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Articles of the author Sameer N Yacoub Associated Press
Iraqi lawmaker escapes assassination attempt
BAGHDAD: A Sunni lawmaker says he escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen ambushed his convoy north of the Iraqi capital. Falah Al-Naqeeb, a member the Sunni-backed Iraqiya parliament bloc, said over the phone on Tuesday that gunmen sprayed (...)

17 - 04 - 2012
Rapid attacks across Iraq kill 50 people
BAGHDAD: A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraqi territory killed at least 50 people on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces in what appeared to be another strike by Al-Qaeda insurgents bent on destabilizing the (...)

23 - 02 - 2012
Crisis tearing Iraq apart, says Sunni-backed leader
BAGHDAD: Iraq needs new leaders to prevent the country from disintegrating, the head of the main Sunni-backed bloc says, reflecting the severity of a sectarian political battle in the Shia-led government, accompanied by violence, just a month after (...)

19 - 01 - 2012
July deadliest month for Iraqis since 2008, US refutes
By Sameer N. Yacoub Associated Press BAGHDAD: July was the deadliest month for Iraqis in more than two years, according to newly released figures that show 535 were killed in violence. The monthly toll released late Saturday was the highest (...)

01 - 08 - 2010
Bomb wounds 4 as pilgrims walk to Baghdad shrine
BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb wounded four Shias on their way to prayer Friday morning in an attack that police said targeted pilgrims headed for a religious ceremony this week at a northern Baghdad shrine. Police officials said the wounded were from (...)

02 - 07 - 2010
Court reduces sentence for Iraqi shoe thrower as Obama visits Iraq
BAGHDAD: Iraq s highest court reduced the prison sentence Tuesday for an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President George W. Bush from three years to one, a court spokesman said. Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar, the spokesman, said the (...)

07 - 04 - 2009
Gunmen storm independent radio station in latest attack against media in Iraq, two dead
Associated Press BAGHDAD: Gunmen stormed the offices of an independent radio station in a predominantly Sunni area in Baghdad, killing two employees and wounding five before bombing the building and knocking the station off the air, police (...)

03 - 05 - 2007
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