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[War Victims Monitor] IRAQ: 95 killed in Baghdad bomb carnage « War Victims Monitor: The international community, led by the UN security council, condemned the murderous blasts, that came on the sixth anniversary of a truck bombing on the UN compound in Baghdad that killed UN special envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 others.

[The Long War Journal] Baghdad bombings kill 75 as US prepares to release all members of ...: As the violence spikes in Baghdad, the US military is planning on turning over the remaining members of the Asaib al Haq, or the League of the Righteous, an Iranian-backed terror group with ties to the Mahdi Army, to the Iraqi government, which will then release the fighters. The release is being conducted as part of a reconciliation effort with the group, which led the violent uprising in Baghdad, Basrah, and in central and southern Iraq in 2008.

[War Victims Monitor] IRAQ: Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 20 Aug 2009 « War ...: CIVIC is a Washington-based organization founded by the late Marla Ruzicka, a passionate humanitarian killed by a suicide bomb in Baghdad while advocating for war victims in Iraq. BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and eight wounded after a booby-trapped motorbike exploded in Rasheed Street, central Baghdad, police said.

[Trends Updates] Massive Coordinated Explosions Rock Iraqi Capital | Trends Updates: After the America’s withdrawal of troops and end of its war on terrorism, new sectarian warfare seems to be beginning on Iraqi soil before the national elections due in next few months. It is indeed unfortunate that peace still eludes common people of Iraq;

[Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - The Pentagon Can't Stop Baghdad Bombs: It may feel like a flashback, but the violence never really left, .explains: “By over- selling the extent to which Iraq had returned to peace since 2007, the Iraqi and American governments have left themselves open to the perception that an upsurge in bombing over the past month means the country is returning to war.” .

[Political Byline] Deadly Day in Iraq: 95 killed in attacks in Baghdad | Political Byline: BAGHDAD ”” Insurgents struck at the heart of the Iraqi government on Wednesday in huge and coordinated bombings that exposed a new vulnerability after Americans ceded control for security here on June 30. Nearby American soldiers stood by helplessly ”” despite the needs of hundreds of wounded ”” waiting for a request for help from Iraqi officials that apparently never came.

[War Victims Monitor] IRAQ: FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 19 « War Victims ...: Gunmen killed a Christian trying to save his Christian neighbour, a doctor, from being abducted in the north of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

[Breaking News] Bicycle bomb kills 2 in Baghdad while death toll from gov't ...: Iraq: Bomb kills 2 near restaurant in BaghdadBAGHDAD ”” A bicycle bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baghdad Thursday killing two people in a deadly reminder of Iraq's security problems as the death toll rose to at least 101 from a string of blasts the day before that mainly targeted heavily guarded government buildings. More than 500 people also were wounded when nearly simultaneous truck bombs struck Iraq's Foreign and Finance ministries on Wednesday ”” the deadliest day of coordinated bombings in more than a year.

[Baghdad Bureau] Q&A: Answers About Baghdad's Red Zone - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: Iraqis are very resourceful, and in most neighborhoods private individuals have set up large generators to supplement the grid power, which is charged at $12 per amp per month to their neighbors. This allows the luxury for those who can afford it of running a hot water boiler (15 amps) and heaters (12 amps) in the winter, and a couple of one-ton air conditioners (5 amps each) in the summer.

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Is Iraq slipping away?: This will not be a critique of the Obama administration’s handling of Iraq.  They have been a pleasant surprise to the extent that they haven’t changed directions in Iraq.  It’s not even going to be a critique of the Bush administration, which signed the agreement to pull US troops off the line in Baghdad and other cities.  They had little choice, as Maliki and the Iraqi government wanted them out even earlier than July 1 of this year.  Maliki, who won a series of battles with the Mahdi Army to gain control of Iraq, thought his forces were up to the task of full-time security maintenance.

[Baghdad Bureau] Listening to Iraq's Musicians - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: A string of truck bombings and other attacks that wounded 300 people in areas around official buildings in central Baghdad came six years after a suicide bombing at the United Nations compound in Baghdad that killed 22 people, including Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations' coordinator for Iraq.

[Mo'thanskin] "Iraq's Recipe For Civil War" ["PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"]: His fighters have also seen few of the 16,000 jobs that have been created in the security forces and civil service specifically for the Sahwa, while he and his top assistants are the subject of arrest warrants that, although currently suspended, hang as a looming threat.

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