22 killed as blast rocks US base, Blair makes surprise Baghdad visit
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Some 22 people were reportedly killed in a rocket attack on a US military base, as British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a first visit to Baghdad saying Iraq was caught in a battle between "democracy and terror".
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Investigators believe a suicide bomber penetrated security at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and detonated an explosive Tuesday that killed 22 people.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad Sunday on an unannounced visit to meet political leaders and show support for fragile attempts to stem the country's seemingly unstoppable bloodshed.
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BAGHDAD - Two suicide car-bombings killed at least 17 people in Baghdad yesterday as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began an unannounced visit to Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made  a surprise first visit to Baghdad Tuesday to meet Iraqi Prime  Minister Iyad Allawi and show support for elections scheduled  for January.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : US aircraft pounded the insurgent enclave of Fallujah, killing seven Iraqis in a raid the military said targeted a hideout of a militant group, as two British Muslim leaders arrived in Baghdad in a bid to save the life of a British hostage
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He made a surprise visit to the US military base that was attacked in Mosul Tuesday. Meanwhile, security has increased at some US bases in Iraq.
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The suicide bomber said to have blown himself up in a crowded dining hall on a US Army base here, killing 22 people, was wearing an Iraqi military uniform, US officials said
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At least 19 people die in a blast near Afghanistan's main US base, during Vice-President Cheney's visit.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 21 - A powerful explosion ripped through an American military base in northern Iraq today, the American military said.
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scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year&#39;s war to oust Saddam Hussein. Tuesday and killed 22 people, including 14 US military personnel and four American contractors.
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At least 22 people were killed and 58 others injured when a minibus packed with explosives blew up in a busy district of central Baghdad, according to The Associated Press.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld makes a surprise visit to the Iraqi city of Mosul, two days after a bomb killed 22 people.
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The US military in Iraq says it is still investigating the massive explosion at a US military base, Forward Operating Base Marez, near the northern city of Mosul Tuesday that killed 22 people and wounded 72 others.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made  a surprise first visit to Baghdad on Tuesday amidst intense  security and hailed officials orchestrating Iraq's January  elections as heroes.
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Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise Christmas Eve visit to American troops in Mosul, three days after a suicide bombing at a United States army base in the northern Iraqi city left 22 dead.
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Twenty-two people are killed and at least 50 injured in a blast at a US military base in the Iraqi city of Mosul.