Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Blackwater successor settles Baghdad shooting suit (AP)
• In Quotes: Iraq Bombings Bring Condolences, Pleas for Peace (ContributorNetwork)
• Blast kills 2 Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad (AP)

Blackwater successor settles Baghdad shooting suit (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:04 PM PST AP - The new owners of the security company formerly known as Blackwater said Saturday they have settled a lawsuit brought by some of the survivors and estates of Iraqis killed during an infamous 2007 shooting in Baghdad.

In Quotes: Iraq Bombings Bring Condolences, Pleas for Peace (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:06 PM PST ContributorNetwork - A bombing campaign across two days in Iraq, as reported by AFP, brought swift international condemnation. The attacks killed 68 people on Wednesday and Thursday in Baghdad, Baqouba and Nasiriyah. The attacks were targeting Shiite Muslims following a political crisis involving allegations by Shiite leaders that Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was in charge of a hit squad.

Blast kills 2 Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2012 01:10 AM PST AP - A roadside bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims killed two people and wounded eight others south of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said.

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