http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Babil_ProvinceFind stories, videos, and photos about Babil Province from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:34 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Babil_Province14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Babil Province from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombings in central and western Iraq killed at least seven people and wounded 45 others on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition troops formally handed over control of Iraq's Babil province to the Iraqi government on Thursday.Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man in a wheelchair blew himself up Monday in a northern Iraqi police station, killing three National Police officers, including a commander, police said.Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:06:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1671444,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1671444,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn Scene: Explosively Formed Penetrators, or EFPs, pose the most treacherous threat yet to US troops south of BaghdadMon, 15 Oct 2007 07:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1671279,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1671279,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn Scene: Explosively Formed Penetrators, or EFPs, pose the most treacherous threat yet to U.S. troops south of BaghdadSat, 13 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670425,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670425,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.S. military is taking a cue from its Anbar success and enlisting the help of Shi'ite tribes. Will the strategy take hold?Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive-hundred British troops began withdrawing Sunday from their base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the Ministry of Defense said.Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/20/iraq.main/index.htmlThree Sunni mosques were attacked in what police believe are reprisals for a massive truck bombing that damaged a Shiite mosque and killed 87 people, authorities said Wednesday.Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.main/index.htmlAttackers struck nine Sunni mosques in Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital in the aftermath of Wednesday's bombing of Al-Askariya Mosque -- a major Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra, police said Thursday.Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlSix civilian detainees were killed and at least 50 more were wounded in an attack on the U.S.-run Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq on Saturday.Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/05/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomber struck a local market Tuesday near Falluja, killing 15 people and wounding 13, the U.S. military said.Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi troops Thursday continued their relentless search near Baghdad for two missing soldiers, a day after the body of a third U.S. soldier was found floating in the Euphrates River.Thu, 24 May 2007 05:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.ambush/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.ambush/index.htmlSix security guards were wounded Thursday night when gunmen ambushed the convoy of a top Shiite leader's son, said Haytham al-Hussaini, a spokesman for the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a crowded market Thursday evening in Hilla, Iraq, killing 61 people and wounding 150, police said.Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents shot and killed at least 14 pilgrims from India and Pakistan, one of several attacks in Iraq that have killed a dozen other people during the last 24 hours.Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. Army has ordered an investigation into the deaths of an Iraqi family of four at their home in Mahmoudiya, a town south of Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said Friday.Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/18/soldiers.missing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/18/soldiers.missing/index.htmlCoalition forces expanded the search Sunday for two U.S. soldiers seized Friday by insurgents at a checkpoint southwest of Baghdad, officials said.Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/05/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents killed three U.S. soldiers Friday south of Baghdad and a police officer in the Iraqi capital, and authorities found five slain bodies around the city, the U.S. military and Iraqi police said.Fri, 05 May 2006 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.capture/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.capture/index.htmlAn Iraqi considered the prime suspect in the 2005 kidnapping of Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena and who also was sought for questioning in several assassination attempts has been captured, multinational military forces in Iraq said in a statement Thursday.Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/01/iraq.main/index.htmlViolence shook Baghdad and areas outside the capital Wednesday as strikes thought to be fueled by sectarian animosity persisted and Iraqi leaders prepared to huddle to work toward a national unity government.Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.main/index.htmlAlmost 70 percent of Iraqis eligible to vote did so during the country's historic December 15 elections, the Iraqi electoral commission said in a report released Wednesday.Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/31/triangle.death/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/31/triangle.death/index.htmlThe two men were good friends at Forward Operating Base Falcon in Babil province, each commanding units at the base in what's called Iraq's "Triangle of Death."Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.main/index.htmlCol. William Wood, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, died last week, the highest-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in the Iraq war, the U.S. military said Monday.Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/perry/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/perry/index.htmlIt's dubbed the "meat grinder." And the toll taken on U.S. forces on these roads patrolled by the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in the northern Babil province explains why.Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo Algerian diplomats were abducted Thursday afternoon outside a restaurant in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood, a police source said.Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.main/index.htmlNinety-nine people have been killed and more than 180 injured in suicide bombings over the past two days in Iraq, including a fuel tanker attack south of Baghdad.Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a propane fuel tanker parked near a gas station south of Baghdad Saturday evening, killing at least 60 and wounding as many as 100 people, police sources said.Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/12/iraq.main/index.htmlThe bodies of 20 men were found buried southeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police said Sunday, the latest in a series of such discoveries.Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgent attacks Monday in Iraq killed one civilian and wounded nine people, including six Iraqi soldiers, police said.Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.htmlAs Iraqi election officials counted ballots Saturday from the country's recent vote, police found the bodies of eight slain comrades near Baghdad.Sat, 05 Feb 2005 06:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.prison/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.prison/index.htmlAmerican troops opened fire to put down a riot Monday at a prison camp in southern Iraq that left four inmates dead and six wounded, U.S. military officials said.Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlFour suicide bombers drove a minibus loaded with explosives into a northern Baghdad Shiite mosque early Friday, killing 14 civilians, many who had gathered for morning prayers, police said.Fri, 03 Dec 2004 07:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.main/index.htmlA car bomb attack on an Army combat patrol killed seven Iraqi civilians Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji, a military spokesman said.Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/25/falluja.weapons/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/25/falluja.weapons/index.htmlIraqi insurgents in Falluja were storing a huge amount of weapons and explosives in a mosque, U.S. Marines said Thursday.Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.main/index.htmlAn ongoing U.S.-Iraq campaign against insurgents south of Baghdad will be very different from the recent offensive in Falluja, a U.S. Marine spokesman said Wednesday.Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq's interim defense minister was quoted by an Arabic-language newspaper Tuesday as saying he cannot guarantee the safety of voters or candidates in the country's elections scheduled for January 30.Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.htmlMore than 2,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, even as insurgents targeted a hotel near Baghdad's Green Zone.Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S.-led forces have started a push against insurgents in another Iraqi hot spot -- the northern part of Babil province -- a couple of days after control was established in the restive city of Samarra.Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.oil/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.oil/index.htmlCrude oil has begun flowing at a rate of 1 million barrels a day through one of two pipelines damaged in recent attacks in southern Iraq, a coalition spokesman has said.Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/19/iraq.oil/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/19/iraq.oil/index.htmlIraq's interim prime minister said Saturday that his country has lost $1 billion to insurgent attacks on the oil infrastructure and the ripple effect across the economy.Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:59:00 EDT