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US Troops Targeted At Base In Western Iraq, Second Attack Since February 4
American forces were targeted at a base in western Iraq, a US defense official said Tuesday, the second such attack on the country's troops after a more than two month pause.
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Truck Bomb Kills at Least 60 in Baghdad's Sadr City: Sources
At least 60 people were killed and 200 wounded in a bomb attack today at a market in Baghdad's Sadr City district, police and medical sources said, in one of the largest attacks on the capital since Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took office a year ago.
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Car Bomb Kills 20 in Baghdad Shi'ite District
Muslim district of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, police and medical sources said.
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Islamic State Militants Use Water as Weapon in Western Iraq
Islamic State militants have closed gates of a dam on the Euphrates River in western Iraq, reducing the water and giving them greater freedom of movement to attack government forces downstream on the southern bank, local officials said.
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At Least 34 killed in Three Bombings in Baghdad
At least 34 people were killed in three bombings around Baghdad on Saturday, police said, hours before the government was due to lift a long standing night time curfew on the capital.
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Islamic State Jihadists Kill 16 Border Guards in Western Iraq
At least 16 Iraqi border guards were killed Monday in a dawn assault by the Islamic State jihadist group on their post near the Syrian frontier, provincial and security officials said.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 37 in Western Iraq: Police
Thirty seven people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed Humvee military vehicle into a construction site, used by the army and police, according to two police officers and a medical official.
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As Iraq Gets New President, Car Bomb Kills 21
Iraqi officials say a double car bombing in central Baghdad has killed 21 people and wounded 33, hours after lawmakers elected the country's new president.
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Iraq: 60 Dead in Attack on Prisoner Convoy
Gunmen attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad on Thursday, setting off a gunbattle with troops in which 52 prisoners and eight soldiers were killed, officials said.
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Militants Positioned to Hold Captured Iraq Territory, Says US Official
Sunni militants are "well positioned" to hold a broad swathe of territory captured in northern and western Iraq if the Baghdad government fails to produce a robust counter-offensive, a senior US intelligence official said on Tuesday.
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Insurgents take police hostage in western Iraq
Iraqi officials say insurgents have broken into a police station in western Iraq and are holding a number of police officers hostage. The deputy of the Anbar province governor, Dhari Arkan, says the Iraqi army is surrounding a police station in the town of al-Baghdadi. He says Insurgents are holed up inside and have taken police officers hostage.
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US Troops Targeted At Base In Western Iraq, Second Attack Since February 4
American forces were targeted at a base in western Iraq, a US defense official said Tuesday, the second such attack on the country's troops after a more than two month pause.
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Truck Bomb Kills at Least 60 in Baghdad's Sadr City: Sources
At least 60 people were killed and 200 wounded in a bomb attack today at a market in Baghdad's Sadr City district, police and medical sources said, in one of the largest attacks on the capital since Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took office a year ago.
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Car Bomb Kills 20 in Baghdad Shi'ite District
Muslim district of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, police and medical sources said.
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Islamic State Militants Use Water as Weapon in Western Iraq
Islamic State militants have closed gates of a dam on the Euphrates River in western Iraq, reducing the water and giving them greater freedom of movement to attack government forces downstream on the southern bank, local officials said.
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At Least 34 killed in Three Bombings in Baghdad
At least 34 people were killed in three bombings around Baghdad on Saturday, police said, hours before the government was due to lift a long standing night time curfew on the capital.
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Islamic State Jihadists Kill 16 Border Guards in Western Iraq
At least 16 Iraqi border guards were killed Monday in a dawn assault by the Islamic State jihadist group on their post near the Syrian frontier, provincial and security officials said.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 37 in Western Iraq: Police
Thirty seven people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed Humvee military vehicle into a construction site, used by the army and police, according to two police officers and a medical official.
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As Iraq Gets New President, Car Bomb Kills 21
Iraqi officials say a double car bombing in central Baghdad has killed 21 people and wounded 33, hours after lawmakers elected the country's new president.
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Iraq: 60 Dead in Attack on Prisoner Convoy
Gunmen attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad on Thursday, setting off a gunbattle with troops in which 52 prisoners and eight soldiers were killed, officials said.
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Militants Positioned to Hold Captured Iraq Territory, Says US Official
Sunni militants are "well positioned" to hold a broad swathe of territory captured in northern and western Iraq if the Baghdad government fails to produce a robust counter-offensive, a senior US intelligence official said on Tuesday.
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Insurgents take police hostage in western Iraq
Iraqi officials say insurgents have broken into a police station in western Iraq and are holding a number of police officers hostage. The deputy of the Anbar province governor, Dhari Arkan, says the Iraqi army is surrounding a police station in the town of al-Baghdadi. He says Insurgents are holed up inside and have taken police officers hostage.
