Baghdad clash kills 18, intelligence outlook grim
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U.S. forces opened fire from helicopters during an overnight clash with Shi'ite militants in western Baghdad, killing 18 people, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents hammered central Baghdad yesterday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed almost 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control.
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A suicide car bomber killed 18 people  near a hospital south of Baghdad on Saturday amid a surge of  violence by Iraq's mostly Sunni Muslim insurgents ahead of  Ashura, the holiest festival on the Shi'ite religious calendar.
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Bomb and gun attacks targeting Iraqi police killed at least 59 people Tuesday, marking the deadliest day in Baghdad in six months and continuing an increase of violence across the northern part of the country.
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A suicide car bomber killed 18 people near a hospital south of Baghdad Saturday, keeping violence on the boil after Iraq's landmark election and ahead of an important Shi'ite Muslim religious ceremony.
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Violence in Iraq claimed 19 lives Wednesday, as 23 bodies were found in Baghdad, all believed to be to victims of sectarian death squads.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents hammered central Baghdad yesterday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed  almost 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Strong explosions shook central  Baghdad at dawn on Sunday and heavy fighting erupted in a  street notorious as a rebel stronghold, in violence that killed  at least eight Iraqis, the U.S. army and witnesses said.
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A suicide bomber driving a small truck rigged with explosives blew up near a Baghdad college on Tuesday, killing 18 people in an attack that came just a day after bomb blasts ripped apart two crowded city markets.
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Bomb and mortar attacks killed at least   31 people in and near Baghdad on Saturday in violence that   showed no sign of easing despite a security crackdown against   al Qaeda in the capital.
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U.S. troops killed about 26 suspected militants in Baghdad's Sadr City on Saturday in one of the fiercest clashes in the Shi'ite stronghold since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
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At least 20 people were reportedly killed and 65 others injured as the result of weekend violence occurring in Baghdad. Broadcast sources say most casualties occurred Sunday when fierce fighting
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At least 14 Iraqi police go missing north of Baghdad, as militants say they kidnapped 18 in the same area.
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: US troops clashed Monday with Sunni insurgents west of the capital and gunmen assassinated Baghdad&#39;s deputy governor as fresh American soldiers arrived in the capital _ a move that will push US military strength in Iraq to its
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Fierce clashes between insurgents and police left at least eight people dead and 11 wounded south of Baghdad on Thursday, police sources said.
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A thunderous blast tore through a vacant apartment building in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 18 civilians and wounding nearly 150 in adjacent houses just minutes after the Iraqi army arrived to investigate tips about a weapons cache.
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A car bomb exploded near a police patrol in busy central Baghdad on Thursday, killing 17 people and wounding 20, police said. A police source said the blast missed a convoy