Sameer N Yacoub
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/ 5 February 2007

Last-chance Iraq security operation appears ready

Violence raked Baghdad on Monday as an Iraqi general took charge of the security operation in the capital and Iraqi police and soldiers manned new roadblocks — initial steps indicating the start of the long-anticipated joint operation with American forces to curb sectarian bloodshed. But bombers, gunmen and mortar teams appeared undaunted.

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/ 4 November 2005

Al-Qaeda threatens diplomats in Iraq

Sunni-led insurgents killed six Iraqi police at a checkpoint on Friday and fired a mortar round that struck a home outside the capital, killing a mother and child, as Shi’ites began celebrating a major Muslim holiday. Meanwhile, in a statement posted on an Islamic website, al-Qaeda in Iraq threatened more attacks on diplomats in the country.

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/ 2 February 2005

Leading clerics denounce Iraq election

Iraq’s leading Sunni Muslim clerics said on Wednesday the landmark elections lack legitimacy because large numbers of Sunnis did not participate in the balloting — which the clerics had asked them to boycott. Meanwhile, the Mosul police chief has demanded that insurgents hand over weapons within two weeks.

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/ 14 September 2004

Iraq explodes into violence

At least 47 people were killed in a massive car bomb blast outside the main police headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday, leaving a trail of carnage and chaos in a bustling area of the Iraqi capital. Meanwhile, 12 Iraqi policemen and their driver were killed and two others wounded when gunmen sprayed their vehicle with bullets in Baquba.

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/ 3 August 2004

Iraq car bomb kills four

A car bomb exploded on Tuesday at an Iraqi National Guard checkpoint outside the city of Baqouba, killing at least four guardsmen and wounding six others, Iraqi authorities said. Earlier on Tuesday, a roadside bomb attack killed a local police chief and another officer in Baghdad.