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• Roadside bombs in northern Iraqi city kill 3 (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 180
  AP - A pair of roadside bombs killed three people in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, including two of the citys police chiefs guards, police and hospital officials said.
  2 days ago

• Humanitarian mission to Kirkuk

  
  America's North Shore Journal — Authority: 134
  Three hundred Iraqi schoolchildren in the village of Faylaq, near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraq, were treated to a surprise donation of school necessities Dec. 22.In an effort to improve education in Kirkuk, Iraqi police and members of the Al-Atyah Womens Organization, assisted by Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, ...
  3 days ago

• Bombs kill 18 in Iraq’s central Anbar province (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 171
  AP – Staggered explosions in central Iraq killed 18 people Wednesday and injured the governor of Anbar province, Iraqi officials said. See the article here: (AP)"> (AP)">Bombs kill 18 in Iraq’s central Anbar province (AP)
  1 week ago

• Three sentenced to death in Iraq for June bombing (AFP)

  
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  AFP - Three men were sentenced to death by hanging on Tuesday after being convicted of helping to plan an Al-Qaeda truck bombing in northern Iraq in June that killed 72 people.
  1 week ago

• Bomb kills 5 Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Iraq (AP)

  
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  AP - A blast in northeastern Iraq killed five people Sunday in a crowd of pilgrims who had gathered for the most important Shiite religious observance of the year, authorities said.
  1 week ago

• Bomb kills 5 Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Iraq (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 171
  AP – A blast in northeastern Iraq killed five people Sunday in a crowd of pilgrims who had gathered for the most important … Visit link: (AP)"> (AP)">Bomb kills 5 Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Iraq (AP)
  1 week ago

• Soldiers Who Get Pregnant Could Face Court Martial

  
  Kreuzer's Korner — Authority: 136
  A new order from the general in charge of northern Iraq makes getting pregnant or impregnating a fellow soldier an offense punishable by court-martial. The order applies to all military and civilians serving under General Anthony Cucolo in an area that encompasses Balad, Kirkuk, Tikrit, Mosul and Samarra. I guess ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Cucolo Back Door Draft

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 130
  Meet Maj. General Anthony Cucolo III.  He hates our enemies and he also hates pregnancies.Since the General has lost the pretend war on Iraq’s WMD’s and dead Saddam is still dead, General Cucolo is bored out of his mind.  So he has decided to fight the insurgency of pregnancies in your U.S. Army instead.The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Iraq Says New Saddam Hussein-Era Mass Grave Found

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 512
  BAGHDAD — A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday. The grave was originally found nearly two years ago west of Kirkuk, though its ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Mass Grave Found Near Kirkuk: Iraq

  
  A Pakistan News — Authority: 545
  BAGHDAD: Iraqi government says a mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein. Majid Abdullah Karim of the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights said Saturday that the number could be lower ...
  2 weeks ago

• A policy of “ethnic cleansing” against Christians under way in Mosul, Mgr Sako says

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The archbishop of Kirkuk says security measures will be strengthened during Christmas for fear of new attacks. Two attacks are carried out in Mosul yesterday; two churches are hit, one baby girl is dead and 40 people are wounded. Source tells AsiaNews that the Christian community is “destined to die” in the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Secretary Gates Conducts Town Hall Meeting At Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 457
  Below is an excerpt from a town hall meeting, which took place at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq: SEC. GATES:  (Applause.)  I want to thank all of you for coming today, although I suspect more than a few of are — are volunteered for this duty today.  Hope you haven’t been standing around here ...
  3 weeks ago

• Afghanistan Tops Agenda At Gates Town Hall

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 457
  Gather about 300 deployed soldiers and airmen, give them the opportunity to ask the defense secretary about what matters to them, and you might expect to hear questions about military pay and benefits, or complaints about spending too much time away from home. That wasn’t the case today at Forward Operating Base ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gates foresees significant new sanctions on Iran

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that he expects "significant" new sanctions" to be imposed on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. "I think that you are going to see some significant additional sanctions imposed by the international community, assuming that the Iranians dont change course ...
  3 weeks ago

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