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127 killed in spate of Baghdad blastsBaghdad (AFP) Dec 8, 2009 Five massive vehicle-borne bombs rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 127 people, including women and students, and wounding hundreds in the third co-ordinated massacre to devastate the city since August. The attacks undermined the government's claims of improved security and came hours before the war-torn country said its general election, the second since the US-led ouster of dictator Saddam ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2009US forces remain on track to begin withdrawing from Iraq in large numbers next year despite coordinated suicide attacks on Tuesday that killed 126 people, the top US military officer has said. Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters that while the withdrawal of US forces in Iraq were "on a balance' with the buildup in Afghanistan, nothing that has ... more 
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 8, 2009Iraq's second general election since Saddam Hussein was overthrown will be held on March 7, almost six weeks later than the originally planned date of mid-January, officials said on Tuesday. The announcement came two days after MPs struck a last-minute deal to get the poll back on track, but the news was overshadowed by five massive car bombs in Baghdad that killed 127 people and wounded 448 ... more  
Kabul, Afghanistan (UPI) Dec 8, 2009 The Afghan strategy announced by U.S. President Barack Obama calling for a troop surge of 30,000 has until July 2011 to run its course before any likely start of a troop drawdown, but its impact on Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan is already perceptible. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, bruised by election fraud accusations and faced with ever-escalating Taliban violence, is starting ... more |
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Tehran (AFP) Dec 8, 2009Tehran Tuesday accused the United States of abducting an Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia during a minor Muslim pilgrimage, and said Riyadh must also be held accountable. Shahram Amiri reportedly disappeared from the holy city of Medina early June, just three days after landing in Saudi Arabia. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki accused Washington of kidnapping ... more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the West Monday for being too quick to censure Iran's nuclear program but told President Barack Obama that Ankara was prepared to mediate with Tehran. Obama, who welcomed Erdogan to the White House for a meeting that ranged widely over regional trouble spots, said Turkey could be "an important player in trying to move Iran" toward ... more  
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 8, 2009A missile strike from a US drone aircraft killed three suspected militants in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt early Tuesday, security and intelligence officials said. The attack targeted a car in Aspalga village, about 12 kilometres (seven miles) southeast of Miranshah, the main town of the restive North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said. ... more |
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