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35 min ago | Official Wire News

Suicide attack kills 11 people in Iraq

Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up amid worshippers in a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing eleven people and wounding 25. A medic in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualties.

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4 hrs ago | SFGate

Suicide bombers target Baghdad mosque, killing 29

Security forces stand guard at Habib al-Asadi Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

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8 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Chevron secures Iraqi Kurdish oil deal

U.S. oil giant Chevron says it has signed a deal with Iraq's Kurdish regional government to expand its oil exploration territory in the northern self-rule region.

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9 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Suicide attacks kill 13 people in Iraq

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in and around a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing thirteen people and wounding 32, according to Iraqi authorities.

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11 hrs ago | Reuters

Seven killed in Iraq restaurant blast

A bloody end to a simple morning meal. Seven people in the town of Taji north of Baghdad were killed on Monday, when a bomb exploded at this modest restaurant during the start of their work day.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Free Republic

Syrian-Rebel Teens Sing at Al Qaeda Camp: ‘We Destroyed...

An al Qaeda video posted online in late May and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute shows masked Muslim teenage boys undergoing military training and indoctrination at an al Qaeda camp inside Syria.

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NWAonline

Bloody Sunday leaves 51 dead around Iraq

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car-bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad on Sunday.

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Nanaimo Daily News

History of women in the military moving into jobs closer to combat

1983 - About 200 Army and Air Force women are among the forces deployed to Grenada, serving on air crews, as military police and as transportation specialists 1990-91 - Some 40,000 American military women are deployed during the Gulf War operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

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WHBF-TV Rock Island

Bombs, suicide attack kill at least 15 in Iraq

America's newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for a world of glamour in her new role - and she can't wait.

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News Times

Shiite Iraq militia claims it attacked Iran group

A Shiite militia has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack over the weekend on a sprawling camp near Baghdad that killed two members of an Iranian exile group.

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WHIO

Officials: Bombs, suicide attack kill 12 in Iraq

Three bomb attacks in Iraq including a blast inside a roadside restaurant killed 12 people on Monday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has left nearly 2,000 dead since the beginning of April.

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National Public Radio

Baghdad Businessman Reflects On Violence In Iraq

Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin talks to Baghdad businessman Haider al-Jumaili about the growing violence in Iraq, where more than a thousand people died in May. Please keep your community civil.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

NEWS.com.au

Iraq violence kills 25, Shi'ites targeted

An Iraqi police man stands over a wrecked vehicle following an explosion in Aziziyah, south of Baghdad.

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CBS Local

Iraqis Carve Out New Community In New Haven, Conn.

Ali Abdullah, a 42-year-old security guard, left his native Iraq in 2009 after receiving death threats for working with U.S. companies.

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Connecticut Post

Series of attacks kill 51 people across Iraq

Iraqi Shop owners inspect their damaged shop after a car bomb attack outside Kut, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jun 16, 2013.

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KRMG-AM Tulsa

Series of attacks kill 40 people across Iraq

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 16, 2013.

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The Star Online

Car bombs, shootings kill 27 across Iraq

At least 27 people died in attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of a return to full-blown sectarian war.

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Mercury-Register

24 dead in new wave of Iraq attacks

A string of nearly a dozen apparently coordinated bombs and a shooting killed at least 30 and wounded scores across Iraq on Sunday, extending a wave of violence that is raising fears of a return to widespread killing a decade after the U.S.-led invasion.

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The Jackson Sun

Dozens dead in new wave of Iraq attacks

Officials say 10 apparently coordinated car bombs and a shooting across Iraq have killed at least 24 and wounded dozens.

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My Mother Lode

Car bombs kill 8 in Shiite regions of Iraq

Officials say four car bombs in Shiite-majority parts of central and southern Iraq have killed at least eight people and wounded 31. Police say the deadliest blasts on Sunday took place in and near the central city of Kut, where two parked car bombs targeted an industrial area and a gathering of construction workers.

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