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15 Killed In Terror Attack In Iraq, ISIS Claims Responsibility
Fifteen people were killed on Saturday when a group of ISIS terrorists attacked a village in Iraq's Salahudin province, a security official said.
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Turning Iraq History To Rubble, Leaving The Mess To Looters
The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the king from evil, but now their stone remains are piled in the dirt, victims of the ISIS group's fervor to erase history.
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Militants Storm Iraq Gas Compressor Station: Security Sources
Militants stormed a gas facility in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing four workers and planting several explosives before security forces managed to regain control, security sources said.
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Islamic State in Egypt Claims Soldier's Execution-Style Killing
Egyptian jihadists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have posted a video online appearing to show them shooting dead an Egyptian soldier and beheading another captive.
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String of bombings kill 76 in Iraq
Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes in mostly Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday night have killed 76 people and wounded nearly 200, calling into question the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the capital.
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Iraq suicide bombing kills at least 25, wounds 70: Police
At least 25 people were killed and 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a coffee house in the town of Balad Ruz in Central Iraq's restive Diyala province late on Friday, a police official said."Twenty-five people were killed and 70 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a belt filled with explosive at a coffee house in the centre of the city at 9.00...
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Al-Qaida insurgency in Iraq spells highest casualty toll in two years
This spring, United States military commanders said that the Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia was a group in disarray, all but finished as a formidable enemy after American and Iraqi troops had killed or captured more than three-quarters of its leaders.But even as officials in the United States and Iraq made public pronouncements that reveled in Al-Qaida in...
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Iraq: Suicide bombing aimed at pilgrim's kills more than 50
Iraqi police say militants have struck across the Iraqi capital, killing more than 50 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shiite saint.
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India second-worst terror-hit country: Report
India is the second-worst terrorism-afflicted country - behind only war-ravaged Iraq.
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15 Killed In Terror Attack In Iraq, ISIS Claims Responsibility
Fifteen people were killed on Saturday when a group of ISIS terrorists attacked a village in Iraq's Salahudin province, a security official said.
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Turning Iraq History To Rubble, Leaving The Mess To Looters
The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the king from evil, but now their stone remains are piled in the dirt, victims of the ISIS group's fervor to erase history.
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Militants Storm Iraq Gas Compressor Station: Security Sources
Militants stormed a gas facility in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing four workers and planting several explosives before security forces managed to regain control, security sources said.
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Islamic State in Egypt Claims Soldier's Execution-Style Killing
Egyptian jihadists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have posted a video online appearing to show them shooting dead an Egyptian soldier and beheading another captive.
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String of bombings kill 76 in Iraq
Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes in mostly Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday night have killed 76 people and wounded nearly 200, calling into question the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the capital.
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Iraq suicide bombing kills at least 25, wounds 70: Police
At least 25 people were killed and 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a coffee house in the town of Balad Ruz in Central Iraq's restive Diyala province late on Friday, a police official said."Twenty-five people were killed and 70 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a belt filled with explosive at a coffee house in the centre of the city at 9.00...
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Al-Qaida insurgency in Iraq spells highest casualty toll in two years
This spring, United States military commanders said that the Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia was a group in disarray, all but finished as a formidable enemy after American and Iraqi troops had killed or captured more than three-quarters of its leaders.But even as officials in the United States and Iraq made public pronouncements that reveled in Al-Qaida in...
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Iraq: Suicide bombing aimed at pilgrim's kills more than 50
Iraqi police say militants have struck across the Iraqi capital, killing more than 50 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shiite saint.
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India second-worst terror-hit country: Report
India is the second-worst terrorism-afflicted country - behind only war-ravaged Iraq.
