Iraq violence erupts as bombs fall
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SPORADIC gunfire, explosions and a US bombing raid shook the city of Najaf yesterday as militants retained control of a revered shrine, raising fears that a plan to end the crisis could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.
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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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Car bombs and clashes have shaken the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens more. A suicide car bomber killed seven people and wounded more than 50 outside a photocopy shop
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A dozen people are killed in another day of violence across Iraq, as the country prepares for Sunday's poll.
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Baghdad was engulfed in violence yesterday as 21 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a car bomb attack and US-led offensives on Shiite and Sunni rebel pockets in the capital.
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Violence raged on in Iraq on Friday, with five Iraqis killed in a suicide car bombing in Baghdad and three more Turkish drivers reportedly kidnapped.
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Shiite militants and U.S. forces battled throughout the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, and a mortar barrage slammed into a busy neighborhood in the capital in a new wave of violence Saturday that killed at least ...
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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 series of car bomb blasts have torn through Baghdad and the northern Iraq city of Mosul, killing at least 21 people and wounding scores.
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Eleven people were killed in scattered violence around Iraq on Saturday, including eight who died when a suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern city of Tal Afar.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 19--Six weeks before Iraq&#39;s nationwide vote, another blast of violence hit the country Sunday, including two deadly bombings claiming at least a dozen lives
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_ Iraq has been rocked by car-bomb attacks in its two holiest Shiite cities. At least 60 people are dead and many dozens injured. In Karbala, police say a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle near the main bus station.
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Bombs explode across Iraq; two U.S. soldiers were killed and 11 wounded in two car bombings.
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Car bomb attacks brought more carnage to the streets of two Iraqi cities today, killing at least 26 people as the interim government struggles to stamp out an insurgency ahead of elections scheduled for January.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed nearly 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control.    On Monday, a series of explosions rocked the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah and clouds of smoke rose into the sky, witnesses said...
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At least 110 people were killed across Iraq yesterday in a sharp escalation of violence that saw gun battles, car bombs and bombardments rock the capital.
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Two bombs explode in busy markets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, police say.