Suicide bombings kill 31 as Iraq elections near (Los Angeles Times)
In an apparent attempt to disrupt Sunday’s vote, bombers in Baqubah target two police stations, then a hospital where emergency personnel are helping the wounded. Suicide bombers attacked two police stations and a hospital Wednesday in the volatile city of Baqubah, killing at least 31 people just days before Iraq holds national elections.
Triple Suicide Attack Kills Dozens in Iraq (MalaysiaNews.net)
Odierno Offers “Plan B” on Iraq Withdrawal (CBS/AP) Updated at 4:10 a.m. Eastern. Three suicide bombings killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 40 others in the city of Baqouba, a police s…
Triple bombings kill dozens ahead of Iraq election (Austin American-Statesman)
Triple bombings kill dozens ahead of Iraq election
Iraq election: Will hope — or fear — sway voters? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Each election in Iraq has been a critical turning point. The first post-Saddam Hussein election, in early 2005, was boycotted by Sunni Arabs. It was followed by mounting sectarian polarization and violence.
At Least 30 Dead in Iraq Triple Suicide Bombing (CommonDreams.org)
A string of three deadly suicide bombings in Iraq killed at least 30 people in the former insurgent stronghold of Baqouba today, including an attack in which the bomber rode in an ambulance with the wounded before blowing himself up at a hospital, police said. The bombings – Iraq’s deadliest in weeks – come as the country is preparing for elections on Sunday that will decide who will oversee the …
Liberal parties finding it tough in polarized Iraq – Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Baghdad The symptoms of Iraq’s persistent sectarian divide have made for gory headlines in weeks and months ahead of Iraq’s March 7 parliamentary polls. Al-Qaeda and affiliated Sunni Muslim extremist groups have threa…
Suicide bombers kill 30 in Iraq ; one rode in ambulance with wounded (New York Daily News)
At least 30 people were killed and 48 wounded in three coordinated suicide bombings in Iraq Wednesday, including one by an attacker who rode in an ambulance with the wounded and then triggered the blast at a hospital.
Triple Suicide Attack Kills Dozens in Iraq (MalaysiaNews.net)
Odierno Offers “Plan B” on Iraq Withdrawal (CBS/AP) Updated at 7:45 a.m. Eastern. A string of three deadly suicide bombings killed 30 people in the former insurgent stronghold of Baqouba on Wednesd…
Q&A: Iraq polls (BBC News)
What are the issues at stake in Iraq’s elections?
Violence on Eve of Iraq Vote (The Nation via Yahoo! News)
The Nation — Iraqis go to the polls this Sunday, March 7, and it’s not looking good.
Q&A: Iraqi parliamentary polls (BBC News)
Iraq goes to the polls to elect a new parliament on 7 March in what is hoped will be another important step on the way to full sovereignty and security self-sufficiency.
Suicide blasts kill 33 ahead of Iraq polls (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Three suicide attacks, including one by a bomber who rode in an ambulance to hospital before blowing himself up, killed 33 people in central Iraq on Wednesday, just days before nationwide elections.
Iraq faces biggest test yet of democracy (USA Today)
The elections for 325 spots in the parliament are a test of whether Iraq will survive as a democracy and an ally, observers say.
Suicide bombs kill 32 in Iraq (Courier-Post)
Three suicide bombers — including one who sneaked his explosives into a hospital — killed at least 32 people Wednesday in a former insurgent stronghold northeast of Baghdad, sending a deadly signal ahead of Iraq’s weekend elections.
