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 Twin blasts kill 5 at market south of Baghdad 
 Iraq’s Sunni-backed bloc united against al-Maliki 
 Iraq’s pro-Sunni bloc united against al-Maliki bid 
 Bomb hits convoy of Iraqi official, kills 1 
 Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki in key boost 
 Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki BAGHDAD — Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is backing Iraq’s prime minister to retain power in a move that could speed an end to the seven-month political impasse. 
 Failed bank heist in Baghdad leaves 3 dead 
 Failed bank heist in Baghdad leaves 2 police dead 
 BAGHDAD — Officials say three police officers have been killed in late night attacks in two northern Iraqi cities, including a bombing that also injured eight bystanders. 
 Silenced slayings on the rise in Iraq BAGHDAD — For about $100 at outlaw workshops, gunmen can get what’s become the tool of choice in Baghdad these days: silencers for pistols and automatic weapons. 
 Baghdad bomb injures Iraqi state TV news anchor 
 Iraqi women embrace American mothers of war dead 
 Iraqi government employee killed in ambush 
 4 Iraqi police killed in blast near Fallujah 
 Al-Qaida in Iraq claims Baghdad bombings BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida’s front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for two Baghdad bombings last week that killed at least 31 people at a government security agency and what it called an “evil” mobile phone provider. 
 Iraqi police say blast kills 4 children in Baghdad 
 Baghdad gunmen kill army officer in ambush 
 Blast kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in country’s north 
 Car Bombs tear through Baghdad, Fallujah; 36 dead 
 Car bombs across Iraq kill at least 36 BAGHDAD — Three car bombs tore through Baghdad and the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Sunday, killing at least 36 people and breaking what had been a period of relative calm since the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 
 Twin Baghdad car bombs kill 31, wound dozens 
 Twin Baghdad car bombs kill 23, wound dozens 
 Twin car bombs kill 21 in Baghdad BAGHDAD — A pair of car bombs tore through two different neighborhoods in Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing 21 people and wounding dozens of others, Iraqi officials said. 
 Car bomb kills 12 in western Baghdad BAGHDAD — An Iraqi army official says 12 people were killed when a car bomb exploded near the offices of a mobile phone company in western Baghdad.    more images                     
 Police: 6 Sunni fighters killed in ambush in Iraq 
 Attacks in Iraq kill 56, raise fears of insurgents 
 Attacks in Iraq kill 55, raise fears of insurgents 
 Devastating series of attacks across Iraq kills 55 
 Devastating series of attacks across Iraq kill 53 
 50 dead in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces 
 46 dead in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces 
 43 dead in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces 
 43 dead in string of attacks in Iraq BAGHDAD — A string of more than a dozen attacks targeted Iraq’s local government and police forces from one end of the country to the other on Wednesday, killing 43 people in a death toll that continued to rise, police and hospital officials said. 
 33 dead in string of attacks in Iraq BAGHDAD — A string of more than a dozen attacks targeted Iraq’s local government and police forces from one end of the country to the other on Wednesday killing 33 people and leaving scores wounded, police and hospital officials said. 
 22 dead in string of attacks in Iraq BAGHDAD — A string of more than a dozen attacks targeting Iraqi security forces stretching from one end of the country to the other killed 22 people and left scores wounded on Wednesday, police and hospital officials said. 
 13 dead in string of attacks in Iraq BAGHDAD — A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces killed 13 people and left scores wounded on Wednesday, police and hospital officials said. 
 8 dead in string of attacks in Iraq BAGHDAD — Officials say a string of attacks on Iraqi security forces have left eight people dead. 
 Gunmen kill 5 Iraqi oil workers, steal payroll 
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