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 Baghdad |
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Female bombers kill 64 at markets  | Two mentally disabled were strapped with explosives and sent into busy markets, where they were blown up by remote control. The death toll in morning's attacks at two animal markets was the high... | |
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| Feb.2 |
Mosul |
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Iraq set for new offensive in Mosul  Iraqi political and military leaders and U.S. military commanders have traveled to Mosul ahead of a planned offensive on al Qaeda
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| Feb.6 |
Iraq |
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 Video claims to show al Qaeda kid camp The U.S. military said disturbing video that shows masked boys brandishing guns was an al Qaeda training and recruiting tool
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| Feb.9 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Al Qaeda captain, 5 U.S. soldiers killed
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| Feb.10 |
Sunni Triangle |
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 Town of Balad hit by deadly car bomb At least 23 people have been killed in the blast happened near an Iraqi army checkpoint. About 45 people were also injured
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| Feb.14 |
Baghdad |
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  Iranian president to make Iraq visit Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a landmark visit to Iraq on March 2, the first-ever trip by an Iranian leader
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Women patients recruited as bombers U.S. military: Al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting female patients at 2 psychiatric hospitals for suicide missions, with the help of hospital sta...
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| Feb.18 |
Iraq |
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Al Qaeda in Iraq killing former allies Video shows al Qaeda firing squad executing one-time allies, fellow Sunni extremists, who were not loyal enough to the terror organization
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| Feb.19 |
Baghdad |
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Iraq to round up homeless, mentally ill
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| Feb.20 |
Southern Iraq |
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Mehdi Army may end cease-fire The Mehdi Army cease-fire that has been credited with helping to reduce violence since August could end soon
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| Feb.22 |
Northern Iraq |
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 Turkish troops enter Iraq Turkish ground forces have crossed the border into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebels to be sheltering there
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Al-Sadr extends Mehdi Army cease-fire| Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for 6 months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia | |
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 'Surge' produces some results| A year after Bush ordered 30,000 additional U.S. troops, American and Iraqi officials said there has been a drop in violence | |
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 'Dozens dead' in Turkish assault Turkey's army says its ground offensive has left five soldiers and dozens of Kurdish rebels dead
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| Feb.23 |
Northern Iraq |
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 Turkey: 35 Kurd rebels killed At least 35 Kurdish rebels have been killed in fighting as the offensive against the rebels came under criticism from Baghdad
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Baghdad |
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Shells hit Green Zone Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Zone, the day after Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mehdi Army to extend its cease-fire
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PKK 'shoots down Turkish chopper' Kurdish rebels say they have shot down a Cobra attack helicopter during clashes
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| Feb.24 |
Iraq |
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 Bombers, gunmen attack Shiite pilgrimage A suicide bomber killed at least 40 pilgrims and wounded 60 others as the pilgrims are to commemorate one of the holiest days
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| Feb.25 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Wheelchair bomb kills police chief Map of Samarra Iraq A man in a wheelchair blew himself in a police station, killing 3 National Police officers, including a commander
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Turks claim 41 rebels killed| 2 military personnel died in a further day of fighting. The White House is in 'constant dialogue' with Iraq and Turkey about the operation | |
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About 8,000 'surge' troops will remain Pentagon: About 8,000 of the 30,000 'surge' troops sent to Iraq in 2007 will not go home as planned this summer. Support troops will still be...
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| Feb.26 |
Baghdad |
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Iraq denounces Turkish offensive The Iraqi government has denounced an incursion into northern Iraq in some of the strongest terms heard since the operation began
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| Feb.27 |
 London |
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 PM Brown: Hostage video deplorable British Prime Minister consulted with his Iraqi counterpart, following the release of a video showing a British national who was kidnapped
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| Feb.29 |
Northern Iraq |
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Turkish troops pull out of Iraq Turkey says its troops have been withdrawn after an offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels
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Iraq approves execution of 'Chemical Ali' The cousin of Ali Hassan al-Majeed will be executed for his role in a chemical weapons attack on Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s
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