Read more Baghdad stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/756/baghdad.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74199/13-assassinated-outside-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe killing of 13 men and boys west of Baghdad over the weekend has sparked fears of a fresh eruption in sectarian fighting. The victims, including a Sunni politician and several of his relatives, were snatched from their homes and shot by men in Iraqi army uniforms, according to authorities....http://www.newser.com/story/74199/13-assassinated-outside-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 3:22:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73747/blackwater-okd-1m-bribe-fund-after-07-iraq-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecurity firm Blackwater set aside $1 million for secret payments to critical Iraqi officials after the 2007 Baghdad shootout that left 17 civilians dead. With Blackwater fearing it could lose its lucrative operating license in the country, former executives tell the New York Times , then-president Gary Jackson authorized the bribe...http://www.newser.com/story/73747/blackwater-okd-1m-bribe-fund-after-07-iraq-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 21:39:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72640/al-qaeda-claims-baghdad-bombing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for this weekend's twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted...http://www.newser.com/story/72640/al-qaeda-claims-baghdad-bombing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 6:09:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72491/baghdad-car-bombs-kill-at-least-136.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo powerful car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad today, killing at least 136 people and wounding nearly 600 in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices, Iraqi authorities said. The blasts went off less than a minute apart near two prominent government institutions—the Ministry of Justice...http://www.newser.com/story/72491/baghdad-car-bombs-kill-at-least-136.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 8:16:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72079/student-rape-murder-gang-shuts-iraq-u.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of Iraq's leading universities has been shut down while authorities attempt to purge it of a sectarian student gang accused of carrying out a campaign of murder and rape. Professors, administrators, and fellow students have been targeted by the Students League, a shadowy group of Shia students said to...http://www.newser.com/story/72079/student-rape-murder-gang-shuts-iraq-u.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 2:31:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69433/shoe-tosser-released-says-i-was-tortured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi reporter who was locked up for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush says he was tortured in prison, the BBC reports. He was released today after nine months in a Baghdad jail, Reuters notes, and says he plans to identify those officials who tortured him. Relatives say...http://www.newser.com/story/69433/shoe-tosser-released-says-i-was-tortured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 6:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68925/arab-world-head-over-heels-about-return-of-hero-shoe-tosser.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi journalist who hurled both his shoes at George Bush during a speech in Baghdad last year will be released early from prison next week to a hero's welcome, a free house and offers of money, a wife, and a gold-saddled horse, reports the Guardian . Muntadar al-Zaidi "is a...http://www.newser.com/story/68925/arab-world-head-over-heels-about-return-of-hero-shoe-tosser.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 3:12:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67557/iraqi-bombing-suspect-paid-10k-to-pass-checkpoints.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAttackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast today. Seeking to fend off widespread criticism over security lapses, the Iraqi military released what it said was...http://www.newser.com/story/67557/iraqi-bombing-suspect-paid-10k-to-pass-checkpoints.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 15:42:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67249/7-bombs-batter-baghdad-95-dead-500-wounded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScores of people are dead after seven coordinated bombings rocked Baghdad this morning, targeting both government ministries and poor Shia neighborhoods, the New York Times reports. Two huge bombs and three smaller blasts, probably from mortars, went off at the entrance to the fortified Green Zone, while other explosions hit...http://www.newser.com/story/67249/7-bombs-batter-baghdad-95-dead-500-wounded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 11:54:46 CDT