Northern Iraq
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Officials: Roadside Bomb Kills 3 Iraqi Soldiers
Officials say a roadside bombing in northern Iraq has killed three soldiers. Two security officials say the bomb exploded at noon Saturday, hitting an Iraqi army patrol in Badoush
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Turkey Says Syria Is Helping Kurdish Rebels
by playing host to civilian and military members of the Syrian opposition. Kurdish rebels have long used bases in northern Iraq to launch attacks in Turkey, but Syria had stopped allowing that. "Terrorist groupings that were not there a year
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The Global Note: India's Missile Test…U.N. Observers Hear the Gunfire In Syria…Bahrain & Formula One…Happy 115th, Mr. Kimura
reminder of the nation's continued insurgency. In all, officials said extremists launched 10 attacks in Baghdad and in northern Iraq , in Kirkuk, Samarra, Dibis and Taji. Additionally, mortars were fired into the northern cities of Beiji and Saddam
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Ed Kashi: Parallel Lives
by all this time away from my family. Students from Bahirka, a collective town for displaced people from all over northern Iraq from the Anfal campaign, play on fallen Iraqi tanks in the town of Shera Swars in Arbil, Iraq, April 18, 2005
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Iraq seeks to educate more students in U.S.
Iraqis studying in the U.S. is coming from Iraq's central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq . The Iraqi government also has required foreign oil companies bidding to develop Iraq's oil fields to fund education
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Jim Sciutto Leaving ABC News to Become Chief of Staff to the U.S. Ambassador to China
Polk Award and Overseas Press Club award for his work from Myanmar. He won Emmy awards in 2004 and 2005, covering northern Iraq , and was nominated for several other Emmys including for his reporting live under fire during the school siege in
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Some major U.S. hotels moving into Iraq
And Marriott International will open two properties there in 2014. Hotel executives say they see an opportunity in northern Iraq , which is attracting so much foreign investment because of its oil and gas reserves that a new airport opened there
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U.S. To Transfer Camp Victory in Baghdad to Iraqi Control
posed by insurgents. However, two violent attacks in northern Iraq on Thursday killed 20 Iraqis and left 32 wounded of the pullout. The big U.S. air base at Balad in northern Iraq was transferred to Iraqi control last week. The installation
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U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq Continues: Air Base at Balad Turned Over to Iraqis
The most significant base to recently be turned over to Iraqi control was the giant U.S. air base at Balad in northern Iraq . It had long served as a major air hub for US forces in Iraq. Brigadier General Bradley Becker, the deputy commanding
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Analysis: What Iraq Drawdown Means for Troops, Obama, U.S.announcement comes on the very same day that Turkey has invaded Northern Iraq , saying it will send 10,000 troops to hunt the PKK Turkey is now considering creating a buffer zone in Northern Iraq . In the US, and around the world, some are worried
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U.S. Hikers Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal's Families Appeal to Iran to 'Show Compassion'territory. They denied the Iranian charges of spying and insisted they were only hiking, not spying, in a scenic area of northern Iraq and mistakenly crossed the Iranian border. Bauer and Fattal's families today issued a statement after receiving
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Report: Iran Sentences U.S. Hikers Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal to 8 Years in Jail for Spying, Illegal Entry
They denied the Iranian charges of espionage and insisted they were only hiking, not spying, in a scenic area of northern Iraq and mistakenly crossed the Iranian border. Shourd was forced to leave her two friends behind when she was released
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Reports: Turkish Jets Bomb PKK Bases in Iraq
Turkish jets launched air raids on suspected Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Turkish and Kurdish media reported, hours after eight soldiers and a village guard were killed in an ambush by
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Spring Weather: Insect Swarmsaverage from the southwest along the Gulf of Mexico and up the Atlantic coast. The only below average pocket in. The Northern Iraq so when this warmer than usual we tying up in the ninetieth. Tour and a hundred anything that would be above remember
and up the Atlantic coast. The only below average pocket in. The Northern Iraq so when this warmer than usual we tying up in the ninetieth. Tour and a hundred anything that would be above -- -
Where Things Stand: Northern Iraqlike Baghdad and Mosul here they live in peace economy is growing everyone has a job and they're free to come to the market because shopping here. Without fear of being blown up. I'm Terry McCarthy for ABC news revealed Northern Iraq .
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The Major Conflict in Northern IraqOverseas now and in Northern Iraq near the border with Turkey a major battle is under way between offensive began on Thursday. ABC's Terry McCarthy reports now from Northern Iraq on this conflict that risks causing. More problems for the US
Overseas now and in Northern Iraq near the border with Turkey a major battle is under way between Turkish forces and members of a Kurdish rebel group who are fighting. For their own state in southeastern Turkey. The Turkish military says -- killed more than a hundred rebels since the offensive began on Thursday. ABC's Terry McCarthy reports now from Northern Iraq on this conflict that risks causing. More problems for the US mission in Iraq. -
Sept. 14, 2004: Inside the War Zonegunfire targeting Havana. Carrying police home from work in buckled up. Sabotage and an oil pipeline junction in Northern Iraq effectively shut down power generators all over the country today. The fact is that it is much more dangerous traveling
from work in buckled up. Sabotage and an oil pipeline junction in Northern Iraq effectively shut down power generators all over the country today. The fact is that it is much more dangerous traveling around Iraq -
American Hikers in Iran Closer to Freedom?They denied the Iranian charges of espionage from the get go insisting there hiking not spying and a scenic area of Northern Iraq near the Iranian border. Their mothers were allowed to visit the prisoners in Iran over a year ago. Last September
go insisting there -- hiking not spying and a scenic area of Northern Iraq near the Iranian border. Their mothers were allowed to visit the prisoners in Iran over a year ago. Last September short was -
America's Future on the War on Terrorstill a problem This announcement comes just as Turkey Northern Iraq to go Kurdish separatists and Corning for May be a buffer zone of its own in Northern Iraq . So this whole country is still in play including from
is still a problem -- This announcement comes just as Turkey -- Northern Iraq to go -- Kurdish separatists and -- Corning for May be a buffer zone of its own in Northern Iraq . So this whole country is still in play including from Iran and other people say. Don't over estimate you know so -- -
American Hikers Back In Iranian Courtwith companion short they were arrested in July of 2009. They claim they were hiking not spying in a scenic area of Northern Iraq unaware they were perilously close to the Iranian border. And I call. Short was released last September because of
They claim they were hiking not spying in a scenic area of Northern Iraq unaware they were perilously close to the Iranian border. And I call. Short was released last September because of illness she rallied
