Church Bombings Mar Start of Ramadan in Iraq
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Blasts rocked five Christian churches in four Baghdad neighborhoods early Saturday -- as a string of violent incidents marred the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Car bombers struck crowds in Najaf and Karbala in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 61 people and wounding about 120 in the two holy Shiite cities only days into Iraq&#39;s six-week election campaign.
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Deadly car bombings on Sunday hit the Iraqi Shiite Muslim holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing 67 people, officials said. In Najaf, a suicide car bomber plowed his vehicle into a funeral procession and
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Baghdad -- Car bombers struck crowds in Najaf and Karbala in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding 123 others in those two holy Shiite cities only days into Iraq&#39;s six-week election campaign.
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Iraq&#39;s wave of car bombings spread into the heart of the Shiite Muslim holy land Sunday in two attacks that killed at least 60 people.
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Asian Muslims began observing the holy month of Ramadan at the weekend with many still incensed about the pope's comments linking Islam with violence and those in conflict areas wishing for peace.
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BAGHDADâSaturday began here with pre-dawn blasts at five empty Christian churches and ended with two US helicopters crashing over the city, killing two soldiers and wounding two others.
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BAGHDAD -- In attacks targeting Iraq's major Shi'ite Muslim cities, car bombs in Najaf and Karbala killed at least 62 people yesterday and wounded 120, threatening to inflame sectarian anger as the nation prepares for elections next month.
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U.S. warplanes continued pounding targets in Fallujah today, in an attempt to disrupt what the military said were preparations for terrorist attacks coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Bomb attacks killed 57 people and wounded more than 120 across Iraq on Wednesday as suspected al Qaeda militants stepped up a campaign of violence coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Explosions damaged churches in Baghdad  on Saturday and the U.S. military reported the deaths of four  more American troops in bomb attacks elsewhere in Iraq.
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MOSUL, Iraq -- Gunmen bombed two churches in the tense northern city of Mosul yesterday, fueling fears of ethnic and sectarian unrest ahead of an election scheduled for next month.
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Car bombs killed 27 people and wounded more than 90 across Iraq on Wednesday as suspected al Qaeda militants stepped up a campaign of violence coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Two car bombs exploded within hours of each other in two Iraqi cities holy to Shiite Muslims, killing at least 62 people and wounding more than 120.
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Bombers and gunmen killed eight people in a tense city northeast of Baghdad on Monday as Iraqi security forces prepared to further tighten security ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, when violence traditionally spikes across Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 -- Insurgents are stepping up a campaign of violence across Iraq during the holy month of Ramadan, staging six car bomb attacks on Wednesday that killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
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Attackers killed 40 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq on Tuesday and Hezbollah's leader warned of the threat of civil war in Lebanon as tensions across the Middle East overshadowed the annual rite of Ashura.