Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Bombings, mortar strikes kill 76 across Baghdad (AP)
• Bush autobiography says he considered dumping Cheney (AFP)
• Bush considered replacing VP Cheney: memoir (Reuters)
• Bombs kill dozens as Iraqi Christians mourn (Reuters)
• Auditors: Is US overselling diplomacy in Iraq? (AP)
• Baghdad grinds to halt as bomb attacks blanket a reeling city (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A look at major attacks in Iraq this year (AP)
• Baghdad bombs kill 63 (AFP)
• Grieving Christians mourn dead from Iraq church bloodbath (AFP)
• A look at targets of Tuesday's Baghdad attacks (AP)
• More than 30 killed in new Baghdad bomb attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 57 killed by Baghdad car bombs (AFP)
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• Thirty killed in car bombings in Shiite districts in Baghdad (AFP)
• Iraq's capital rocked by at least 10 explosions (Reuters)
• Closed TV channel was 'mouthpiece for terrorists': Iraq body (AFP)
• Student guilty of Iraq attack on UK lawmaker (AP)
• Italian foreign minister in bid to stop Aziz execution (AFP)
• Iraq probes church raid; says attackers disguised (Reuters)

Bombings, mortar strikes kill 76 across Baghdad (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes killed 76 people and wounded more than 200 across Baghdad's myriad neighborhoods Tuesday, demonstrating the insurgents' ability to carry out coordinated strikes from one side of the capital to the other.

Bush autobiography says he considered dumping Cheney (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:22 PM PDT AFP - Former US president George W. Bush admits he considered dropping Dick Cheney ahead of his re-election run but defends his vice president as well as the invasion of Iraq in a new autobiography, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Bush considered replacing VP Cheney: memoir (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - Former President George W. Bush once considered replacing Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush says in a revealing memoir in which he offers advice on the U.S. economy and admits mistakes on Iraq and Katrina.

Bombs kill dozens as Iraqi Christians mourn (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:09 PM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A series of bombs rocked mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens two days after al Qaeda militants staged a bloodbath when they took hostages in a Christian church.

Auditors: Is US overselling diplomacy in Iraq? (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration could be overstating what U.S. diplomats can do to contain Iraq's ethnic and sectarian tensions without U.S. military forces, a State Department audit concluded Tuesday, raising fresh concerns about the planned pullout of American troops next year.

Baghdad grinds to halt as bomb attacks blanket a reeling city (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:34 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Sixteen bombs struck Baghdad on Tuesday, exploding near crowded coffee shops and a Shiite mosque and bringing a city still reeling from a major attack Sunday to a standstill.

A look at major attacks in Iraq this year (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:49 PM PDT AP - A look at major attacks in Iraq in 2010:

Baghdad bombs kill 63 (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PDT AFP - Eleven car bombs rocked Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghad on Tuesday killing at least 63 people amid growing concern that Sunni militants are taking advantage of a persistent power vacuum seven months after an inconclusive general election.

Grieving Christians mourn dead from Iraq church bloodbath (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 12:50 PM PDT AFP - Two priests, who were among dozens of Christian hostages killed by Al-Qaeda gunmen in a Baghdad church, were buried as heroes on Tuesday after a tearful funeral that drew hundreds of people.

A look at targets of Tuesday's Baghdad attacks (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 12:29 PM PDT AP - A look at the mostly Shiite Baghdad neighborhoods targeted Tuesday night in a series of bombings and mortar strikes that took place over the span of about an hour:

More than 30 killed in new Baghdad bomb attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 12:01 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - More than a dozen bombs struck Baghdad on Tuesday evening, killing almost 40 people and wounding 70 others in coordinated blasts two days after Al Qaeda-linked gunmen stormed a church in one of the deadliest attacks in a year. Baghdad security spokesman Qassim Atta told state-run Iraqiya television that officials were considering imposing an immediate curfew on the city.

57 killed by Baghdad car bombs (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:58 AM PDT AFP - At least 57 people were killed and nearly 250 wounded in coordinated car bombings in Shiite districts across Baghdad on Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.

(AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:42 AM PDT AP - Officials: Death toll in string of Baghdad blasts rises to 62 in neighborhoods across the city.

Thirty killed in car bombings in Shiite districts in Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:18 AM PDT AFP - Thirty people were killed and 75 wounded in 11 coordinated car bombings in different Shiite districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.

Iraq's capital rocked by at least 10 explosions (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - At least 10 explosions rocked mainly Shi'ite areas of Iraq's capital Baghdad on Tuesday, although the number of casualties was unclear, an official said.

Closed TV channel was 'mouthpiece for terrorists': Iraq body (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:57 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's privately-owned Al-Baghdadiya television channel was closed down because it had turned into "a mouthpiece for terrorists," the country's media licensing commission said on Tuesday.

Student guilty of Iraq attack on UK lawmaker (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:34 AM PDT AP - A student opposed to the Iraq war was convicted Tuesday of trying to murder a British lawmaker in retaliation for his support for the conflict.

Italian foreign minister in bid to stop Aziz execution (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:58 AM PDT AFP - Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini will fly to Baghdad to try to stop the execution of former Saddam aide Tareq Aziz, who was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court last week, his office said Monday.

Iraq probes church raid; says attackers disguised (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:22 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq launched an investigation on Tuesday into a church raid in which 52 hostages and police were killed, trying to find out how al Qaeda-linked gunmen managed to storm the building despite checkpoints, an official said.

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