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2 Baghdad Attacks Attributed to Teenagers Kill 11 Others (New York Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:36:37 GMT

Meanwhile, the prime minister went to the northern city of Mosul to encourage Iraqi soldiers fighting in a new offensive to rid that area of Sunni Islamic extremists.

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Blackwater shooting probe moves from Seattle to Baghdad (Seattle Times)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:54:03 GMT

Federal prosecutors and FBI agents from Seattle are in Baghdad this week interviewing witnesses and reviewing evidence in the investigation of a former Blackwater USA security operator suspected of the December 2006 slaying of the Iraqi vice president's bodyguard.

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4 Iranian Embassy workers hurt in Baghdad shooting (OTB News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:30:10 GMT

Iraqi soldiers, who say they came under fire, shot at the Iranians’ vehicles. Iranian officials downplay the possibility of diplomatic fallout. Four Iranian Embassy employees were shot and wounded, two of them [...]

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4 Iranian Embassy workers hurt in Baghdad shooting (LA Times)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:31:00 GMT

Iraqi soldiers, who say they came under fire, shot at the Iranians' vehicles. Iranian officials downplay the possibility of diplomatic fallout. Four Iranian Embassy employees were shot and wounded, two of them seriously, as they drove in northwest Baghdad on Thursday night, Iranian and Iraqi officials said.

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Iranian embassy employees shot in Baghdad (CNN)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:37:41 GMT

Iranian Embassy employees and their driver were shot Thursday in a Baghdad incident that some reports said involved Iraqi troops.

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Iraqi Government To Members Of Mahdi Army In Baghdad: Money For Your Weapons (Memri Latest Blogs)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:07:51 GMT

A senior Iraqi Army official has said that so far, the ceasefire agreement with the Sadrist militias has not been implemented, and that attacks on army forces are continuing. He said that the Iraqi authorities have decided to open centers for ... May 15, 2008, 12:25 pm

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Gunmen wound two Iranian diplomats in Baghdad (Reuters)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:19:22 GMT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying two Iranian diplomats in Baghdad on Thursday, wounding them and two other people in the vehicle, an official from the Iranian embassy said.

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RADAR REVIEWS: 'Heavy Metal In Baghdad' (Radar)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:57:47 GMT

Heavy Metal In Baghdad " width="102" height="110" align="left" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /> Fondly I recall my first taste of Vice, which transpired during a Sunday afternoon at a seedy watering hole in Toronto, Canada. My friends and I had driven up from Chicago to attend an all-night bacchanalia that Friday, and with no sleep between then and

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Pics from scenic Baghdad (BLACKFIVE)

blackfive@gmail.com (Pundit Review Radio) — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:33 GMT

Mr. Ardolino keeps us up on the latest info from Baghdad with another excellent slide show. Miss Ladybug and CJ are helping out some JROTC folks. LongTabSigO highlights a good cause. Please take a moment to view the attached flyer....

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EXTRA: Baghdad governor's guard killed in Iraq's capital (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:52:06 GMT

Baghdad - Baghdad's governor security guard was killed Thursday, and another six wounded, when a bomb went off targeting the ruler's procession in the Iraqi capital. Iraqi police sources told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency that a road side expl...

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Baghdad hotel an Army target despite journalists’ known presence there (Maud Newton)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:23 GMT

A whistleblower reveals that a Baghdad hotel shelled in 2003, while journalists were stationed there, was on an Army target list. (Via.)

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Seven die in clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:01 GMT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Clashes between Shi’ite militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City slum killed seven people and wounded 19 overnight, Iraqi police and hospitals said on Thursday. Share This

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Seven die in clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City (Reuters)

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:37 GMT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Clashes between Shi'ite militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City slum killed seven people and wounded 19 overnight, Iraqi police and hospitals said on Thursday.

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Baghdad reels from suicide attack, Mosul offensive picks up steam (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:52:04 GMT

Baghdad - The death toll of a suicide bombing in west Baghdad attributed to a teenager rose to 30 Thursday while Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki continued his visit to Mosul where he is overseeing a military offensive against al-Qaeda militants. ...

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Turkish envoy in Baghdad in pursuit of MGK plan - Turkish Daily News May 14, 2008 (Turkish Digest)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:59:00 GMT

"Turkish envoy in Baghdad in pursuit of MGK plan Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Turkey's special representative to Iraq was dispatched to Baghdad yesterday to hold talks with officials of the central government." More: Turkish envoy in Baghdad in pursuit of MGK plan - Turkish Daily News May 14, 2008

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17 killed, injured by car bomb explosion in Baghdad (Voices of Iraq) (Investor's Iraq Forum)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:30:16 GMT

Two civilians were killed and 15 others were wounded on Wednesday in a booby-trapped car explosion in western Baghdad, a police source said. Read the entire article at IraqiUpdates.com Post your thoughts below