Topic: Ramadi

Seven killed in twin west Iraq blasts: police

Twin bomb attacks in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi killed seven people and wounded 13 others on Wednesday evening, part of nationwide violence that left 10 dead, security officials said.A roadside bomb exploded at around 5:30 pm (1430 GMT) in the ...

Qaeda in Iraq claims deadly bombings

Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility for two separate bombings in Mosul and Ramadi last week that killed eight policemen and five others, in a statement published Sunday by the SITE Intelligence Group.The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) carried out "two ...

Death toll rises to nine in twin Iraq bombings

The death toll in twin bombings that targeted Iraqi government offices in the western city of Ramadi has risen to nine, a health department official said on Tuesday.Ramadi police had said seven people were killed and at least 51 wounded when a ...
A recently issued Global Policy Forum report (June 2007) paints a hellish picture of violence, destruction of civil authority and cultural heritage, anarchy, insecurity and poverty. In addition to Fallujah which was heavily assaulted in April and November 2004, these include Tal ...

Car bomb kills seven in Iraq city of Ramadi

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in the center of the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding another 21, a police source said.The explosion occurred in a busy area of Ramadi, which is about ...

Seven killed in spate of Iraq attacks

Seven people were killed, including a young girl and a policeman, in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Monday, security officials said.In Ramadi, the capital of the predominantly Sunni western Iraqi province of Anbar, insurgents bombed the homes of policemen, destroying ...

Corrected: Death and betrayal stalk police in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At 10 a.m. on Monday this week, Lieutenant-Colonel Ali Khalaf says the police department in the Iraqi town of Ramadi issued an order for him to return to the force after eight months out of work.At 1:45 p.m. the ...

Death and betrayal stalk police in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At 10 a.m. (2:00 a.m. ET) on Monday this week, Lieutenant-Colonel Ali Khalaf says the police department in the Iraqi town of Ramadi issued an order for him to return to the force after eight months out of work.At ...

Soldier killed seizing Iraq insurgent arms cache

An Iraqi soldier was killed on Friday as he stormed a house west of Baghdad where insurgents had stockpiled explosives, Al-Anbar provincial police chief General Baha al-Qaisi told AFP."There was an explosion this morning in a house belonging to the terrorists in ...
Twin attacks in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday killed 23 people and wounded 30, including the governor of Anbar province, the city's main hospital said.The first attack struck near a security checkpoint at a road junction leading to the ...
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