Iraq – Church hit, election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (The New Straits Times)
Church hit, election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (The New Straits Times)
MOSUL, Iraq: A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.
Iraqi lawyers protest Iranian well seizure (UPI)
KARBALA, Iraq, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Hundreds of lawyers and civil officials in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala protested in front of the Iranian consulate following the seizure of a border well.
Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (Malaysian Mirror)
MOSUL, Iraq – A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls. Read more…
Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) – A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.
Kurdish army plan heightens Iraq tension (UPI)
BAGHDAD, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Plans by President Massoud Barzani of Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish enclave to merge the military forces of the two main Kurdish parties, known as “peshmerga,” or those who face death, into a unified army is antagonizing the Kurds’ Arab rivals.
Iraqi police: Bomb targets church in Mosul (Boston Globe)
A bomb killed one person and damaged a historic church north of Baghdad on Wednesday, one day ahead of Christmas Eve services that will be heavily guarded for fear of more attacks on Iraq’s Christian minority.
Iraqi general assassinated in Baghdad (Sydney Morning Herald)
A senior Iraqi army officer has been shot dead in front of his home west of Baghdad, an interior ministry official says.
US military: no change to Iraq pregnancy policy (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Dec 23 (Reuters) – A U.S. commander in northern Iraq does not expect to order a court martial for soldiers who become pregnant, but has not rolled back a controversial new policy on pregnancy …
Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (Malaysian Mirror)
MOSUL, Iraq -A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls. Read more…
Bombs target Iraqi Christians, Shiites (AP via Yahoo! News)
Bombs targeted Iraqi Christians and Shiite Muslims Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding four dozen before coinciding religious observances that will take place under heavy guard.
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