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Iraq bombings kill 10

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 09:30
Bombings in Iraq, including two car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk, killed 10 people and wounded 21 others on Wednesday, security and medical officials said. The first bombing in Kirkuk was the deadliest of the attacks, killing eight people and wounding eight, while a second car bomb exploded nearby, wounding seven more, officials said. In Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a police checkpoint, killing one policeman and wounding four people, while a roadside bomb in the north Iraq city of Mosul killed another policeman and wounded two.

Suicide bomber kills eight in Pakistan

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 02:45
A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 45 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said. Violence has spiked in the nuclear-armed country ahead of national elections on May 11 with at least 56 people killed in attacks targeting politicians and political parties since April 11, according to an AFP tally. Monday's suicide bombing targeted a senior official in the city administration, Sahibzada Anees, who passed by shortly before the blast in the Jehangir Abad neighbourhood.

Blasts, clashes kill at least 25 in central Baghdad

March 14, 2013 08:15
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Coordinated blasts killed at least 25 people in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located, police and medics said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosions, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been redoubling their efforts to undermine Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and foment inter-communal conflict this year.

Four dead in new suicide attack near Baghdad

February 5, 2013 06:00
A suicide car bomb against a joint army-police patrol near Baghdad killed at least four people on Tuesday, the second such attack in the town of Taji in as many days, officials said. Three soldiers were among the four killed in the blast that struck at around 11:00 am (0800 GMT) in Taji, 25 kilometres (15 miles) north of Baghdad, security and medical officials said. Twelve others were wounded in the attack, they said. The bomber targeted a military-police patrol near a prison in the town, the officials added.

Car bomb and attack on north Iraq police HQ kills 30

February 3, 2013 13:00
A suicide car bombing and an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed ethnically mixed city in north Iraq killed 30 people on Sunday, security officials said. The vehicle that was detonated in central Kirkuk had been painted to look like a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said.

Attack on north Iraq police HQ kills 30

February 3, 2013 10:46
A suicide car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed city in north Iraq killed 30 people on Sunday. The vehicle that was detonated in central Kirkuk was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said.

UPDATE 2-Two blasts, suicide attack kill 17 in Baghdad

January 22, 2013 07:15
* Sunni protests, violence increasing tensions * Islamist insurgents seeking to stir sectarian strife * War in neighbouring Syria worsening Iraq's crisis (Adds details on demands) By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Three blasts, including a suicide attack near an army base, killed least 17 people across Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest violence to feed worries that Iraq's unrest may slide into widespread sectarian confrontation.
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