  Gunmen attacked two Shiite families in a largely Sunni area south of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, killing 16, officials said on Wednesday.