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Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq
A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said The attacks, some of which hit market places...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Explosions, Bombings, Religious Conflicts, Emergency Incidents
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Car bombs in Iraq kill at least 65 people
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday as the country's worst wave of violence since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago continued. The attacks that occurred by busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas followed...
Tags: United Nations, Explosions, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts
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Iraq car bombings leave dozens dead
BAGHDAD — Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday amid the worst wave of violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago. The attacks, which occurred along busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas,...
Tags: United Nations, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Wars and Interventions, Baghdad (Iraq), Religion and Belief
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Review: 'Dying City' is a mesmerizing look at the battles within
There are many ways of being a political playwright. Christopher Shinn's approach, centered on characters rather than on ideologies, is one that will never go out of style. Illuminating large-scale public concerns through the microscopic examination...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Entertainment, London Theatre
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Bombings in Iraq leave at least 70 dead
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BAGHDAD — Bombings in Iraq near a Sunni Muslim mosque, a busy shopping street and a funeral procession left at least 70 people dead Friday as the security situation continued to show signs of unraveling. The explosions brought the week’s...Tags: Government, Pakistan, United Nations, Explosions, Bombings
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Soldier gets life without parole in Iraq killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, had found...
Tags: Punishment, Prosecution, Military Justice, Iraq War (2003-2011), Murder
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Epidemics and Plagues, Behavioral Conditions
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Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Baghdad (Iraq), Suicide, Motorvehicle Accidents, Explosions
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Veterans home-loan bond money going untapped
SACRAMENTO — In the last century, Californians have said yes to every request for money to help veterans buy homes. Since 2000, they have signed off on $1.4 billion in bonds for that purpose. But most of that money remains untapped. In fact, the...
Tags: Voting, Marketing, Loans, Afghanistan, U.S. Congress
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Sgt. John Russell: Wrenching testimony in penalty phase
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Lt. Col. Michael Jones was the last psychiatrist to see Sgt. John Russell before the sergeant returned to the Iraq mental health clinic with an M-16 rifle, killing two doctors and three other fellow servicemen. In...Tags: Science and Technology, Murder, Behavioral Conditions, Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals
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Army sergeant found guilty of premeditation in killing 5 servicemen
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell was found guilty Monday of the premeditated murder of five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, a charge that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Families...
Tags: Punishment, Armed Conflicts, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Army, Depression
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U.N.: April was deadliest month in Iraq in nearly 5 years
April was the deadliest month in Iraq in nearly five years, the country's United Nations assistance mission said Thursday, tallying 712 lives lost and 1,633 people wounded in the violence. Most of those killed or injured were civilians, according to the...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, United Nations, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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