Deadly bombing at Baghdad school (BBC News)
A bomb blast has killed at least eight students at a school in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, reports say.
Blast hits school in Iraq’s Sadr City (Press TV)
At least seven Iraqi children have been killed and 41 people wounded in an explosion outside a school in Baghdad’s Sadr City, official sources say.
Deal to allow Iraqi national elections (UPI)
BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 (UPI) — The deputy speaker of the Iraqi Parliament said a deal reached by top Iraqi leaders will allow for the first national elections in Iraq since 2005.
Six schoolchildren among 16 dead in Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Six pupils were among eight people killed at a Baghdad primary school on Monday in what authorities said was an ammunition blast, out of a total of 16 people who died in violence in and around the capital.
Iraqi police: 5 killed, 34 wounded in blast at Baghdad school (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD – A bomb exploded at a school in Baghdad’s Shiite district of Sadr City, killing five people, including four students, Iraqi officials said.
An Iraqi Field Of US Taxpayer-Bought Trucks Stretching To The Horizon [Military Vehicles] (Jalopnik)
An anonymous military officer shot this photograph at Camp Taji National Depot in Iraq to illustrate the mind-blowing investment the US taxpayer is footing for Iraqi reconstruction. It makes our…
Baghdad bombing: Eight killed in blast outside Iraqi elementary school (New York Daily News)
An explosion outside an elementary school in a Shiite district of Baghdad killed at least eight people Monday, as Iraqi officials considered delaying national elections until at least February.
Nations to discuss Afghan forces at NATO event – Navy News, news from Iraq – Navy Times (Navy Times)
BRUSSELS Military representatives of NATO s 28 member nations met Monday to pledge additional troops to serve alongside the 30,000 reinforcements committed to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama, a spokesman said.
Iraq: US welcomes Baghdad’s new election law (Adnkronos)
Iraq: US welcomes Baghdad’s new election law (AKI) – The Obama administration has welcomed the Iraqi parliament’s unanimous approval of a new electoral law, which paves the way for elections early next year. MPs voted in a special late night session on Sunday to try to end a political deadlock. They approved new measures to protect Iraq’s minorities and 50 extra parliamentary seats to ensure …
Iraqi Scam: Looking For Police Job, Finding A Con (NPR)
In Iraq’s dismal economy, the desperate search for jobs has fueled a new kind of scam. Con artists are telling young men that they can bribe their way into the Iraqi security forces. The would-be recruits pay up, and the scammers keep the money for themselves.
