Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2013 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Gunmen Attack Sunni Mosque In Baghdad RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- Gunmen have stormed a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing five worshippers.
- Hundreds Protest Iraqi Lawmakers' Pensions RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- Hundreds of protesters have demonstrated in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities against generous pensions received by lawmakers.
- Al-Qaeda Group Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Bombings RFE/RL 30 Aug 2013 -- An Al-Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings across Baghdad that killed more than 70 people and wounded over 200 people.
- Truck Bomb Kills 17 in Iraq as Violence Continues VOA 30 Aug 2013 -- A truck bomb ripped through a busy market north of the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens of others.
- Car bomb kills 11, injures 26 in Iraq’s Samarra PressTV 29 Aug 2013 -- At least 11 people have been killed in a car bomb attack at a fruit market in the Iraqi city of Samarra, north of the capital Baghdad.
- Almost 65 killed in car bomb attacks in Baghdad PressTV 28 Aug 2013 -- Nearly 65 people have been killed and almost 100 others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
- Wave Of Deadly Bombings Hits Baghdad's Shi'ite Neighborhoods RFE/RL 28 Aug 2013 -- A wave of bombings has torn through Shi'ite neighborhoods across Baghdad, reportedly killing at least 66 people and wounding more than 200 more.
- Iraq top court rejects term limits for prime minister PressTV 27 Aug 2013 -- Iraq’s top court has rejected a draft law preventing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from seeking a third term in office after 2014 national elections.
- CIA files show agency was involved in Iraq’s gas attack on Iran PressTV 26 Aug 2013 -- Newly declassified CIA documents show that the United States had a hand in Iraq’s deadly chemical attacks on Iran during the 1980-1988 war against the Islamic Republic.
- Attacks Across Iraq Kill Dozens RFE/RL 26 Aug 2013 -- A series of attacks across Iraq has killed at least 46 people and wounded dozens of others.
- More Than 20 Killed In Iraqi Violence RFE/RL 25 Aug 2013 -- Iraqi officials say attacks in Baghdad and in the north of the country have killed more than 20 people.
- 4 civilians, 10 soldiers killed in bomb blast in central Iraq PressTV 22 Aug 2013 -- At least four civilians and ten soldiers have been killed after a bomb blast rocked the central Iraqi city of Ramadi.
- Deadly Car Bombings Strike Several Southern Iraqi Cities RFE/RL 21 Aug 2013 -- Iraqi officials say separate car bombings in three southern cities have killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens.
- Putting Rivalries Aside, All Main Kurdish Parties To Meet For First Time RFE/RL 20 Aug 2013 -- Across the four countries where most of the world's Kurds live, competing ideologies and rivalries have prevented the emergence of a single unified Kurdish movement.
- Syrian Kurds Flee War to Neighboring Iraq VOA 19 Aug 2013 -- An estimated 30,000 Syria refugees, most of them Kurds, have fled in the last three days to Kurdistan areas of Iraq or on the border waiting to be allowed access, according to United Nations aid officials.
- Reports Of Muqtada Al-Sadr's Political Demise May Be Greatly Exaggerated RFE/RL 19 Aug 2013 -- The Iraqi media has been abuzz with reports that powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has left politics. The staunchly anti-Western cleric has not been seen in public for the past two weeks, fueling speculation that he may have quietly left the scene.
- UN spotlights plight of more than 1 million displaced Iraqis, calls for durable solutions UN News Centre 19 Aug 2013 -- On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations in Iraq highlighted the plight of 1.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country, stressing the need to address the causes for displacement as well as to implement policies for long-term, durable solutions to this issue.
- US, Iraq Vow to Fight al-Qaida Surge VOA 16 Aug 2013 -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed his Iraqi counterpart to the State Department on Thursday, as part of a 2008 agreement outlining long-term cooperation on counterterrorism and other issues. The talks came as Iraq is facing a surge in violence from the Iraqi branch of al-Qaida, a group now spreading into Syria.
- Background Briefing on U.S.-Iraq Political and Diplomatic JCC Meeting and the U.S.-Iraq Bilateral Relationship Under the Strategic Framework Agreement US Dept. of State 15 Aug 2013
- Over 30 die in Iraq bomb attacks Iran Press TV 15 Aug 2013 -- Over 30 people have been killed and 50 others wounded in separate bomb attacks in Iraq.
- Car Bombs Rip Through Baghdad VOA 15 Aug 2013 -- Iraq is blaming al-Qaida for a series of car bombs that ripped across the Iraqi capital, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens more.
- 13 killed, 26 injured in bomb attacks across Iraq Iran Press TV 13 Aug 2013 -- At least 13 people have been killed and 26 others injured in a fresh wave of violence, including car bomb attacks, across Iraq.
- Al-Qaeda-affiliated group claims responsibility for recent carnage in Iraq Iran Press TV 12 Aug 2013 -- An al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the recent deadly bombings in Iraq, which killed dozens of people.
- Al-Qaeda Claims Eid Bombings in Iraq RFE/RL 12 Aug 2013 -- Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," has claimed responsibility for a wave of bomb attacks that killed 74 people and injured hundreds during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
- U.S. Condemns Bombings Across Iraq During Eid RFE/RL 11 Aug 2013 -- The United States has condemned the perpetrators of a wave of deadly bombings in Iraq during the end of Ramadan celebrations as 'enemies of Islam.'
- Pentagon proposes $2.7 billion arms sales to Iraq RIA Novosti 11 Aug 2013 -- Amid the most deadly month in Iraq in five years, the Pentagon has notified Congress of $2.7 billion in new arms sales to the Iraqi government.
- Iraq: UN envoy voices outrage as car bombings claim dozens of lives during Eid ul-Fitr UN News Centre 11 Aug 2013 -- A senior United Nations envoy has expressed shock and outrage at a series of coordinated bombings that targeted shopping areas and parks in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq as people were celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
- Serial car bombs kill nearly 70, injure 200 in Iraqi capital Iran Press TV 10 Aug 2013 -- Sixty-nine people have been killed and 200 others wounded in a series of car bombs in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, while Iraqis were celebrating Eid al-Fitr holiday.
- For Maliki, Retaining Power Trumps Iraqi Unity RFE/RL 10 Aug 2013 -- After almost eight years in power, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is showing signs he never wants to leave.
- Scores Killed in Wave of Iraq Bombings VOA 10 Aug 2013 -- At least 61 people have been killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq, in what appear to be coordinated strikes on people celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
- Iraq: July deadliest month in years as violence kills over 1,000 people, UN reports UN News Centre 01 Aug 2013 -- A total of 1,057 Iraqis were killed and another 2,326 were wounded in acts of terrorism and violence in the month of July, according to figures released today by the United Nations.
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