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Timeline: Deadliest attacks in Iraq in 2012

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 03:18 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Here are the details of major attacks in Iraq in 2012: January 5, 2012 - Four bombs in Shi'ite areas kill at least 73 people and wound about 150. January 14 - A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman kills at least 53 people and wounds 130 in an attack on Shi'ite pilgrims. February 23 - Bomb blasts across Iraq kill 60 people, 32 of them in Baghdad where 10 explosions tear through mainly Shi'ite neighborhoods. March 20 - At least 30 explosions strike cities and towns across Iraq, killing 52 people and wounding 235, despite a security clampdown for an Arab League meeting. ...

Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:57 PM PDT

Iraqi security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 420 km (261 miles) southeast of BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs tore through mainly Shi'ite Baghdad districts on Sunday after Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death, as more than 100 people were killed across the country in one of the bloodiest days this year. Hashemi's sentencing in absentia and the violence threatened to further stoke sectarian tensions in Iraq where a Shi'ite-led government is battling political deadlock and a Sunni Islamist insurgency nine months after U.S. troops left. ...

Car bomb kills 17 in north Syrian city of Aleppo

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

A car bomb ripped through Syria's largest city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 in one of the main battlegrounds of the country's civil war, state-run media said.

Iraq's exiled vice president sentenced to death as violence grows

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:11 PM PDT

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death today over what he asserts are politically-motivated terrorism charges, in the latest move by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government that is certain to stoke sectarian tensions in the troubled Arab nation.

Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 92

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability, insurgents unleashed an onslaught of bombings and shootings across Iraq, killing at least 92 people in one of the deadliest days this year.

Death toll rises to 51 in Baghdad blasts: sources

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from a series of car bombs in six mainly Shi'ite districts around Baghdad rose to 51 on Sunday, bringing the number of people killed in a bloody day of attacks across Iraq to at least 109, police and hospital officials said. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; writing by Barry Malone)

Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 82

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability, insurgents unleashed an onslaught of bombings and shootings across Iraq, killing at least 82 people in one of the deadliest days this year.

Syria: Car bomb kills 17 in Aleppo

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT

FSA soldiers help a severely wounded colleague after being shot by a Syrian Army sniper in Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Sept 8, 2012. On Friday, U.S. Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham, who have toured the volatile Middle East in recent days, urged Washington to help arm Syria's rebels with weapons and create a safe zone inside the country for a transition government. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)A car bomb ripped through Syria's largest city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 in one of the main battlegrounds of the country's civil war, state-run media said.

Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011:

Joe Biden Calls GOP a 'Different Breed of Cat'

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:56 AM PDT

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio – Vice President Joe Biden often proclaims how different the Republican Party is from generations ago, but in Portsmouth, Ohio, today, he had a new way to describe them – a "different breed of cat." "They're not bad guys. It's just a different,...

Obama and Biden Get Physical on the Campaign Trail

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

President Obama and Joe Biden had two strange, but similar photos taken of them on Sunday afternoon. Both men got a little, uhm, physical on the campaign trail. 

Car bomb kills 11 in Shiite stronghold in Baghdad

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Iraqi officials say a late-night car bomb has killed 11 people in a Shiite stronghold in Baghdad in an attack that has brought the day's death toll to 75.

Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 64

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability, insurgents unleashed an onslaught of bombings and shootings across Iraq, killing at least 64 people in a dozen cities.

Wave of attacks kill at least 64 in Iraq

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:46 AM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Insurgents killed at least 64 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said.

New Iraq attacks bring day's death toll to 64

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Three evening bombings and a shooting in and near Iraq's capital have killed 20 people at the end of a deadly day of attacks around the country.

Explosions kill 58 in Iraq, French consulate hit

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT

Iraqi security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 420 km (261 miles) southeast of BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 58 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Sunday, including a car bomb outside a French consulate. Iraq's conflict has eased since its height in 2006-2007 when sectarian slaughter killed thousands. But Sunni Islamists and an al Qaeda affiliate still launch about one major attack a month in an effort to reignite tensions between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims following the U.S. military withdrawal in December. ...

Three bombs kill at least 15 in Baghdad Shi'ite districts: police

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three car bombs hit mainly Shi'ite districts in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more, bringing the death toll from a day of attacks across Iraq to at least 73, police and hospital officials said. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; writing by Patrick Markey)

AP IMPACT: Surprising methods heal wounded troops

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:22 AM PDT

In this Monday, July 2, 2012 photo Cathryn Sundback, director of the tissue engineering lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, holds a laboratory rat implanted with a human-scaled ear made from sheep cells at the lab in Boston. The same lab also has created ears from human cells and hopes to start implanting them in patients in about a year. With ears destined for patients - they would just be grown in a lab dish until they're ready to implant. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. Around the country, the most advanced medical tools that exist are now being deployed to help America's newest veterans and wounded troops.

Iraq's Sunni vice president sentenced to death

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 08:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi court found the nation's Sunni vice president guilty Sunday, Sept, 2012 of running death squads against security forces and Shiites, and sentenced him to death in absentia. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)A Baghdad court sentenced Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president to death Sunday after finding him guilty of masterminding the killings of a lawyer and a government security official.

Wave of attacks kill at least 44 in Iraq

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:29 AM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Insurgents killed at least 44 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said.

Jordan militant warns of attacks in Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:16 AM PDT

FSA soldiers help a severely wounded colleague after being shot by a Syrian Army sniper in Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Sept 8, 2012. On Friday, U.S. Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham, who have toured the volatile Middle East in recent days, urged Washington to help arm Syria's rebels with weapons and create a safe zone inside the country for a transition government. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)A Jordanian militant leader linked to al-Qaida warned Sunday that his extremist group will launch "deadly attacks" in neighboring Syria to topple President Bashar Assad, as Damascus lashed out at France for backing Syrian rebels.

Ryan balks at Obama's foreign policy criticism

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT

GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says he has more foreign policy experience than Barack Obama did before he entered the White House.

Pope: Beirut trip is Mideast peace pilgrimage

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:52 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday characterized his trip to Beirut later this week as a pilgrimage for peace for the entire Middle East region and its anguished people.

Iraqi court finds Sunni VP guilty of running death squads; sentenced to death

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:46 AM PDT

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi court on Sunday found the nation's Sunni vice-president guilty of running death squads against security forces and Shiites, and sentenced him to death in absentia.

Iraqi court sentences Sunni VP to death

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi court found the nation's Sunni vice president guilty Sunday, Sept, 2012 of running death squads against security forces and Shiites, and sentenced him to death in absentia. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)An Iraqi court on Sunday found the nation's Sunni vice president guilty of running death squads against security forces and Shiites, and sentenced him to death in absentia.

Analysis: Can Israel surprise Iran? Maybe not, but could still strike

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cancellation of a security cabinet session on Iran following a media leak last week laid bare a conundrum long troubling Israeli strategists: could they count on any element of surprise in a war on their arch-foe? Possibly not. Years of public speculation, much of it stoked by official statements in Israel and abroad, about the likelihood and timing of such a conflict have afforded the Iranians plenty of notice to fortify their threatened nuclear facilities and prepare retaliation. ...

Homeless in Miami find new outlet, feeding the well-heeled

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:03 AM PDT

Handout photo of Xavier Wright, who used to live in a homeless shelter, working in Verde Gardens farm in HomsteadMIAMI (Reuters) - As part of an innovative effort to tackle Miami's problem with homelessness, Xavier Wright has traded the streets of downtown for a live-in community farm project in south Florida that grows produce for an upscale restaurant. Wright, 25, said it's his first steady job in two years. "I love this. I love being outside, I love working with my hands," said Wright, wearing a straw hat to shield himself from Florida's relentless summer sun. Verde Gardens, a $17. ...

10 things you need to know today: September 9, 2012

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:00 AM PDT

A wave of attacks kill 39 in Iraq, severe storms pummel the Northeast, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Wave of attacks hits 10 Iraqi cities, killing at least 39 people

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:53 AM PDT

BAGHDAD - Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said.

Wave of attacks kill at least 39 in Iraq

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:43 AM PDT

Citizens and security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept 7, 2012. An Iraqi police commander says three separate attacks against Shiite mosques in a volatile northern city have killed at least four civilians and injured more than 60 others. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said.

Gunmen kill 10 Iraqi soldiers in raid on army camp

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Officials say gunmen have killed at least 10 Iraqi soldiers in an early morning raid on a small military outpost in central Iraq.

Bombing in Iraq kills 7 police recruits

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:35 AM PDT

A car bomb struck a group of police recruits waiting to apply for jobs in a northern Iraqi city on Sunday, killing seven and wounding 17, a senior police commander said.

Adam Cook (VA-1) and Other Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Honored at Democratic National Convention’s Tribute to Veterans

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:18 AM PDT

Cook for Congress: Major Adam Cook, a recently returned Afghan War Veteran and the Democratic Nominee for Congress in Virginia's First District, participated in the Democratic National Convention's tribute to Iraq and Afghan War Veterans.Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) September 09, 2012 Major Adam Cook, a recently returned Afghan War Veteran and the Democratic Nominee for Congress in Virginia's First District, participated in the Democratic National Convention's tribute to Iraq and Afghan War Veterans. ...

After Russia talks, Clinton sees divisions on Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:17 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton delivers remarks during a news conference at the U.S. Consulate in VladivostokVLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Sharp divisions remain with Moscow over the Syria crisis, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday, as she wrapped up an Asia tour in which she also made little headway with China on easing tensions in the South China Sea. Clinton said she had made the case for increasing pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, but had come away pessimistic about the chances of closing the gap before the U.N. General Assembly this month. ...

Car bomb explodes outside French consulate in Iraq's Nassiriya: police

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 11:55 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded outside the French consulate building in the Iraqi city of Nassiriya on Sunday, wounding at least two people, part of a wave of nine attacks across the country, police said. Nassiriya city, 300 km, 185 miles south of Baghdad, is a relatively stable part of the country, but it was hit by a suicide bombing against Shi'ite pilgrims at the start of this year. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; writing by Patrick Markey)

Security America Mortgage Recently Announced Five Months of Success w/ 'Hire Our Heroes' Event- Finding #1 Veteran Star of Public Relations, Steve Otero, from Houston, Texas

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 11:02 PM PDT

VA Loans are Now sponsored with the lowest rates for Veterans by Security America Mortgage, Inc. in Texas for United States Military ServicemembersHouston, Texas (PRWEB) September 09, 2012 Security America Mortgage proudly announced on September 6, 2012 that the Hire Our Heroes event in Houston, Texas served as a success with the employment of Germany based, Air Force Veteran, Steve Otero - a member of the VA mortgage team who continues to help military service members own homes using their VA home loan, VA refinance, and Real Estate referral benefits. ...

Today in History

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT

Today is Sunday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2012. There are 113 days left in the year.

Grindr CEO: 100 Percent of My Audience Does Not Have Equality

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Grindr CEO: 100 Percent of My Audience Does Not Have EqualityThe creators of Grindr, a gay dating app, are sending a call to action to Americans. Grindr is hoping to steer its 1,558,031 U.S. users -- all of voting age -- toward ballot boxes this year, in what's bound to be an historic election.

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