Iraqi police chief's home stormed
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BAGHDAD -- Dozens of gunmen swooped into a police chief's home yesterday, killing his wife and two brothers, and kidnapping three of his grown children. The chief wasn't there, but the attack showed the dangers facing Iraqi forces as they try to take over the country's security so US forces can leave.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired the Basra police chief Monday over his force's failure to stop weekend attacks on Sunni mosques in Iraq's second-largest city, police said.
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FALLUJAH: Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday imposed a night curfew in Baghdad as US troops with crack Iraqi soldiers surged into the heart of Fallujah in a hail of explosions and gunfire on the second day of the largest operation in Iraq since
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Authorities in Iraq on Tuesday raided the home of the country's Sunni culture minister, whom they accused of killing two people during an assassination attempt two years ago.
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Iraq&#39;s prime minister said today mistakes were made during a raid on a Baghdad mosque last week that sparked a surge in violence in the capital, and he had ordered an investigation.
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Iraqi security officers stormed al-Jazeera&#39;s Baghdad offices and sealed the newsroom with red wax at the weekend after the US-backed interim government banned the Arabic television station from broadcasting in the country.
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BAGHDAD - A bomb exploded inside a Baghdad house just as police were about to raid it, killing at least 29 people and wounding 18 in the latest of a series of deadly attacks on Iraqi security forces.
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US troops and Iraqi government forces stormed the rebel pockets in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday to retake police stations and restore order there, the US military and witnesses said.
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US and Iraqi troops stormed insurgent-held police stations and neighborhoods in Mosul today, launching an offensive to retake parts of this northern Iraqi city where gunmen staged a mass uprising last week in support of fighters in
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Lebanese security forces on Monday  stormed the Beirut home of a man they identified as a  Palestinian who appeared in a video claiming responsibility for  the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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BAGHDAD -- A powerful explosion in a house in west Baghdad killed at least 29 people and wounded 18, police said early today. Police patrols were en route to a raid in Baghdad&#39;s Ghazaliya neighborhood late
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BASRA, Iraq  - Iraq's new prime minister declared   a one-month state of emergency in the city of Basra on   Wednesday, vowing to strike with an "iron fist" against gangs   and feuding Shi'ite factions threatening vital oil exports.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports from Baghdad about the latest developments in Iraq -- including a suicide bombing at the home of a top Shiite political leader.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A powerful explosion today in a house in west Baghdad killed at least 29 people and wounded 18, police said. They described the blast as an ambush staged by insurgents.
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DIWANIYA, Iraq  - A former police chief in southern Iraq has been arrested and accused of assisting insurgents, police said on Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb Tuesday ripped through a busy market near a Baghdad police headquarters where Iraqis were waiting to apply for jobs on the force, and gunmen opened fire on a van carrying police home from work in Baqouba, killing at least 59 people total and wounding at least 114.    The attacks were the latest attempts by insurgents to disrupt U.S.-backed efforts to build a strong Iraqi police force capable of taking over security in many towns and cities ahead of nationwide elections slated for January...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb Tuesday ripped through a busy market near a Baghdad police headquarters where Iraqis were waiting to apply for jobs on the force, and gunmen opened fire on a van carrying police home from work in Baqouba, killing at least 59 people total and wounding at least 114.    The attacks were the latest attempts by militants to wreck the building of a strong Iraqi security force, a keystone of the U.S...