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Suicide bomber kills 32 on Iraqi pilgrimage route

A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowd of Shi’ite pilgrims on Friday, killing 32 people and wounding 84 others south of Baghdad.

Iraq shoe-thrower in court, admits ‘aggression’

An Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George Bush appeared before a judge on Tuesday and admitted ”aggression against a president”.

Green Zone blasted under cover of storm

Militants bombarded Baghdad’s Green Zone with rockets on Sunday, taking advantage of the cover of a blinding dust storm to launch one of the heaviest strikes in weeks on the…

Iraq’s al-Sadr tells fighters to observe truce

Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled back from confrontation with the government on Friday, asking his followers to continue to observe a shaky ceasefire and not to battle…

Cleric al-Sadr threatens ‘open war’ on Iraq govt

Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday threatened an ”open war” against the Iraqi government unless it halted a crackdown by Iraqi and United States security forces on his…

Battles kill 13 in Sadr City, blockade eased

United States and Iraqi forces killed 13 gunmen in clashes and air strikes overnight in the Baghdad stronghold of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who said the US would remain his enemy…

Dozens killed in Baghdad bomb attacks

A female suicide bomber killed 45 people when she blew herself up at a popular pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, police said, in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital…