Iraq
Iraqi civilian deaths down in 2010
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Iraq
Insurgents killed a police colonel and his driver in Baghdad, and a soldier in Fallujah. Police arrested an Education Ministry supervisor who led an al Qaeda assassination squad in Diyala.
Al Qaeda
Pope rallies Christians not to despair in face of recent attacks
Suspected suicide bomber kills 21 in attack on Egyptian church
The Interior Ministry said it believes that “foreign elements undertook planning and execution” of the blast outside a Coptic church in Alexandria.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Christians are casualties of 10 Baghdad attacks
Iraq
Security forces captured the organizer of yesterday’s suicide attack on a police headquarters in Mosul that killed a senior police chief. 2010 has seen the lowest number of Iraqi civilian and US troop casualties since the US invasion in 2003.
Greece
Embassy bombings ‘aimed at revitalising anarchist movement’
Iraq
A four-man al Qaeda in Iraq suicide team killed a police chief and three policemen in an attack on a police headquarters in Mosul. Security forces detained three al Qaeda operatives in Diyala and another in Kirkuk, and arrested a wanted man in Diwaniyah.
Suicide assault team kills Mosul emergency police chief
The commander of the 1st Emergency Battalion in Mosul had been targeted by al Qaeda on five other occasions. He had recently killed al Qaeda’s top leader in the city.
Iraq
Al Qaeda killed two soldiers in Mosul and Tal Afar. Security forces detained senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders in Mosul, and three al Qaeda fighters in Huweija.
Iraq
Iraq to remove checkpoints across Baghdad
Iran
Iraqi prime minister says US troops must leave next year as planned
Pakistan
Militias stem Pakistani Taliban, but at what cost?
Afghanistan
States of conflict: An update on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan
Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed 17 people in an attack on the provincial center in Anbar. Insurgents killed a police major in Diyala. Security forces detained 15 wanted men in Kirkuk, two suicide bombers in Samarra, an al Qaeda leader and several operatives in Tikrit, Kirkuk, and Khalis, and an Ansar al Sunnah leader and two […]
Iraq
Security forces killed an insurgent and detained 11 more in Mosul, and detained seven more in Hillah. Insurgents nearly assassinated an interior ministry official in Baghdad.
China
Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq
Iraq
Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Kirkuk, eight al Qaeda operatives including two Syrians in Anbar, and an escaped prisoner in Tal Afar. Iraqi soldiers accidentally killed a civilian in a shooting in Mosul.
Iraq
Insurgents killed five civilians in Hillah, two policemen in Samarra, and a surgeon in Baghdad. Security forces detained eight wanted men in Hillah. Police arrested a father, who killed his daughter because she joined al Qaeda.
Iraq
A good year in Iraq
Iraq
Women lawmakers protest lack of female faces in Iraq’s new government
Iraq
Security forces killed a Syrian al Qaeda in Iraq leader in Mosul, and detained 35 wanted men in Maysan and 10 more in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed a soldier and a member of the health ministry in Baghdad.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
3 Iraqi cities cancel Christmas festivities
Iraq
Iraq’s Parliament approved Nouri al Maliki as Prime Minister, and also approved three deputy prime ministers and 29 cabinet positions. Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader in Mosul. Insurgents killed an intelligence officer in Baghdad.
Iraq
Cleric’s anti-US forces poised for gains in Iraq
United States
Contractors behaving badly mean headaches for US
Iraq
The Iraqiya party, led by Iyad Allawi, will join a government headed by Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. Iraqiya agreed to join after a ban on three members of its party was lifted. The government is expected to be formed on Monday.
Iraq
Iraq entices investors to bid for power profits
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al-Qaeda promises Christmas terror
Iraq
Security forces arrested a female suicide bomber in Baqubah, and 11 wanted men in Miqdadiyah. Insurgents wounded four civilians in Baghdad, two soldiers in Mosul, and a policeman and a civilian in Ninewa.