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 Iraq |
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 Iraqi, American death tolls drop in May| The number of deaths among Iraqi civilians, police and insurgents fell sharply, and the monthly death toll for U.S. troops hit its lowest since 2004 | |
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Australia ends operations in Iraq| One of the first countries to commit troops to the war 5 years ago, has ended its operations there | |
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| Jun.4 |
Iraq |
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Sunnis eager to move fight to ballot box Some Sunnis plan to put down their weapons and instead join 'the battle of the fingers'
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Marine cleared over Iraq killings  A military jury has acquitted Lt Andrew Grayson of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2...
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| Jun.6 |
Iraq |
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 'Iranian-trained' militant detained in Iraq Coalition forces detained an Iranian-trained militant leader as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gets ready to visit Iran
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| Jun.7 |
Tehran |
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Iraqi PM arrives for talks Iraq will not allow its territory to be used to attack Iran, says Nouri Maliki during a visit
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| Jun.11 |
Iraq |
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 Papers give peek inside al Qaeda in Iraq The princes of al Qaeda's western command have been summoned to plot a campaign of suicide, rocket and infantry attacks
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| Jun.14 |
Southern Iraq |
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Troops pour into city of Amara Iraqi troops and police backed by US forces have been sent to Amara in an operation against Shia gunmen. Iraqi tanks are patrolling streets
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 Suicide bomber strikes soccer fans A female bomber targeted buoyant soccer fans who had just watched their national team win a big match against China. At least 29 were wounde...
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| Jun.15 |
Baghdad |
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Iraqi official rebukes al-Sadr threats Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari sternly rebuked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's latest threats to establish a new fighting force to battle U.S. troops
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| Jun.17 |
Baghdad |
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 Car bomb kills at least 51 Iraqis| In one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad in months, at least 51 Iraqis were killed and 75 were wounded in Hurriya, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood. The bomb ripped through a garage and a bus s... | |
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Senior officer cleared in Haditha deaths| A Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani became the seventh person cleared of charges related to the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Iraq | |
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| Jun.20 |
Washington |
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U.S. to report drop in Iraq war violence The Pentagon's upcoming report to Congress is expected to highlight a decline in violence in 2008
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| Jun.22 |
Iraq |
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Female suicide bomb kills 16 in Baquba Map of Baquba Iraq She detonated her explosives in a crowded area near the main government complex in Baquba
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| Jun.23 |
Washington |
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Violence down in Iraq since 'surge' Map of Pentagon USA Pentagon: All major indicators of violence have dropped by between 40 and 80 percent since February 2007
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| Jun.24 |
Sadr City |
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U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed An explosion rocked a municipal building, killing six Iraqis, two U.S. soldiers and two civilian U.S. Embassy employees
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| Jun.25 |
Sunni Triangle |
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U.S., Iraqi police in dispute over airstrike Police said a U.S. airstrike killed a family of 6, but the U.S. military described it as an attack targeting insurgents that killed one 'armed...
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| Jun.26 |
Sadr City |
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American grad student dies in Iraq Nicole Suveges, who went to Iraq to find ways to help ordinary citizens persevere in a transitioning government was killed in a bombing
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| Jun.28 |
Baghdad |
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 WHO to open permanent Baghdad office The World Health Organization is opening a permanent office, a move that underscores recent security improvements in Iraq's capital
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| Jun.30 |
Baghdad |
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Judges targets of bombing attacks 4 Iraqi judges were targeted in separate bombing attacks. A judge and his wife and daughter sustained injuries in one of the attacks
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