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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed in a series of blasts in Shi’ite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Thursday, police sources said, as Iraq’s precarious sectarian balance comes under growing strain. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been redoubling their efforts to undermine the Shi’ite-led government [...]
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Suicide bomber kills senior Iraqi army officer
Posted by admin on February 16th, 2013
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed a senior Iraqi army intelligence officer and two bodyguards in a northern town on Saturday after storming his well-guarded home. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. But suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda’s local wing, Islamic State of Iraq, which aims to take back [...]
Amid Iraqi protests, hackers hit Maliki’s website
Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2013
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is facing protests from Sunni Muslims, an oil dispute with the Kurdistan region and turmoil in his own government. Now hackers have attacked his website to brand him a tyrant. A group called "TeaM KuWaiT HaCkErS" posted on Maliki's website a picture of two women in black [...]
Iraqi Sunnis, Kurds boycott cabinet to back protests
Posted by admin on January 8th, 2013
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Sunni Muslim and Kurdish ministers boycotted a cabinet session on Tuesday to show support for protests that are threatening Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s fragile cross-sectarian government. Thousands of protesters have demonstrated and blocked a key highway in Iraq’s Sunni provinces for more than two weeks to challenge Maliki, a leader [...]
Iraqi Sunnis stage big anti-government rallies
Posted by admin on December 28th, 2012
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority poured onto the streets after Friday prayers in a show of force against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, keeping up a week-old blockade of a highway. Around 60,000 people blocked the main road through the city of Falluja, 50 km (32 [...]
Authorities arrest 10 guards for Iraqi minister
Posted by admin on December 21st, 2012
BAGHDAD (AP) — Ten bodyguards of the country’s Sunni finance minister are under arrest on terrorism-related charges, an Iraqi judicial official said Friday, in a case certain to inflame Iraq’s political and sectarian tensions. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Iraqi president taken to Germany for treatment
Posted by admin on December 20th, 2012
BAGHDAD (AP) — A Kurdish lawmaker says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has been flown to Germany for further medical treatment after suffering a stroke earlier this week. Tweet This Post
Iraqi President Talabani’s condition improving after stroke
Posted by admin on December 19th, 2012
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s health condition was improving on Wednesday and he has responded well to treatment in a Baghdad hospital after suffering a stroke, his medical team coordinator said. “He has been responsive. He is showing clear signs of improvement,” Najmaldin Karim, the governor of Iraq’s Kirkuk city who is also [...]
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No Comments »Iraqi president Talabani in “critical” condition after stroke
Posted by admin on December 18th, 2012
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani suffered a stroke and is in a “critical but stable condition” in a Baghdad hospital, three government sources said on Tuesday. “He was transferred to hospital late last night after suffering a stroke,” a senior Kurdish official said. (Reporting by Suadad al-Salhy; writing by Patrick Markey; Editing by [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: After, Condition, Critical, Iraqi, President, stroke, Talabani No Comments »Iraqi President Talabani hospitalized for ill health
Posted by admin on December 18th, 2012
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has been a pivotal mediator among Iraq's fractious Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was hospitalized in Baghdad because of a "health emergency", his office said on Tuesday. Talabani's office gave no further details of his medical condition, but a senior source in his Patriotic Union of [...]
