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USA Today - Tue Dec 8, 10:49 pm ET
Hours after a quick succession of car bombs exploded Tuesday in the heart of Baghdad, Iraqi army Capt. Mohammed Abbas shook as he spoke of the terrorists that he said are intent on destroying Iraq.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 9 minutes ago
The owner of a dog that miraculously survived a massive bombing returned to his collapsed home Wednesday to be reunited with his pet, stunning neighbors who thought he was dead.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 9:40 pm ET
Iraqi leaders were set to come under fire Wednesday, having failed to prevent a spate of attacks in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of bombings to hit the capital since August.
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WABC-TV New York - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
The prime minister appealed Wednesday to Iraqis to stand by their security forces.
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The White House - Tue Dec 8, 4:32 pm ET
The Vice President spoke to both Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki earlier today. The Vice President conveyed the condolences of the American people to those Iraqis killed and injured in today's bombings in Baghdad. The United States strongly condemns these attacks on the Iraqi people and their elected government. The perpetrators of today’s bombings will ...
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New York Daily News - Mon Dec 7, 11:20 am ET
An explosion outside an elementary school in a Shiite district of Baghdad killed at least eight people Monday, as Iraqi officials considered delaying national elections until at least February.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 3:36 pm ET
US Vice President Joe Biden spoke to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Tuesday, offering condolences and condemnation after five bombs killed 127 people in Baghdad.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 4:25 am ET
Car bombs killed at least 112 people in the heart of the Iraqi capital Tuesday, striking government buildings despite a security crackdown after a series of high-profile attacks.
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The Champaign News-Gazette - 1 hour 17 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (AP) – The prime minister appealed Wednesday to Iraqis to stand by their security forces, even as angry lawmakers demanded answers and called on top officials to resign following the third massive attack against government sites since summer. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his interior minister were expected to appear before a special parliamentary session Thursday to answer ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 9:29 am ET
Car bombs killed at least 112 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said, leaving pools of blood, charred buses and scattered body parts in a brutal reminder of the threat from Iraq's stubborn insurgency.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 2:27 pm ET
Britain believed Iraq had dismantled its chemical and biological weapons in the run-up to the 2003 invasion but thought it was possible they could be reassembled, the former head of the country's Joint Intelligence Committee said Tuesday.
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Detroit News - Wed Dec 9, 1:02 am ET
Baghdad -- A suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted high-profile symbols of Iraqi authority. At least 127 people were killed.
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INO News - Wed Dec 9, 8:40 am ET
(RTTNews) - Iraq's Presidential Council again postponed the parliamentary elections, but this time by just one day, setting March 7 as the revised date for the long-awaited vote.
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CBS News - Tue Dec 8, 7:22 pm ET
A series of deadly bombings rocked Iraq, killing more than 120 people. As Elizabeth Palmer reports, Iraqis wonder how they will keep safe come election day.
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Seattle Times - Wed Dec 9, 3:13 am ET
Iraq's Ambassador to the U.S. told a Seattle business audience that what the embattled nation needs now is "suits on the ground, not boots on the ground."