Bodies of two British hostages found in Iraq (Daily Telegraph)
Two British hostages held in Iraq since 2007 are feared dead after two bodies were discovered in Baghdad.
Bomb kills at least 72 in Iraq (New Haven Register)
Associated Press BAGHDAD A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing this year.
Suicide truck bomber kills dozens in northern Iraq (Tiscali)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 67 people on Saturday as they left a mosque, shortly after the prime minister urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a U.S. military pull-back sparked more violence.
Fear for ‘forgotten’ Iraq hostages after two bodies are handed over (Daily Mail)
Hope was fading last night for Britain s forgotten hostages in Iraq after two bodies were handed over to officials.
Iraq rejoice as US forces begin retreat (The Malaysian Insider)
BAGHDAD, June 20 Iraq s leader declared victory today as the country began to end a foreign occupation with the withdrawal of US combat troops from cities, and told Iraqis not to lose faith if the pullback resulted in attacks. As part of a security pact signed between Baghdad and Washington last year, US combat forces must leave urban centres by June 30 and the entire force that invaded Iraq …
Suicide truck bomb kills 25 in northern Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A suicide truck bomber killed at least 25 people near a Shi’ite Muslim mosque close to Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Saturday, police said.
Truck bomb kills more than 60 in northern Iraq (Reno Gazette-Journal)
BAGHDAD (AP) A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 63 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing in nearly two months.
63 dead as bomb explodes in Iraq (Boston Herald)
BAGHDAD – A truck bomb exploded as worshipers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq yesterday, killing at least 63 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing…
Suicide truck bomber kills 56 in northern Iraq (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide truck bomber killed 56 people as they left a mosque on Saturday, after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a U.S. military pull-back sparked more attacks.
Iraq declares victory as US troops leave cities (Central Chronicle)
Agencies Baghdad, June 20: Iraq’s leader declared victory on Saturday as the country began to end a foreign occupation with the withdrawal of US combat troops from cities, and told Iraqis not to lose faith if the pullback resulted in attacks.
Iraq truck bomb kills 46 near Kirkuk (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Forty-six people were killed and 166 wounded on Saturday in a lunchtime suicide truck bombing near the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, the bloodiest attack to hit Iraq in nearly two months.
Suicide truck bomber kills 67 in northern Iraq (The Malaysian Insider)
BAGHDAD, June 21 A suicide bomber killed 67 people yesterday as they left a mosque, shortly after the prime minister urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a US military pull-back sparked more violence. Almost all US soldiers will leave urban centres by June 30 under a bilateral security pact signed last year and the entire force that invaded the country in 2003 must be gone by 2012. Yesterday s …
US troops leave Iraq cities (Straits Times)
BAGHDAD – IRAQ’S leader declared victory on Saturday as the country began to end a foreign occupation with the withdrawal of US combat troops from cities, and told Iraqis not to lose faith if the pullback resulted in attacks.
Iraq bombing kills 70, injures 182 (Chicago Tribune)
The suicide truck bombing in a Turkmen town in the volatile Kirkuk region comes less than two weeks before U.S. forces are withdraw from Iraqi cities. A suicide truck bomb killed at least 70 people Saturday and wounded 182 in a primarily Turkmen town in northern Iraq, less than two weeks before the scheduled withdrawal of most U.S. forces from the cities.
