BAGHDAD: A car bomb outside a restaurant killed three people north of Baghdad on Wednesday, while a roadside bomb wounded seven Iranian pilgrims on a bus traveling to an important Shia religious festival, officials said.
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces stormed a Baghdad church where militants had taken an entire congregation hostage for four hours, leaving at least 47 people dead, including a priest, Iraqi officials said Monday.
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BAGHDAD: Iraq's dwindling Christian community was grieving and afraid on Monday after militants seized a Baghdad church during evening Mass, held the congregation hostage and triggered a raid by Iraqi security forces. The attack left at least 52 (...)
BAGHDAD: Officials say a rush-hour bombing at a western Baghdad police precinct has killed two traffic cops and one civilian.
Police and hospital officials say five traffic cops and four civilians were also wounded in the bombing at the gates of (...)
BAGHDAD: Officials say gunmen have blown up the house of a policeman in the former al-Qaeda stronghold of Fallujah west of Baghdad, killing him, his wife and 4-year-old daughter.
The police and hospital officials say the house in Fallujah's (...)