JNN 19 May 2011 Kirkuk Iraq : Dozens of Iraqis have been killed and wounded in multiple explosions in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk, local police sources say. Continue reading
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34 Killed and Dozens More injured in 2 Car Bomb Blasts in the Shia areas of Hila and Dora ,Iraq
BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber crashed his vehicle into a barrier outside a police building in central Iraq on Thursday morning, killing 18 policemen and wounding dozens more, a local councilman said. While in a separate Incident On Tuesday, a car bomb tore through a cafe in Baghdad packed with young men watching a football match on TV, killing at least 16 people. Continue reading
9 Killed 23 Injured in twin Car Bomb Blast near Green Zone in Baghdad
JNN 19 April 2011 : At least nine people have lost their lives and 23 others have been wounded after two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security officials say. Continue reading
Iraq officially denounces the US request of Over stay
JNN 13 April 2011 : The Iraqi government officially turned down a call by the U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, for a longer U.S. military presence in the country. Continue reading
Terrorist Kill 54 Men in a Raid on a Government Building in Tikrit,Iraq
JNN 30 Mar 2011 : Terrorist stormed into the provincial council headquarters in former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s home city of Tikrit and held people hostage, police said on Tuesday. Continue reading
Robbery or Corruption : 40 billion USD ‘missing’ from Iraq accounts
- One Billion Dollar is stacked on 12 standard pallets, altogether 10 million 100 USD notes.
JNN 24 Feb 2011 BAGHDAD : Around $40 billion are “missing” from a post-Gulf War fund that Iraq maintains to protect the money from foreign claims, its parliamentary speaker said on Monday. Continue reading
Robbery or Corruption : 40 billion USD 'missing' from Iraq accounts
- One Billion Dollar is stacked on 12 standard pallets, altogether 10 million 100 USD notes.
JNN 24 Feb 2011 BAGHDAD : Around $40 billion are “missing” from a post-Gulf War fund that Iraq maintains to protect the money from foreign claims, its parliamentary speaker said on Monday. Continue reading
15 killed and 85 injured in Twin Suicide blasts in Iraq
JNN 20 Jan 2011 BAGHDAD : Suicide bombers struck in Iraq for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people in two attacks in Diyala province and raising fears of a renewed insurgent campaign targeting Iraqi security forces and government officials. Continue reading
Bomb blasts kill 3, injure 32 in Iraq
JNN 15 Dec 2010 : One explosion struck a group of mourners west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The other bomb targeted a procession in the town of Khalis, north of the capital.
Attacks on Shia mourners have increased in war-ravaged Iraq in the lead-up to Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH).
Ashura, the tenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar year Muharram, falls on December 16 this year.
Many devout Muslims across the world are also holding ceremonies to mourn the event which is one of the most important occasions on the Shia calendar.
On Ashura day, Imam Hussein (PBUH) and 72 of his companions were martyred while fighting for justice during Karbala battle in Iraq back in the year 680.
On Monday, four people were killed and 17 others wounded in a bomb attack on a group of pilgrims northeast of Baghdad.
Blasts kill Many Shias at Imam Hussein’s Mourning Procession in Iraq
Suicide attacks targeting a police checkpoint and a Shiite Muslim procession in western and central Iraq on Sunday killed over 20 people, including six policemen, police and a doctor said.
According to Iraqi police and hospital officials, the blasts occurred on Sunday near the provincial council building in Ramadi, Anbar’s capital, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad.
The first explosion was heard at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), killing at least 17 people, among them six members of the police force.
At least 23 people have also been left wounded in the Sunday attack.
Only minutes later, a second bomb was found in a nearby parking lot. Police say they have detonated it in a safe area.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Government officials in Anbar, a former al-Qaeda stronghold, have frequently been targeted by militants.
The violence comes days before the climax of the Shia commemoration ceremony of Ashura on Thursday.
The tenth day of Muharram, which is known as Ashura, marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein (PBUH).
Every year on Ashura thousands of Muslims from all over Iraq and neighboring countries hold mourning ceremonies and many head for the holy city of Karbala, where the shrine of Imam Hussein (PBUH) is located.
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