Iraq – Bomb strikes Shiite market in Baghdad, killing 61 (Nevada Appeal)

Bomb strikes Shiite market in Baghdad, killing 61 (Nevada Appeal)
BAGHDAD — A bomb ripped through a crowded market in Baghdad’s main Shiite district on Wednesday, killing at least 61 people and wounding more than 100 less than a week before a deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq’s urban…

Premier Casting U.S. Withdrawal as Victory for Iraq (New York Times)
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is hailing the pullout of American forces from Iraqi cities, but the risk of renewed insurgent violence remains.

Bomb kills 13 in latest Baghdad bombing (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A bomb killed at least 13 people at a Baghdad market selling motorbikes and furniture on Friday, the latest in a series of attacks that have intensified ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities.

Newsweek: Chalabi on Iraq corruption, U.S. withdrawal (MSNBC)
As a leading voice among the Iraqi exiles who opposed Saddam Hussein’s regime, Ahmad Chalabi was a channel for defectors who encouraged the U.S. invasion. Since then, he’s held several senior government positions in Iraq. He talks about his controversial past and Iraq’s post-occupation future.

Iraq: New blast strikes capital ahead of US withdrawal (Adnkronos)
Iraq: New blast strikes capital ahead of US withdrawal (AKI) – At least nine people died and 25 people were wounded in a bombing at a market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Iraqi police have reported. The latest attack comes amid a significant surge of violence less than a week before United States soldiers are due to pull out of all Iraqi cities under a security pact signed last year between the …

Bombs kills 7 in southwest Baghdad (KABC-TV Los Angeles)
A bombing at a bus station in southwest Baghdad on Thursday killed at least 7 people.

‘Great place to live’: US troops exit Sadr City (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) – As recently as a year ago, it would have been unimaginable to hear an American soldier voicing sadness on leaving Sadr City, but Captain Christopher Clyde says he enjoyed his time here.

Coalition s Iraq withdrawal plans on track, officials say (The Langley Air Force Base Fighter)
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq cities is on track, Iraqi and coalition officials said this week. Iraqi security forces are set to assume responsibility for the areas, Iraqi spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said at a June 15 news conference.

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Police say bombs kills 9 in southwest Baghdad as attacks intensify (KWGN Denver)
BAGHDAD (AP) A bombing at a bus station in a Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad on Thursday killed at least seven people, police said, the latest in a series of recent attacks that have left nearly 200 people dead ahead of a U.S. military withdrawal from cities next week.

A Chinese Lesson in Iraqi Oil Exploration (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Iraq is about to award several big petroleum contracts. The winning bidders should learn a lesson from the first company ever to win a post-Saddam contract

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