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On Saturday, around four hundred MKO members were relocated to a new site called Liberty Camp near Baghdad airport. The move is said to be part of an agreement reached between the United Nations and Iraq in December, which is expected to facilitate the...
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Police said the suicide bomber was waiting on the street outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry headquarters in the east of the Iraqi capital. As the crowd of recruits exited the compound's security barriers in the early afternoon and...
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A suicide bomber detonated his car Sunday as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing 20 in the latest strike on security officials that angry residents blamed on political feuding that is roiling Iraq. Police said the suicide...
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(AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his car Sunday as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing 20 in the latest strike on security officials that angry residents blamed on political feuding that is roiling Iraq. Police said the...
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A suicide bomber detonated his car Sunday as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing 20 in the latest strike on security officials that angry residents blamed on political feuding that is roiling Iraq.
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The public outcry that followed from lawmakers and residents after those attacks spurred the government to bolster training and recruiting centers with better protection. But, as Sunday's attacks showed, extremists are easily able to sidestep security...
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The public outcry that followed from lawmakers and residents after those attacks spurred the government to bolster training and recruiting centers with better protection. But, as Sunday's attacks showed, extremists are easily able to sidestep security...
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Iraqi soldier stands close to a destroyed vehicle following a road side bomb on February 13, 2012. A car bomb near a police academy killed 20 police recruits in Baghdad on February 19, 2012. (MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images) Authorities said the bomber...
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The attack, which occurred near the heavily fortified Interior Ministry, may have been a message to the Maliki government. However, it wasn’t the only violence targeting policemen. At least 40 Iraqis were killed and 42 more were wounded overall. Many...
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Police said the suicide bomber was waiting on the street outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry in an eastern neighborhood in the Iraqi capital. As the crowd of recruits exited the compound’s security barriers around 1 p.m. and walked...
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SUICIDE bomber detonated his car yesterday as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing 20 in the latest strike on security officials in Iraq. Police said the suicide bomber was waiting on the street outside the fortified academy...
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Iraq (CNN) -- Violent overnight attacks in Iraq killed nearly two dozen people Sunday. A suicide car bomber detonated at the main entrance of the police academy in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 15 people as recruits were leaving, Iraqi police...
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Our people have been slaughtered, massacred and murdered, but now we have nobody to turn to. There has been much talk about the security needs of our people. The Iraqi Government has tried to do what it can, but we do not live in a ghetto. The...
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The attack left 15 dead and 21 wounded, according to an official at the Interior Ministry, and several of the dead were police recruits, a common target for insurgents. Differing accountings of casualties often emerge in the aftermath of attacks, and...
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Professor Tanter added, "But the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) works at cross purposes with UNHCR. While UNHCR stands ready to conduct Refugee Status Determination to resettle the dissidents in other countries, UNAMI colludes with...
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Kadim / APSecurity forces prepare to tow away a destroyed car after a car bomb attack outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated his car as a group of police...
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Security forces prepare to tow away a destroyed car after a car bomb attack outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday. Police said the suicide bomber was waiting on the street outside the fortified...
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Travis Brecher reports. “Deadly blast as factional tensions up in Iraq.” This video was licensed from Grab Networks. The copyright notice of this video is “© 2012 Reuters.” For additional video content, click the “video” tab at the top of this page. ...
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