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الشرطة: مقتل 72 في انفجارين بسوقين للحيوانات الاليفة ببغداد

هز انفجاران سوقين مزدحمتين للحيوانات الاليفة في بغداد يوم الجمعة واسفرا عن مقتل 72 شخصا في اشد الهجمات دموية بالعاصمة العراقية منذ ستة أشهر.
وقالت الشرطة ان مهاجمة انتحارية قتلت 45 شخصا عندما فجرت نفسها في سوق للحيوانات الاليفة في وسط بغداد.
واضافت […]

Posted on February 2nd, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Bombings, Child Kidnappings, Child Killing, Corpse Findings, Curfews, Death Squads, Disputed Areas, Earthquake - Kut, Fallujah, Hilla, Kirkuk, Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim) Governorate, KRG, Kut, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Samarra, Samarra bombing anniversary, Sermon Reports, Turkey. Comments: None

ثماني انفجارات تحصد اكثر من 43 قتيلا وجريحا حتى مساء الاربعاء 
ذكرت مصادر امنية متفرقة، ان مالا يقل عن 12 شخصا قتلوا، واصيب 31 اخرون بجراح متفاوتة، حصيلة ثماني انفجارات وقعت في مناطق متفرقة من العراق حتى مساء الاربعاء.
ففي العاصمة بغداد، انفجرت صباح الاربعاء، عبوة ناسفة في تجمع للباصات في منطقة باب المعظم […]

Posted on January 18th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Baqubah, Basrah, Bombings, Corpse Findings, Disputed Areas, Diwaniyah, Diyala, Khalis, Khan Bani Saad, Kidnappings, Kirkuk, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Sadr City, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Wasit, Zafaraniya. Comments: None

مصرع واصابة 12 شخصا بإنفجار عبوتين ناسفتين في بغداد

لقي شخصان مصرعهما واصيب عشرة اخرون بجروح مختلفة اليوم الخميس اثر انفجار عبوتين ناسفتين وسط بغداد.وقال مصدر امني ان عبوة ناسفة انفجرت داخل سيارة متروكة لم تسفر عن وقوع ضحايا في منطقة السعدون وسط بغداد.واضاف المصدر ان العبوة الناسفة الثانية انفجرت بعد ان تجمع رجال الشرطة […]

Posted on January 10th, 2008 under Iraq, Photos, Politics and Security, Religion. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), Al Askari, Article 140, Ashura, Awakening Councils, Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Baqubah, Bombings, Christians, Corruption, Detention without trial, Disputed Areas, Diyala, Ethnic Cleansing, Food Shortages, Hilla, Human Rights, Karbala, Kidnappings, Kirkuk, KRG, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Photos, Ration System, reconciliation, Samarra, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, War Crimes. Comments: None

Baghdad, Nov 29, (VOI) – Wherever you go in Baghdad’s vegetable markets, you find yourself surrounded by scores of children trying to sell you plastic bags and other things to earn a living. Exploring the world of peddlers can be an adventure, especially when it comes to child peddlers.

Editors Note: This is Aswat al-Iraq’s somewhat […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Child Poverty, Children, Education Crisis (Iraq), Poverty, Women and Children. Comments: None

يحلقون حولك حالما تضع اقدامك على اعتاب أسواق الخضار في اي منطقة من مناطق بغداد، يدسون اكياس البلاستك عنوة بين يديك، ويدفعون بعرباتهم نحوك دون ابطاء، فعلى هذا يعيشون، ومن هنا يأتي قوتهم بعد جهد يومهم الطويل. وبرغم الخوف الذي يمنعك  من ان تبادر بالسؤال عن عوالمهم ،ثمة فرصة لان […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Children, Features, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Child Poverty, Children, Education Crisis (Iraq), Poverty, Women and Children. Comments: None

Green Zone Posturing:
Maliki and Bush spoke by closed circuit television. Bush told Maliki that everything was a great success Maliki agreed.

Meanwhile In Diyala
Iraki Red Crescent Society workers prepare to bury 40 bodies left unclaimed for the last two months at the central morgue in Baqubah.

 Gordon Brown, Tony Blair’s replacement as British Prime Minister as poodle […]

Posted on August 2nd, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), al-Sanak, Badr Brigade, Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Baqubah, Basrah, Bombings, Dalouiya, Death Squads, Diyala, Ishaki / Ishaqi, Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim) Governorate, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Salah ad Din (Governorate), Samarra. Comments: None

Today’s reports are from various Arabic sources and some English reports from Aswat Al Iraq and Al Zaman.
Oil Law Ratified Sent For Debate
The green zone government cabinet has endorsed the oil law and is sending it to parliament. The Oil Ministry said last month that an agreement had been reached between the central government in Baghdad […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2007 under Health, Iraq, Middle East, Politics and Security. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), Aswat Al Iraq - News, Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Basrah, bomb, bombing, Bombings, Car bomb, Disputed Areas, Education Crisis (Iraq), Follow Up, Hilla, Jordan, Kirkuk, Kut, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Refugees, Tal Afar, Wasit. Comments: None

Updated — see “Late Reports” underneath this section. - Khaled
There are several major incidents in Baghdad today.

Bai’aa Bus Pickup Point Bombing

The rush hour (8:30 am) car bomb explosion in the crowded parking lot in the Bai’aa bus pickup point in south Baghdad is so far known to have killed at least 25 people and wounded 40. […]

Posted on June 28th, 2007 under Analysis Briefings Commentary. Tags: Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, bomb, bombing, Bombings, Briefings, Car bomb, Yarmouk Hospital. Comments: None

The campaign of bombings of sites of major religious significance continued with the bombing in Kadhimiya in Baghdad.
The bridge bombing campaign in Baghdad continued with a suicide attack on one of the checkpoints at Jadriya bridge this evening that killed one policeman, wounded three others, and damaged the bridge.
The shockwaves of Monday’s bombing of the Mansour Hotel […]

Posted on June 27th, 2007 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Iraq, Site News, Women and Children. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), Arbil (Erbil), Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Basrah, Bridge Bombing Campaign, Bridges, Briefings, Child Poverty, Dhi Qar (Governorate), Disputed Areas, Diyala, Joint Postings, Journalists Attacked, Khalis, Kirkuk, Maysan (Governorate), Mosul, Najaf, Ninawa (Governorate), Sadr City, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Samarra, Tikrit, Women and Children. Comments: 2