Iraq
US says no decision on keeping troops in Iraq
US says no decision on keeping troops in Iraq
Insurgents killed two Awakening leaders in Diyala and Dijail. Police captured five terrorists involved in the Ramadan bombing in Al Kut that killed 40 people.
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Insurgents killed eight soldiers in Anbar and two civilians in Kirkuk. Three “terrorists” were detained in Kirkuk. The US will reportedly draw down its forces to 3,000 troops by the end of the year.
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An Awakening officer was killed in Kirkuk. The Iranian military killed a woman during shelling in Kurdish areas in the north. The Baghdad Operations Commander dodged an assassination attempt in the capital.
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The bodies of two more escaped prisoners from a jail in Mosul have been found. Insurgents killed a soldier in Mosul. The government is following up on a leaked diplomatic cable that claims US soldiers executed 10 civilians in 2006.
A suicide bomber killed himself in a premature detonation. An “Iranian sniper” killed an Iraqi civilian in Haj Omran. Ninewa police discovered the body of an escaped prisoner.
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Insurgents killed three civilians, a soldier, and an Army officer in attacks in Baghdad and Salahadin. Thirty-five prisoners convicted of terrorism charges escaped from a Mosul jail; 21 have been recaptured. Muqtada al Sadr called on Iraqis to rise up against the government.
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Prime Minister Maliki said the US would pull out its troops from Iraq by the end of December 2011. Iraq closed down its airspace due to “a potential danger threatening the airport’s and airplanes safety.”
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Insurgents killed four policemen and a soldier in separate attacks in Baghdad, Baqubah, and Mosul. Turkish warplanes have attacked Kurdish terrorists in northern Iraq.
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A suicide bomber killed 28 people in an attack at a mosque in Baghdad. Terrorists killed a policeman in a bombing in Mosul.
Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al Samarrai, the head of the Sunni Endowment who has been vocal in his opposition to al Qaeda, was the target of the attack. He was wounded in the blast.
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