Baghdad Iraq

BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber blasted an outdoor market Saturday in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people and wounding 54, police and hospital authorities said. The attack in the mainly Turkomen city of Tal Afar took place one day after a suicide car bomber struck a convoy carrying ex...  

BAGHDAD, Sept. 5 -- Iraqi leaders expressed incredulity and disappointment Friday over a report that U.S. officials had spied on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi leaders. "If it is true, it reflects that there is no trust and it ...  

BAGHDAD : Kuwait's prime minister will travel to Baghdad this week in the Gulf state's first high-level visit to Iraq since Saddam Hussein invaded his tiny neighbour in 1990, an Iraqi government official said ...  

From a Saturday, September 6, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog  

A former Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein turned defence ministry advisor was shot dead in broad daylight in central Baghdad on Friday, security sources said.  

A former Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein turned Defense Ministry adviser was shot dead in broad daylight in central Baghdad Friday, security sources said. Gunmen assaulted Abdel-Amir Hassan Abbas as he was driving his car in the neighborhood of Zayona, pumping bullets into him with a silenced...  

BAGHDAD, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Six people, including five from the entourage of Iraqi Shiite politician Ahmed Chalabi, were slain in a Baghdad suicide bombing attack, officials said.  

A suicide bomber narrowly missed killing Iraqi Shiite politician Ahmed Chalabi, when he slammed an explosives-filled car into the convoy of the former Pentagon favourite.  

BAGHDAD — When bells ring for a return to schools throughout the Sadr City district of Baghdad later this month, students at 38 schools throughout the area are in for a big surprise. Following the end of hostilities in Baghdad’s most densely populated district, nearly all the 38 schools located...  

An Iraqi police official says a car bomb apparently targeting the convoy of former Pentagon favorite Ahmad Chalabi has exploded in western Baghdad, killing two civilians.  

Supporters of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn items depicting the U.S. flag as they demonstrate against the U.S.-Iraqi security agreement in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.  

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has been on a roll, and American officials are getting worried. Once perceived as a sectarian Shiite Muslim leader, the U.S.-backed Maliki has won over Sunni constituents in recent months with offensives to curb Shiite militias in southern cities...  

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has been on a roll, and American officials are getting worried.Once perceived as a sectarian Shiite Muslim leader, the U.S.-backed Maliki has won over Sunni constituents in recent months with offensives to curb Shiite militias in southern cities such as Basra...  

BAGHDAD * A former Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein turned defence ministry advisor was shot dead in broad daylight in central Baghdad yesterday, security sources said.  

BAGHDAD, September 2 – Iraq’s cabinet has approved a $3bn (€2bn, £1.6bn) oil service contract with China, the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Monday, in a move that could signal the shape of anticipated future oil deals ...