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Iraq: At least 21 people killed as two bombs strike Baghdad market
At least 21 people have died after deadly explosions hit a market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday, 31 December. The attack has also injured more than 40 others. Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Al Sinak neighbourhood, AFP news agency quoted the police as saying. The bombs went off near a car spare...
Suicide Bomber Kills 14 at Iraq Checkpoint; 9 Die in Baghdad
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi officials said, while a string of bombings in the Iraqi capital killed nine more people. Monday's checkpoint bombing took place at one of the busy entrances to the town of...
US to Deploy 560 More Troops to Iraq in Preparation for Mosul Offensive
During a surprise trip to Baghdad, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the U.S. will deploy another 560 troops to Iraq — bringing total U.S. troop levels in the country to 4,647. The additional 560 U.S. troops will provide infrastructure and logistical support to the Qarayyah airfield, about 40 kilometers...
Army officer reveals how obsession with WMD led to Iraq blunder
BRITISH officials were under so much pressure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that they embarrassed their US colleagues by insisting that medical chemicals were deadly weapons of war. Lieutenant Colonel David Reynolds, of the Parachute Regiment, was in Afghanistan in 2002 helping the hunt for Osama Bin Laden when he...
John Prescott: Ex-deputy PM says Iraq War was illegal
John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was "illegal". Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the "catastrophic decision" for the rest of his life. Lord Prescott said he now agreed "with great...
Iraq shrine attack: IS kills dozens in Balad
Suicide bombers and gunmen have killed at least 35 people in an attack by so-called Islamic State (IS) at a Shia shrine in the Iraqi town of Balad. At least one bomber blew himself up outside the mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi, which was then stormed by gunmen, reports say. Another bomber is said to have blown...
Chilcot report: US ‘pushed UK into Iraq War too early’, says ex-ambassador
The US pushed the UK into military action in Iraq "too early", a former British ambassador to the UN has said in the wake of the Chilcot report. The long-awaited report said ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair had overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein — and military action was not a last resort. Sir Jeremy...
Iraq War report: Key lines from the Blair-Bush memos
Memos sent by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to then US President George W Bush in the run-up to the Iraq War shine a light on the extent of the relationship between the two leaders. The memos sent between 2001 and 2007 were released alongside Sir John Chilcot's report of his inquiry into the Iraq War. line break...
Iraq sees worst bombing since invasion with 250 deaths
The death toll from Sunday's suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 250, the Iraqi government says, making it the deadliest such attack since the 2003 US-led invasion. A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the holiday marking the end of...
Iraq Inquiry: Chilcot says ‘careful analysis needed before war’
The chairman of the UK's inquiry into the Iraq war says he hopes future military action on such a scale will only be possible with more careful analysis and political judgement. His 12-volume report on the Iraq war is due to be released later — more than seven years after the inquiry began. Sir John Chilcot told the...
Iraq: Death Toll From Weekend Baghdad Attack Reaches 175
Iraqi authorities say more dead bodies have been recovered from the site of the massive weekend suicide bombing in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to 175. The staggering figure, announced on Tuesday, comes as Iraqis mourn ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan,...
Iraq: Baghdad suicide bomb attack dead rises to 165
The number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 165, interior ministry officials say. The government has declared three days of mourning after the huge blast, which injured 225 others. A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families...
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