Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
September 2013 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Fatal Car Bombings Rip Baghdad VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Dozens of people were killed or wounded in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, when multiple car bombs exploded in mostly Shi'ite districts during morning rush hour.
- Baghdad bombings death toll reaches 54 PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- Death toll from a wave of deadly bombings across Iraq’s Baghdad Province has risen to 54 with more than 140 people wounded.
- Rare Bombs in Iraqi Kurdistan Trigger Deadly Gun Battle VOA 29 Sep 2013 -- Iraqi Kurdish officials say a double car bombing and gun battle in northern Iraq's usually peaceful Kurdish autonomous region has killed at least 10 people.
- US betraying its troops' interpreters Iran Press TV 29 Sep 2013 -- The US government has betrayed the Iraqi and Afghan interpreters who helped its troops in these two countries by failing to give them visas they were once promised.
- Iran, Iraq sign MoU to enhance defense cooperation Iran Press TV 26 Sep 2013 -- Iran and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost defense cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
- Iran's IRGC, Iraq army stress need for cooperation Iran Press TV 26 Sep 2013 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iraqi army have stressed the need for military and security cooperation between the two neighbors.
- Rouhani warns of Syria crisis spillover to other regional countries Iran Press TV 26 Sep 2013 -- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has warned against the spillover of the crisis in Syria to other regional countries, stressing the need for a political and non-military solution to the turmoil in the Arab country.
- Iran ready to strengthen Iraq Army: Iran defense minister Iran Press TV 24 Sep 2013 -- Iran Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has expressed the Islamic Republic's readiness to equip and strengthen the Iraqi army, saying countries in the Middle East are capable of restoring regional security.
- UN rights office calls on Iraq to determine whereabouts of missing Iranian exiles UN News Centre 24 Sep 2013 -- The United Nations human rights office today called on the Government of Iraq to do all it can to ascertain the whereabouts of seven former residents of Camp Ashraf, who have been missing since the facility, which housed Iranian exiles, was attacked on 1 September, leaving at least 52 residents dead.
- Deadly Blasts Strike Sunni Funeral In Baghdad RFE/RL 23 Sep 2013 -- Two bomb blasts have targeted Sunni funeral mourners in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the third funeral attack in the country in the last three days.
- 15 killed, 30 injured in blast at Iraqi funeral PressTV 23 Sep 2013 -- At least 15 people have been killed and 30 others injured in a bomb attack targeting a funeral in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
- Iraq Violence Leaves 60 Dead VOA 21 Sep 2013 -- Iraqi officials say car bombings have killed mourners at a funeral in a predominately Shi'ite area of Baghdad, one of a string of deadly attacks on Saturday that left at least 60 people dead.
- Analysis: Failing to address the root causes of violence in Iraq IRIN 20 Sep 2013 -- In the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, a 58km trench is being dug around Kirkuk City.
- Deadly Explosions Hit Sunni Mosque In Iraq RFE/RL 20 Sep 2013 -- Twin explosions have reportedly struck inside a Sunni mosque in Samarra, killing at least 18 people.
- Iraq's Violence Spirals Out of Control VOA 19 Sep 2013 -- Iraq is grappling with its worst violence in years with almost daily bombings and attacks undermining the country's fragile framework and rivaling the dark days of civil unrest in 2007 and 2008.
- Handcuffed, Blindfolded Corpses Found In Baghdad RFE/RL 19 Sep 2013 -- Iraqi police say the handcuffed and blindfolded corpses of 10 unidentified young men were found in eastern Baghdad on September 19.
- Early voting begins in Iraq’s Kurdistan region PressTV 19 Sep 2013 -- Early voting has started in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, two days ahead of the region’s fourth parliamentary elections.
- Wave Of Iraqi Bombings Kills At Least 35 RFE/RL 15 Sep 2013 -- Authorities in Iraq say a wave of militant attacks - most of them car bombs targeting Shi’ite-dominated areas of central and southern Iraq - have killed at least 35 people.
- Wave of Deadly Attacks Strikes Iraq VOA 15 Sep 2013 -- Officials in Iraq say a wave of attacks across the country has killed more than 20 people and wounded dozens.
- Suicide Bomber Kills 23 at Funeral in Northern Iraq VOA 14 Sep 2013 -- A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a funeral in northern Iraq, killing at least 23 people.
- Iraq: UN announces transfer of remaining Iranian exiles Camp Ashraf to transit location UN News Centre 12 Sep 2013 -- A United Nations official in Iraq today announced the successful relocation of the last group of Camp Ashraf residents to a camp near the Baghdad area, pending their resettlement outside the country.
- Iraq orders remaining MKO members to evacuate Camp Ashraf Iran Press TV 07 Sep 2013 -- The Iraqi government has ordered the remaining members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) to immediately evacuate Camp Ashraf following the recent attack against the group.
- Warning: Continuing Massacre at Camp Ashraf From the Desk of Alireza Jafarzadeh 06 Sep 2013 -- Reports from inside Iran indicate that absent a firm position by the US Government, the Iranian regime and the Iraqi government are planning to perpetrate another crime against humanity and massacre the survivors of last Sunday's killings in Camp Ashraf.
- Bombs, shootings kill 12 across Iraq PressTV 04 Sep 2013 -- At least 12 people, including 10 security forces, have been killed in deadly bombing and shooting attacks across Iraq.
- Iraq: UN condemns attack on Camp Ashraf UN News Centre 03 Sep 2013 -- The United Nations human rights office and the UN mission in Iraq strongly condemned the killing of dozens of people in Camp Ashraf.
- Bombs, bullets claim at least 50 lives across Iraq PressTV 03 Sep 2013 -- At least 50 people have been killed in yet another bloody day in Iraq as a fresh wave of bomb explosions and shooting incidents hits the country.
- Gunmen Kill Anti-Al-Qaeda Militiaman, His Family In Baghdad RFE/RL 03 Sep 2013 -- Gunmen have killed an anti-Al-Qaeda militiaman and his family in an attack on their home in Baghdad.
- UK commander rejects abuse and killing of detainees in Iraq PressTV 03 Sep 2013 -- A senior British military officer has claimed reports that British forces abused and killed detainees after a gun battle in Iraq in 2004 are “baseless rumors”.
- Destroying solution of returning to Ashraf and paving way for future attacks on Camp Liberty Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran 02 Sep 2013
- UN Visits Iranian Exiles At Iraqi Camp After Clashes RFE/RL 02 Sep 2013 -- A United Nations team has visited an Iranian exile camp in northeast Iraq where more than 50 residents were reportedly killed in an assault on September.
- Iraqi Sahwa Leader Escapes Bomb Attack RFE/RL 02 Sep 2013 -- Iraqi authorities say a prominent leader of a Sunni tribal militia opposed to Al-Qaeda has escaped an assassination attempt.
- U.S. Condemns Attack at Camp Ashraf in Iraq US Dept. of State 01 Sep 2013
- Ban deplores attack on Iranian exile camp north of Baghdad UN News Centre 01 Sep 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban condemned an attack on an Iranian exile camp near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
- Iran Dissidents Killed at Iraq's Camp Ashraf VOA 01 Sep 2013 -- An Iranian dissident group and Iraqi authorities say clashes and explosions at a contested camp housing Iranian dissidents have killed some of the group's members.
- Some 800 Iraqi Civilians Killed In August RFE/RL 01 Sep 2013 -- The United Nations has reported that more than 800 people were killed in violence in Iraq during the month of August.
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