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Baghdad |
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Iraqi deaths spike in March
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| Apr.3 |
 Basra |
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 U.S. in deadly airstrike on Basra house  The airstrike 'against enemy forces' on the western Basra neighborhood of Qibla killed two people and destroyed a house
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Iraq |
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Al-Sadr offers to help Iraqi security forces
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| Apr.4 |
Washington |
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 Blackwater Iraq contract to be renewed| The State Department will renew its contract with Blackwater to provide security in Iraq. No provisions have been added to the contract | |
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| Apr.5 |
Baghdad |
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Iraq: Blackwater staying on 'is bad news' The U.S. State Department's renewal of the contract to provide security in Iraq 'is bad news,' an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki s...
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| Apr.6 |
Sadr City |
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Rocket attacks kill 3 U.S. troops Fighting between U.S. troops and the Mehdi Army militia loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr at least 20 dead and 52 wounded in Sadr City
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| Apr.7 |
Iraq |
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Religious leaders want militia intact| Iraq's top Shiite religious leaders have told cleric Muqtada al-Sadr not to disband his Mehdi Army | |
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| Apr.8 |
U.S. Congress |
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 Petraeus: US 'must suspend' withdrawal  The top US military leader in Iraq Gen. Petraeus has recommended a suspension of troop withdrawals after July to protect gains in Iraq
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Washington |
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Iraqi envoy: Wrong time for U.S. to leave
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| Apr.9 |
Sadr City |
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Clashes in Sadr City kill 20
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| Apr.10 |
Washington |
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 Bush backs Iraq withdrawal freeze | US President says he will put a freeze on the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, as requested by his top general in the country. President George W Bush has declared a 'major st... | |
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U.S. Supreme Court |
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Democrats: Bush is avoiding Iraq decisions Democratic opponents of US President have accused him of putting off tough decisions on Iraq until after the presidential elections
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Washington |
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Petraeus: Iraqi leaders turn wary of Iran
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| Apr.11 |
Sadr City |
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Iraq sends tanks into Sadr City| Iraqi tanks, with U.S. air support, are attacking Sadr City, just hours after al-Sadr called for calm in the wake of the assassination | |
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Baghdad |
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US Iraq envoy stresses Arab role
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| Apr.13 |
Baghdad |
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Hellfire missile overshoots, injures troops
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| Apr.14 |
Mosul |
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 Car bombs, suicide attack kill 17 Map of Mosul Iraq A string of car bombs shook Mosul, killing 12 Kurdish troops and a civilian and wounding several others
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| Apr.15 |
Iraq |
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Bombings kill at least 60 Map of Baquba Iraq In the attack in the Diyala province capital of Baquba, a car bomb detonated outside a crowded restaurant, killing 40 people
| Three died in central Baghdad when a car bomb targeted a police patrol. 13 more were killed in a suicide bombing at a kebab restaurant in Ramadi
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| Apr.17 |
Northern Iraq |
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Suicide bomber kills 42 at funeral
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| Apr.18 |
Baghdad |
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U.S.: Al Qaeda plotting Baghdad attacks
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| Apr.19 |
Iraq |
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Al-Sadr threatens to 'declare war' in Iraq Radical Shiite cleric threatened night to declare a war unless the government stops its assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army
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| Apr.20 |
Baghdad |
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PM: We can't become new Somalia Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is calling on political parties to unite against armed groups in Iraq
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| Apr.23 |
Washington |
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Petraeus set for Central Command US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has recommended the top military commander in Iraq be appointed head of US Central Command
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Sadr City |
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Food, drugs run short in Sadr City Red Cross: Weeks of fighting have destroyed the main market and isolated civilians from supplies of food and water
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| Apr.24 |
Sunni Triangle |
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2 U.S. soldiers die as fighting continues Their vehicle rolled onto its side. Elsewhere, U.S. troops killed four Iranian-backed Shiite militia members
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| Apr.26 |
Sadr City |
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U.S. denies Sadr City airstrikes Violence overnight killed 8 people, including two children, and insurgent attacks across Iraq killed six people and wounded 26
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| Apr.27 |
Sadr City |
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Female suicide bomber kills 3 A suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi security forces' checkpoint in eastern Baghdad as fighting in Sadr City killed at least 7 militants
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| Apr.28 |
Baghdad |
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Green Zone under attack More attacks in heavily fortified International Zone following the deaths of 38 militants in battles in the eastern section of the city
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Baghdad |
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Tariq Aziz due on trial Former Deputy Prime Minister is due on trial over the deaths of a group of merchants in 1992
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| Apr.29 |
Baghdad |
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Tariq Aziz on trial over executions The trial of the best-known faces of Saddam Hussein's former regime in Iraq, and several other former regime officials
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Sadr City |
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28 militants killed during battles The deaths in the Sadr City come during intensified fighting between militants loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr and US and Iraqi forces
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Baghdad |
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 Judge condemns Hussein's execution Chief Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman who sentenced Saddam to death has condemned the manner in which the dictator was executed
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