Many Iraqis Dismiss Bush Visit As Stunt

Many Sunnis and even some Shiite political parties dismissed President Bush's visit to Baghdad on Tuesday as merely an attempt to associate himself with positive developments in Iraq — formation of the new government and last week's killing of the country's most feared terrorist. Complete Story

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U.S. Military: Car Bombs Kill 14 Iraqis

Two suicide car bombings killed 14 Iraqis and injured at least six Sunday near a main checkpoint leading to Baghdad's international airport, the U.S. military said.

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U.S. Troops Again Patrolling in Baghdad

American soldiers have again hit the streets of dangerous neighborhoods in western Baghdad that had been handed over to Iraqi forces, trying to keep a lid on sectarian attacks that have raged since the February bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra.

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Roadside Bombing Kills 9 in Iraq

A roadside bombing targeting an Iraqi patrol Thursday killed at least nine civilians and injured six, police said.

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15 Killed in Baghdad Explosions

Four explosions, including two car bombs and a suicide bomber, rocked the capital Tuesday morning, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said.

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Bombs Strike Christian Targets in Iraq

Car bombs exploded in quick succession Sunday near four Christian churches and the office of the Vatican envoy, killing three people and raising new concerns about sectarian tensions. At least 17 other people were killed in other violence around the country.

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Editorial: Solution for Iraq War? Start new political war

So, President Bush's Camp David summit on Iraq wasn't a policy-and-planning event. It was a ruse, so the president could make Tuesday's surprise visit to Baghdad. That follows the pattern. Deal with the political problem, not the real problem.

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Clashes, car bomb as Iraq launches Baghdad sweep

From the article: With a population of seven million, Baghdad has been the scene of daily carnage and kidnappings.Maliki, who last week overcame wrangling among Shi'ite and Sunni coalition partners to fill the Interior and Defense posts, is under pressure to deliver on promises  …

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Zarqawi, in Iraq since 2002, had dozens of terrorists buddies to compare notes with

I have not recently been hearing that the war in Iraq is "a distraction from the fight against al-Qaida." Perhaps this mantra became harder to chant after Zarqawi went to all the trouble to certify his gang as "al-Qaida in Mesopotamia" and to receive Bin Laden's official franchi …

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75,000 Forces to Be Deployed in Baghdad

Under an ambitious plan to bolster security in Baghdad, some 75,000 Iraqi and multinational forces will be deployed in the capital beginning Wednesday, a top Iraqi police official said.

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View From Baghdad: How Zarqawi's Death May Change the Game

The news of the death of terrorist mastermind Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi today in Baquba, north of Baghdad, was greeted with cheers and applause by the Iraqi journalists who covered the announcement. But his killing is more important as a political victory than a military one.

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US military says "doesn't make... sense" to try to stop Iraqis from killing gays

It's equal opportunity out there. The US won't single out gays for protection against a fatwa when they're not protecting anyone else either. No favoritism, that's the policy. If Zarqawi had been gay, we'd have dropped those bombs on him anyway.

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Baghdad curfew after Zarqawi raid

Vehicles have been banned from the streets of Baghdad for several hours, amid fears of bomb attack reprisals for the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi."The curfew is a measure to keep people indoors as there could be more bombings like the ones last night, following Zarqawi's death, …

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Brother of Zarqawi victim: "May he rot in hell"

The family of murdered hostage Ken Bigley have spoken of their relief at the death of militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. Brother Paul Bigley told BBC News that his first reaction on hearing the news was that "the world has rid itself of a very evil person".

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How U.S. Forces Found Iraq's Most-Wanted Man

A crucial breakthrough in the hunt came last month when Jordanian intelligence officers captured one of Zarqawi's mid-level operatives near the Iraqi border, according to the official.

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Iraqi PM confirms Zarqawi death

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has announced that militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed.

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Iraqi PM confirms Zarqawi death

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has announced that militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed. The Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq is considered the figurehead of the Sunni insurgency. Reports say he was killed in an air raid near Baghdad.

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Some 6000 corpses taken to Baghdad mortuary this year

The bodies of 6000 people, many of whom died violently, have been brought to Baghdad's main mortuary this year, officials from Iraq's Health Ministry said. In May, one of the bloodiest months in the city so far this year,­ 1400 bodies were received by the mortuary.

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Violent Baghdad deaths top 6,000 (so far this year)

Don't worry, I'm sure some reality-challenged war-booster Congressman will come along and tell us how Iraq (the country) is safer than Washington DC (the city.) Of course, they'll be saying it from the comfort of their gated community somewhere in the Heartland of the US, or a …

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Baghdad targeted civilian killings soar in May (1,400 dead)

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Nearly 1,400 Iraqi civilians died in a wave of targeted killings in Baghdad last month, according to a high-ranking Iraqi Health Ministry official."

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Gunmen kidnap 50 in Iraqi capital

Gunmen dressed in Iraqi special security forces uniforms arrived in 13 cars and kidnapped at least 50 people in central Baghdad. The gunmen in special police uniforms carried out the raid in central Baghdad in broad daylight, police and interior ministry sources said. The victi …

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Men in black terrorise Iraq's women

Western clothes are death sentence NOOR and her boyfriend used to go out a lot and listen to dance in their favourite restaurant in Baghdad.

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Gunmen kidnap 50 in Iraqi capital

Gunmen have kidnapped at least 50 people from a busy street in Baghdad lined with travel agencies, officials say. Uh oh...

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Baghdad Morgue Reports Record Figures for May

New Iraqi government documents show that, excluding the nearly daily bombings, more Baghdad residents died in shootings, stabbings and other violence in May than in any other month since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

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Baghdad ER

HBO's show Baghdad ER. An unflinching look at the reality of Iraq and life for wounded soldiers there.

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War over Baghdad Neighborhood

Soon, graffiti praising Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and promising death to traitors proliferated; new prayer leaders took over mosques, issuing strident demands for jihad over their loudspeakers every Friday; leaflets were distributed warning women not to work an …

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Growing echo of Vietnam in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The silhouettes that roar through the Baghdad twilight are sleeker than the helicopters of an earlier time. The wind brings dust, not drenching monsoons. The river snaking seaward is called Tigris, not Mekong.

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Iraqi tennis players shot for wearing shorts

I can't believe this!

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Two British journalists killed in Baghdad

A correspondent for American network CBS News was critically injured and her two-man British crew killed in one of the bloodiest days in Iraq for several weeks.

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Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Films on Guantánamo and Iraq face war of cuts

"Two new films which expose unpleasant truths about Guantanamo and the battle for Iraq are coming under pressure from censors in the United States.

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Op-Ed: Thank You HBO For "Baghdad ER"

Thank You HBO. "Baghdad ER" is heart wrenching to see. But it's unpatriotic not to.... Tonight I watched the powerful HBO documentary, "Baghdad ER." I didn't see it the first nights it aired. I have a weak stomach. I get queasy around blood and guts.

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