Yahoo! News: Iraq

Baghdad market bombings kill 28 (AFP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST AFP - At least 28 people, including women and children, were killed and dozens wounded in a double bombing in a Baghdad market on Monday, the deadliest attack to rock the Iraqi capital in months, security officials said.

Baghdad triple bomb kills 28 (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:42 AM CST Reuters - Two car bombs exploded in central Baghdad Monday and a suicide bomber blew himself up among police and civilians who rushed to help the wounded, a triple strike that killed 28 people and wounded 68.

At least 28 dead in twin Baghdad blasts (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST AP - A suicide bomber struck Monday in a crowd gathered at the site of an explosion that moments earlier had damaged a bus filled with schoolgirls, with both blasts killing at least 28 people and wounding 68 others, authorities said.

Baghdad triple bombing kills 28: police (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:32 AM CST Reuters - A pair of car bombs exploded in central Baghdad Monday and a suicide bomber blew himself up among police and civilians who rushed to help the wounded, in a triple strike that killed 28 people and wounded 68, police said.

Will Obama Have to Adjust His Timetable on Iraq? (Time.com) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 12:50 AM CST Time.com - U.S. commanders are skeptical that a 16-month withdrawal schedule could be completed while maintaining security

Reminiscences of old Baghdad by one of last Jews (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 11:25 AM CST Reuters - One of the last eight Jews in Baghdad, a portly retired accountant, erupts in a bellyful of laughter when asked why he never married.

AP IMPACT: After US goes, Iraqi city faces vacuum (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 11:24 AM CST AP - The two sides squared off in a brightly patterned tent big enough to hold about 100 angry Sunni Muslim clan chiefs, the Shiite Muslim police chief, two Shiite government officials and — overseeing all — one frustrated senior U.S. Army officer.

Iraqi local elections set for January 31 (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 11:02 AM CST AFP - Iraq on Sunday timetabled long-awaited provincial elections for January 31 as an opinion poll showed religious parties apparently losing support.

Syria's Assad says US should withdraw from Iraq (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 07:36 AM CST AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday called on the United States to pull its troops out of Iraq, saying they posed a threat to neighbouring states.

Syrian president criticizes proposed US-Iraq pact (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 06:17 AM CST AP - Syria's president criticized Sunday a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact that would keep American troops in Iraq for three more years.

Baghdad set to foot bill for anti-Qaeda fighters (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 06:14 AM CST AFP - The Iraqi government is set to put anti-Qaeda fighters in Baghdad on its payroll, partially integrating what is arguably the country's largest militia into the armed forces, a senior official said Sunday.

Female suicide bomber kills three at Iraqi hospital (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 05:22 AM CST AFP - A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives vest in front of a hospital near the Iraqi city of Fallujah on Sunday, killing three people and wounding seven, security officials said.

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