<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Baghdad: News &amp; Videos about Baghdad - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Baghdad</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Baghdad from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:05:06 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Baghdad: News &amp; Videos about Baghdad - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Baghdad</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Baghdad from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Gunmen kill 6 in Iraqi home, official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Gunmen clad in Iraqi army uniforms stormed a house Wednesday north of Baghdad and killed six members of a family, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Roadside bombs wound at least 8 in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least eight people were wounded and a woman was killed in violent incidents Thursday in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq bombing suspect killed during investigation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.attack.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.attack.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspect in a massive double bomb attack in Baghdad grabbed a guard's weapon and shot an investigator, before being shot himself, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombs injured kids, exposed weaknesses</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.victims/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.victims/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The force of the blast threw Rawnaq against the wall of her office at the Ministry of Justice. She instantly thought of her two children in the day care center just two floors below.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens of security officials detained in Iraq bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.attack.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.attack.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 60 people responsible for security in the area of Baghdad where bombers killed 160 people this week have been detained amid growing criticism of a security breakdown in the capital.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq releases video of deadly blasts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.attacks.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.attacks.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi officials on Tuesday released security camera video of two weekend bombings that killed at least 155 people -- the deadliest attacks in the capital in more than two years.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>30 children among 160 killed in Iraq bombings, Interior Ministry says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 30 Iraqi children riding in a bus were among the 160 people killed in Sunday's twin car bombings in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozen bombings in Iraq kill at least 6, wound 85</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bombings rocked Iraq on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding at least another 85, an Iraqi official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Possible body of British hostage handed over in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.uk.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.uk.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A body that may be that of a Briton taken hostage in Iraq two years ago has been handed over to Iraqi authorities, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Surveillance crews watch helplessly as bombs explode</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.surveillance.center/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.surveillance.center/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>They're paid to watch for suspicious activity, to prevent bloody attacks. But employees at Baghdad's surveillance center often watch helplessly as death and destruction unfold before their eyes, on camera.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: Arrests made in ministry truck bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iraqi government said Friday it has arrested members of a cell believed responsible for Wednesday's truck bombings in which more than 100 people were killed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 2 dead, 20 hurt in Baghdad market bombing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least two people were killed and 20 injured in a bombing in southern Baghdad on Friday morning, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Security stepped up after Baghdad bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/20/iraq.violence.security.measures/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/20/iraq.violence.security.measures/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iraqi government implemented new security measures and arrested 11 security officials a day after a string of bombings in Baghdad killed at least 100 people and wounded hundreds more, an interior ministry official told CNN on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>95 killed on Iraq's deadliest day since U.S. handover</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A series of bombings rocked Iraq's capital within one hour Wednesday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 563 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>8 dead as violence continues in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A series of explosions hit a Shiite neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad Tuesday, killing eight people and wounding dozens of others, just a day after blasts across the country killed more than 50, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Briton held over death of 2 contractors in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iraq.contractors.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iraq.contractors.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British security contractor faces charges in an Iraqi court in the killings of two co-workers in Baghdad's Green Zone early Sunday, an Iraqi military spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad to remove blast walls around neighborhoods</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/iraq.baghdad.barriers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/iraq.baghdad.barriers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered his government to take down concrete blast walls that line Baghdad's streets and surround whole neighborhoods, the Iraqi military announced Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blasts kill 7 in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bombings killed seven people and wounded dozens of others Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.us.soldiers.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.us.soldiers.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three U.S. soldiers were killed when their base in Basra was attacked by indirect fire, the U.S. military said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 killed, 32 wounded as 6 Baghdad churches bombed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least four people were killed and 32 wounded as six Baghdad-area churches were bombed within 24 hours, officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Historic moment in Iraq marked with street festival</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/29/iraq.us.pullout/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/29/iraq.us.pullout/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqis welcomed the Tuesday deadline for American troops to leave their towns and cities with a street festival in Baghdad, though fears of renewed violence tempered celebrations of what their government called "National Sovereignty Day."</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad market bombing adds to soaring death toll</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A market bombing in central Baghdad killed 15 people Friday morning, continuing the spike in violence as the deadline approaches for the United States to withdraw combat troops from Iraqi cities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bodies of Iraq hostages returned to Britain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/26/british.hostages.bodies.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/26/british.hostages.bodies.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The bodies of two UK men kidnapped in Baghdad two years ago have been returned to their homeland, the British Foreign Office said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>9 killed as attacks intensify in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Violence in Iraq surged again Thursday, leaving nine people dead and dozens wounded, including several U.S. troops, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>62 people killed in Baghdad blast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/baghdad.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/baghdad.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 62 people were killed and 150 wounded Wednesday when a bomb ripped through an outdoor market area in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wave of bombings kill at least 22 in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A series of five bombings killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens of others Monday in Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bodies handed to British officials in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/british.hostages.iraq.miliband/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/british.hostages.iraq.miliband/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The remains of two bodies -- possibly British hostages taken more than two years ago in Baghdad, Iraq -- have been handed over to British authorities, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad double bombing kills 2</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A double bombing Monday morning in eastern Baghdad killed at least two people and injured six others, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Soccer: Iraq's '07 Asian Cup triumph seems a world away</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/world_soccer/06/09/iraq.national/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/world_soccer/06/09/iraq.national/index.html</guid><description>There might have been hardly an Iraqi fan in Jakarta's Bung Karno stadium on July 29, 2007, but it hardly mattered; not anymore. The Iraqi national team had gotten used to not playing in front of its own supporters. Baghdad, with its burning sectarianism, long had been off-limits for the game's fans, managers and, of course, its players.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosion kills 7 at Baghdad bus station</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bomb attached to a minibus exploded at a bus station in southern Baghdad Monday, killing seven, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 injured in Baghdad mortar attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.green.zone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.green.zone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two people were injured Sunday when a mortar round landed near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three U.S. soldiers die in Baghdad suicide bombing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three U.S. soldiers were among at least 15 people killed in a suicide bombing on a U.S. military patrol in Baghdad on Thursday morning, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad restaurant bombing kills 37, wounds dozens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/20/baghdad.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/20/baghdad.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A parked car rigged with explosives blew up outside a Baghdad restaurant Wednesday evening, an Iraqi government official said, killing at least 37 people and wounding 74 in the worst attack in nearly a month.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 21:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 15 dead in Baghdad market bombing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A southern Baghdad marketplace became a scene of carnage for the second time in a month when a car bomb exploded Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad car bombings over 4 hours kill 48</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/29/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/29/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six car bombings in four hours killed 48 people and wounded 81 in various Baghdad neighborhoods Wednesday, according to Iraq's Interior Ministry.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombings kill nearly 90 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Suicide bombers in Iraq launched two deadly attacks Thursday, killing at least 55 people in Diyala province and at least 28 people in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bomb kills 9 in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A car bomb exploded Tuesday in northern Baghdad, killing at least nine people and wounding 18 others, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>32 dead in bombings across Baghdad, Interior Ministry says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 32 Iraqis were killed and 123 others wounded in six car bombings and a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad by mid-day Monday, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Awakening Council, Iraqi security exchange gunfire</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi security forces and Awakening Council members clashed Saturday in Baghdad, leaving two civilians dead, 13 other people wounded, and five Iraqi soldiers kidnapped, a military official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq bombing leaves 22 dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/26/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/26/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 22 civilians were killed and 38 other people were wounded Thursday in a Baghdad car bombing, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New video of Briton seized in Iraq in 2007</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.hostage.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.hostage.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The British Embassy in Baghdad has received a new video of one of five British hostages kidnapped about two years ago.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: Car bomb at cattle market kills at least 10</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A parked car packed with explosives detonated in a cattle market south of Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 10 people and wounding 56 others, Hilla police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Ministry infiltrators killed Iraqi VP's sister in '06</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.sister.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.sister.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iraqi Interior Ministry on Monday blamed ministry infiltrators for the 2006 killing of the sister of the Sunni vice president.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stray dogs being killed in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/12/baghdad.dogs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/12/baghdad.dogs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The shotgun blast rips into the stray dog's midsection, sending it tumbling over and over. Agonizing yelps echo through the streets as it tries to reach and bite at the gaping wound. Minutes later, the dog is dead.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>University dean survives Baghdad bomb; 4 dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/iraq.bomb.university.dean/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/iraq.bomb.university.dean/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The dean of Baghdad's Islamic University escaped unharmed from a car bombing that killed four other people Wednesday afternoon, Iraqi authorities said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>String of bomb blasts leaves 4 dead, 14 wounded in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three bombings killed an Iraqi official and three police officers and wounded 14 other Iraqis on Sunday evening and Monday morning, according to an official with the Iraqi Interior Ministry.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Driver, bystander killed in Iraqi bomb blast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bomb attached to a vehicle exploded in western Baghdad Saturday, killing the car's driver and a bystander, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad bombs kill eight, wound more than 30</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/iraq.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/iraq.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A string of bombings around Iraq's capital has killed eight people, including three Iraqi soldiers who died when their weapons truck was hit, and wounded at least 32, the country's Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blackwater defendants plead not guilty</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/06/blackwater.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/06/blackwater.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter charges and other crimes stemming from a shooting incident in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New American Embassy opens in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Just days after the U.S. military formally handed authority of Baghdad's "Green Zone" over to the Iraqis, the new American Embassy opened in Baghdad.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rigged car explodes, killing Iraqi brothers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/03/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/03/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bomb attached to a civilian car exploded Saturday in northern Iraq, killing two people who were inside, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report details abuse of Christians</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/24/iraq.christians.sidebar/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/24/iraq.christians.sidebar/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom cited several examples in a recent report of abuse toward Christians in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad celebrates first public Christmas amid hope, memories</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.christmas/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.christmas/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>From a distance, it looks like an apparition: a huge multi-colored hot-air balloon floating in the Baghdad sky, bearing a large poster of Jesus Christ. Below it, an Iraqi flag.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombers kill dozens in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bombers struck military and government targets in Iraq Monday, killing at least 19 people in two attacks in Baghdad and 16 more in the northern city of Mosul, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Female bomber was disabled; vest ignited by remote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The female bomber who killed five people just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Monday was mentally disabled and her explosives vest was triggered by remote control, an official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad bombings kill two, wound 15</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi police patrol in central Baghdad on Wednesday morning, killing two people and wounding eight others, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombings kill 5 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three bombings in or near Baghdad killed five people Thursday, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombs Kill 10 in Iraqi Province; 40 Hurt</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A series of bombings struck Baghdad and a neighboring province Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Business Booms Behind Baghdad's Security Walls
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854214,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854214,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Security measures still hamper trade, but they have allowed businesses to get up and running
</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi ministry members hurt in car bombing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Four members of Iraq's health ministry were wounded Sunday after a bomb attached to their vehicle detonated in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do we care more about animals than humans?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/22/backstory.animals/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/22/backstory.animals/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Over the years, I've found myself in some dangerous places, from Baghdad to Kabul, Ramallah to Rwanda.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosive device goes off at checkpoint north of Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An explosive device went off Saturday after a female suicide bomber was challenged at a checkpoint north of Baghdad, but no one was injured, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bomb kills nine in Baghdad market</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A parked car bomb detonated Sunday in an outdoor market in Baghdad, killing nine civilians and wounding 13 others, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi Women Fear Going Public As Candidates</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847619,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847619,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years -- until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. military says al Qaeda in Iraq mastermind dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Coalition forces in Baghdad have killed the man believed to be the mastermind of recent bombings in the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two Helicopters Collide in Iraq</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847364,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847364,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Two U.S. helicopters collided while landing at a base in Baghdad on Saturday, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding two Americans</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombs targeting worshippers kill 20 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Suicide attacks outside two Shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers marking the end of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Islamabad After the Marriott Bombing: The Baghdad Effect</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With security heightened after the Sept. 20 bombing, the city resembles the Iraqi capital of 2003</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: Bombs Kill 17 Near Shi'ite Mosques</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1846473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1846473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Suicide bombers targeted Shi'ite worshippers as they left morning prayers at two Baghdad mosques, killing 17 people and injuring more than 30 others</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombs targeting worshippers leave 20 dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Suicide attacks outside two Shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers to mark the end of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bomb strikes Baghdad restaurant</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A car bomb detonated Tuesday near a crowded restaurant at lunchtime in central Baghdad, killing at least four civilians and wounding nine others, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens killed in Baghdad's deadliest day this Ramadan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Several bombings across Baghdad killed 34 people Sunday -- the bloodiest day in the capital during this holy month of Ramadan, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Civilians hurt as Sunni lawmaker's home bombed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A prominent Sunni lawmaker's home in Mosul was bombed on Tuesday, wounding several civilians, the lawmaker's party said in a statement.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weekend attacks wound dozens, kill 10</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nine bombings in Iraq on Sunday wounded dozens of people and killed seven, including an official in the Interior Ministry's criminal investigation department, a ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: Seven U.S. soldiers killed in chopper crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S. military helicopter crashed in southern Iraq early Thursday morning, killing all seven U.S. soldiers on board, the military said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi Police Convoy Attacked, 5 Killed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Three roadside bombs planted in succession struck a police convoy in one of Iraq's most dangerous provinces on Sunday</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Going Home in Baghdad
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840237,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840237,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Almost one in five Iraqis was displaced by the war. Now they're starting to trickle home. But the fear remains 
</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Car Bomb Kills 32 North of Baghdad</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840938,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840938,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description> A car bomb ripped through a crowded commercial district in a mainly Shiite town on Friday, killing at least 32 people, Iraqi officials said</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kuwaiti prime minister to visit Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kuwait's prime minister will be making a trip to Iraq soon, to discuss bilateral ties and debt issues among other things.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Growing Apathy Toward Iraqi Elections
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>While waiting for the much-delayed provincial polls, many Iraqis doubt they'll solve pressing water and power problems</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi government to gain control of anti-al Qaeda councils</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.awakening.councils/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.awakening.councils/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. military will transfer control of Sunni Awakening groups to the Iraqi government next month, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday in Baghdad.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blog: Bringing light to Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/eco.iraqblog/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/eco.iraqblog/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Solar lights in Baghdad? I thought I must be hearing things.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi troops to take control of former restive province</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S.-led coalition troops are scheduled to hand over control of a onetime hub of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq to Iraqi forces on Monday, a senior American military official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bomber Kills 25 Iraq Police Recruits</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836257,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836257,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A suicide bomber with explosives hidden beneath his traditional robe blew himself up Tuesday in a crowd of Iraqis trying to join the police force, killing at least 25 people</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide bomb outside Baghdad kills 23</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/24/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/24/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suicide bomber struck during a party for a recently freed prisoner west of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 23 people and wounding 30 others, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 people killed in 24 hours throughout Iraq, official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ten people were killed during several attacks targeting coalition troops and Iraqi police in the past 24 hours, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blackwater defends team in Baghdad shootings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/18/blackwater.guards/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/18/blackwater.guards/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Security contractor Blackwater said any guards who acted improperly in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad should be held accountable, but believes its team acted in self-defense, a company spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shiite pilgrims killed in Iraq suicide blast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suicide bomber attacked Shiite pilgrims Thursday evening as they traveled to a festival, killing 18 people and wounding 75, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgian Exit Leaves Vacuum Near Iran Border
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831653,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831653,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The departure of 2,000 Georgian soldiers from Iraq leaves a question mark over the future of a series of checkpoints along smuggling routes near the Iranian border, forcing the U.S. to shuffle units to fill the vacuum</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. soldier killed as bombers target troops across Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S. soldier was among five people killed Sunday in a suicide attack north of Baghdad, a military spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Gets Billed for a New Baghdad?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1830199,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1830199,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The capital of Iraq has big dreams for improving services and quality of life. But it doesn't seem to be willing -- or able -- to spend its large oil profits</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 U.S. troops killed by Iraq roadside bomb</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A roadside bomb attack on Monday killed two U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq Suicide Blasts Cause Carnage  
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827038,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827038,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Explosions tore through a Shi'ite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish rally in northern Iraq, killing at least 43 people and wounding scores more</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad Outraged by Olympic Ban</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826760,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826760,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Why pick on Iraq now, they ask, when sports corruption under Saddam Hussein was so much worse?</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad hit by deadly car bomb</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A car bomb blew up in Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding four others, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Obama Should Do in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823684,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823684,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>TIME's world editor Bobby Ghosh, a veteran of the Baghdad press corps, explains how the Democratic candidate could gain an unfiltered picture of Iraqi reality

</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq Car Bomb Kills 18, Some Children</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823574,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823574,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A car bomb killed at least seven children and 11 other people in a northern city</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Twin attacks kill Iraqi army recruits</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vests, one after the other, outside an Iraqi army base Tuesday north of Baghdad, killing at least 28 people and wounding 55 others, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad's Grasp on Iraq's South</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Prime Minister's police and military forces try to secure the oil-rich region as they push out the Sadrists -- with quiet help from the Americans
</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rehabilitating Sadr City</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A visit to the once hostile, radical slum shows new life -- but also frustration at what residents see as government neglect</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>