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Saddam 'strong until the end'
BAGHDAD — Mowaffak Al-Rubaie sits in his office with a statue of Saddam Hussein behind him, the rope used to hang the dictator around its neck, recalling his final minutes. The former national security advisor, who oversaw Saddam's 2006 execution, ...
Christmas blasts kill 35 in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Bombs exploded in a market near a church in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing 35 people and wounding more than 50, the Interior Ministry said. The blasts come as Iraq suffers its worst violence since 2008, when it ...
Bomb hits Iraq acting defense minister’s convoy
    BAGHDAD – A bomb struck the acting Iraqi defense minister’s convoy west of Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding two of his guards, the ministry said. The roadside bomb hit Saadun Al-Dulaimi’s convoy as it traveled between Fallujah and Ramadi, “wounding two of ...
Shelling kills four Iraq army officers, two soldiers
BAGHDAD – Mortar rounds struck an Iraqi army base west of Baghdad on Monday, killing four officers and two soldiers, security officials said. A brigade commander was among the dead in the attack, which took place in the Abu Ghraib area, ...
Bombings target Shiites; 22 killed
    BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt among Shiite pilgrims in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing 22 people, security officials said. The attack in the Dura area of south Baghdad took place at a tent where pilgrims ...
Iraq sees surge in violence two years after US pullout
    BAGHDAD – Two years after US troops departed, Iraqi security forces are struggling to curb violence that has reached a level not seen since 2008, near the height of America’s military presence. Iraqi forces are now alone in facing militant groups ...
Home-invasion, blasts leave 9 dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Gunmen broke into the home of a government employee in a town north of Iraq’s capital and killed him and his family, the deadliest in attacks Sunday that left nine dead across the country, officials said. Attackers using guns ...
The legacy lives on
BAGHDAD — A decade after Saddam Hussein’s arrest, the now-executed Iraqi leader’s legacy of conflicts, sanctions and repression still exact a heavy toll on the country. And as oil-rich Iraq grows increasingly important to the global economy and regional diplomacy, his ...
‘Terror’ suspects escape in Iraq
BAGHDAD — At least 22 “terrorism” suspects escaped a Baghdad detention facility on Friday after killing two guards, though most were later recaptured, security officials said. The escapes were the latest in a long line of jailbreaks in Iraq, including ...
Storm delays UN aid airlift to Syria
    BAGHDAD — Severe winter weather delayed the start of the first United Nations airlift of aid items from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region to neighboring Syria, a spokesman said on Thursday. “It appears... the weather in Qamishli has delayed the start ...
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