Sunday, July 18, 2010

Iraq News Updates -- July 18, 2010

An injured Iraqi is wheeled into a Baghdad hospital after Sunday's suicide bombing. (Khalil Murshidi, AFP/Getty Images / July 18, 2010)

Dozens Killed in Iraq Suicide Attacks -- New York Times

BAGHDAD — In the latest high-profile attack against former insurgents who switched sides to fight alongside American forces here, more than 40 were killed Sunday morning after a man detonated himself outside an Iraqi Army base as Awakening members lined up to receive their paychecks.

The bomber struck around 8 a.m. on Sunday — the first day of the work week here — in Radwaniya, a largely Sunni neighborhood southwest of central Baghdad. The latest casualty figures from an official at the Ministry of the Interior was 43 killed and 40 wounded. The dead also included Iraqi army soldiers.

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More News On Iraq

Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq -- Yahoo News/AP
Suicide bombers target Iraq militia -- Al Jazeera
Iraq security forces attacked by suicide bomber -- The Guardian
Dozens killed in suicide bombings at Sunni militia meetings in Iraq -- Washington Post

July 2011 Deadline Might Bring Home Just 'A Few Thousand' Troops -- ABC News
Biden: Iraq drawdown on schedule despite politics -- AP
Biden Responds to McChrystal Jibe -- ABC News

Some worry about abuse as U.S. hands over final detention center to Iraq -- Washington Post
US military hands over last detention centre in Iraq -- BBC

Iraq wants oil companies to develop 11 fields -- AP
Lukoil To Invest $5 Bln In Iraq's West Qurna-2 Oil Field - Executive -- Wall Street Journal

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