Topic: Kirkuk
A spate of gun and bomb attacks across northern and central Iraq on Saturday killed seven people and left four others wounded, security officials said.In the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, a Shiite Turkman chemicals specialist for the state-owned North Oil Company ...
Iraq's disputed oil-rich Kirkuk province may turn into fertile ground for militant groups including Al-Qaeda after the US withdrawal, officials from the province warn.Ethnically divided Kirkuk lies at the centre of a tract of territory which Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in ...
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - In Iraq's northern oil city Kirkuk, home to a volatile mix of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen, politicians and residents fear a possible explosion of ethnic conflict when American troops leave.With prospects that U.S. forces will leave Iraq by ...
Attacks killed five Iraqis, including three who died when a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed truck in the northern city of Kirkuk, and an American soldier on Thursday, officials said.In the deadliest attack, blamed on Al-Qaeda, two women and a man ...
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three people and wounded dozens in Iraq's Kirkuk city on Thursday after he blew up his car outside a bank where police were collecting their salaries.The bomber drove his car into the bank premises, ...
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and another 36 wounded when a large bomb exploded in Iraq's Kirkuk city outside a bank where police were collecting their salaries, police and hospital officials said on Thursday.Local television showed black ...
Iraqi leaders have trumpeted a joint Arab-Kurdish "Golden Lions" security unit in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk but key issues remain over its funding and expansion.American troops, who were key to the force's formation in early 2010, have taken a back ...
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - When Iraq's northern Kurdish region sent a division of troops to surround Kirkuk in February, it may have been a signal of the delicate balancing act to come when U.S. forces leave the disputed oil city.Officially, the 10,000 ...
KIRKS, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's experimental Golden Lions security force made up of old foes is getting ready to stand alone as U.S. forces withdraw along the potentially explosive fault line of Kirkuk, the disputed northern oil city.Assembled as a beacon of ...
Separate bomb and gun attacks on Friday killed five Iraqi policemen and a doctor and wounded 17 other people in Baghdad, Baquba north of the capital, and Kirkuk, security officials said.In Baghdad's western Mansur district, a roadside bomb killed two policemen, including ...
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