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20070908 Bombing Updates

Kufa Bombing Update: According to the hospital in Kufa the toll from the market bombing in Kufa is now 4 people dead and seven wounded among the dead are two children. One of the wounded is in very serious condition (the earlier Reuters report that we linked to below gave ...

Day of Joy Day of Grief — Reports From Irak July 26 2007

Suicide bombers attacked crowds of people in Baghdad celebrating Irak's soccer win. The six day American campaign of siege and raids on Husseiniyah (north Baghdad) has ended according to green zone government spokesmen. In Muqdadiya groups of armed men have threatened shopkeeper and traders warning them to stop ...

Reports From Irak July 3rd 2007

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 ...

Reports From Irak June 28 2007

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 ...

Reports From Irak June 18th 2007 Summarised From Arabic

Summary: There are confirmed outbreaks of rabies in Both Basrah and Wasit governorates. 6 green zone government soldiers were killed, 16 wounded and six armoured transports set in flames in clashes that went on for 5 hours near Khalis — the soldiers were part of a relief column. Three major bombings ...

Reports from Irak June 7 2007 Summarised From Arabic

Summary: Green zone government prime minister Maliki tried to shore up te Diwaniyah peace agreement yesterday. Aswat Al Iraq's correspondent in Mosul has been murdered. University lecturers in Karbala University are to be assigned bodyguards and given weapons permits to protect themselve. 7 university students all of the Obeidis were kidnapped near Khalis. Two bombings ...

Incident Reports Irak Summarised From Arabic June 4 2007

Summary: The political war of words between Turkey and the Kurds continued to heat up today. Iraki Muslim scholars held a conference at which they founded an organisation to promote Muslim and Iraki unity. Twenty eight bodies were discovered in Baghdad. 76 unidentified and unclaimed bodies were buried brought from a morgue in Baghdad ...

Reports From Irak May 20 2007 Summarised from Arabic

The car bomb left in a parking lot in Bab al-Sharji in central Baghdad killed one civilian and wounded five others. (This bomb is very close to Intrerior Ministry offices and probably was targeting civil servants parking before going to work.) Scenes From An Iraki Childhood - Haifa St Baghdad May ...

Reports From Irak May 19th 2007 Summarised From Arabic - Part 2

This is part 2 - Khalil Baghdad 20 bodies were recovered from various parts of Baghdad during the day. 16 were in al-Karkh, 4 in Al Rassafa. Thamir Mohammed Khalaf employee at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry was attacked and killed today by gunment in the New Baghdad area (south-east Baghdad.) The American army ...

Reports From Irak May 18 2007 Summarised From Arabic

Cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz, 33, and soundman Laith Yousuf Saif, 26, were killed by unknown assailants who ambushed there car as they were returning home from work at the ABC News Baghdad bureau yesterday afternoon. The ambush took place in Saydia. Aziz is survived by his wife, two daughters and ...