http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Diyala_ProvinceFind stories, videos, and photos about Diyala Province from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:58:42 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.violence/tztop.baghdad.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Diyala_Province14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Diyala Province from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuicide bombers killed 60 people near a holy Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Friday and a car bomber left seven people dead in Diyala, according to security and medical officials.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuicide 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.Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.bombing.kurdish.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.bombing.kurdish.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomb exploded at a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Jalawla Monday evening, killing at least 14 people and wounding 31 others, according to local police.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextExplosives attached to trucks carrying concrete barriers to makeshift polling stations for next week's Iraqi provincial elections exploded and killed a driver, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said Friday.Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeveral bombings across Baghdad killed 34 people Sunday -- the bloodiest day in the capital during this holy month of Ramadan, an Interior Ministry official said.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 22 police officers and Awakening Council members were killed in an ambush southwest of Diyala Wednesday, a U.S. military official said.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA female suicide bomber detonated explosives Monday evening in Balad Ruz, killing at least 20 people and wounding 30, according to the Interior Ministry and Col. Ragheb al-Omairi, a Diyala military spokesman.Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:41:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836257,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836257,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA 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 peopleTue, 26 Aug 2008 19:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb exploded Tuesday outside a police recruitment center in Iraq's Diyala province, killing at least 30 people, an Iraqi army official said.Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/06/iraq.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/06/iraq.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi security forces arrested three women, accusing them of plotting suicide bombings against the country's armed forces, the Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN on Wednesday.Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/29/iraqi.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/29/iraqi.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi security forces backed by the U.S. military launched an operation Tuesday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq and Shiite militias in the volatile Diyala province, Iraqi commanders said.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817119,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817119,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA female suicide bomber struck near a government compound northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 16 peopleSun, 22 Jun 2008 22:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA female suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded 40 Sunday when she detonated her explosives in a crowded area of central Baquba, police there said.Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/06/female.bombers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/06/female.bombers/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mother's voice lacks emotion as she recalls how her daughter became a suicide bomber.Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombings, clashes and a shooting in Iraq Tuesday left at least 48 people dead, and another 20 bodies were found in a mass grave, police officials told CNN. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo bombings in separate Iraq provinces on Monday killed eight U.S. troops, the U.S. military said. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence gripped northern Iraq on Tuesday as a suicide bomber killed at least one person in Mosul and authorities found nine bodies and an additional 10 decapitated heads in Diyala province.Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA major movement of Iraqi forces gathered on Sunday in Mosul as a prelude to a planned offensive against Islamic fighters loyal to al Qaeda, an Iraqi government spokesman said.Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextConflict flared up Wednesday in an area of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi troops have been taking on al Qaeda in Iraq and other militants. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA woman suicide bomber set off a blast on Wednesday in an outdoor market in Iraq's Diyala province, killing six civilians and wounding seven, authorities said.Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA police officer was killed and five more were wounded Monday when they entered a booby-trapped house during a patrol south of Baquba, authorities said. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iraq.soldier.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iraq.soldier.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextSix U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday in Iraq when a bomb exploded in a booby-trapped house while they were on patrol north of Baghdad, the military announced.Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextDozens of people picking up cylinders of cooking gas were victims of a suicide car bomb attack Tuesday morning in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji.Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA judge and three members of a group opposing al Qaeda in Iraq were shot to death Monday in Iraq's Diyala province, a local security official said.Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi soldiers have found a mass grave of mutilated bodies in a restive region north of Baghdad, a local security official told CNN Thursday.Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:15:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680512,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680512,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTwo carloads of gunman ambushed a top aide to Iraq's Finance Ministry on Sunday in Baghdad, killing him and his driverSun, 04 Nov 2007 17:10:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677822,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677822,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: Two more grisly episodes in Diyala province are signs that the U.S. successes can only go so far in controlling Iraq's violenceTue, 30 Oct 2007 19:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko was injured Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Pentagon sources said.Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen kidnapped 10 tribal sheiks in Baghdad as the men were heading home Sunday after meetings with Iraqi officials on the nation's contentious reconciliation process, an Interior Ministry official said. Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA roadside bomb blast killed eight Iraqi civilians and wounded 13 others -- including two women and two police officers -- in southeastern Baghdad Saturday morning, according to an Interior Ministry official.Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence in several Iraqi locations on Tuesday left more than a dozen people dead, according to authorities.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bombing in Iraq's volatile Diyala province ripped through a "reconciliation meeting" on Monday night attended by Sunni and Shiite militia leaders -- a brazen attack that killed and wounded dozens and fractured an effort to foster amity between the rival sects. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 26,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces are taking part in an offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn explosion wounded at least four Iraqi police officers Thursday while they were dismantling a bomb on a Baghdad bridge, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextFourteen U.S. soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq were returning from a combat rescue mission, the U.S. military said Thursday as friends and loved ones of one of the victims spoke about their loss. Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe governor of Muthanna province in southern Iraq was killed by a roadside bomb in the city of Samawa Monday morning, an official with Iraq's Interior Ministry said.Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces killed four suspected militants and detained 18 thought to have helped make or plant roadside bombs, the U.S. military said.Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 17 people were killed Friday when U.S. and Iraqi forces battled "rogue" Shiite militia members in Karbala after a raid, the U.S. military said.Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military on Thursday reported eight recent troop deaths in Iraq. Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextInsurgents wearing military uniforms killed 29 people in an attack early Tuesday on a village near Baquba, while a suicide car bomber struck an army patrol east of Baghdad, killing 11, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCivilians helped coalition and Iraqi forces conduct a massive raid on an al Qaeda hideout in the town of Sherween, leaving 20 suspected terrorists dead and 20 more in coalition custody, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.commander/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.commander/index.html#cnnSTCTextMaintaining security in Diyala province north of Baghdad will be impossible if U.S. troops are withdrawn from Iraq, according to a U.S. senior ground commander there.Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmerican-led coalition forces battling insurgents in Iraq's Diyala province near Baghdad killed 25 insurgents in a three-day operation, the U.S. military said Wednesday.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:27:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636515,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636515,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.S. and Iraqi troops captured two senior al-Qaeda militants and seven other operatives Saturday in Diyala province, an Iraqi commander said, as an offensive to clear the volatile area of insurgents entered its fifth daySat, 23 Jun 2007 18:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/23/iraq.main/index.htmlNine U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Saturday, bringing the U.S. military death toll so far in June to 79, the military reported.Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi troops killed dozens of al Qaeda militants in Iraq's Diyala province over the past four days, the U.S. military reported on Friday.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634536,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634536,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsGeneral Petraeus's drive against Sunni militants has got off to a quickstart. But its success will depend on intelligenceThu, 21 Jun 2007 22:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634530,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634530,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA truck bomb struck a Shi'ite mosque Tuesday in central Baghdad, killing 78 people and wounding more than 200Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:50:00 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/06/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.main/index.htmlThree U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded when a suicide bomb blast caused a highway overpass to collapse on them Sunday near Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Monday.Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into a police station near Tikrit on Sunday morning, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 45 others, some of them civilians, a Tikrit police official said.Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.main/index.htmlFourteen U.S. soldiers were killed by bombs and small-arms fire in Iraq over the weekend, the U.S. military said Sunday, as factional violence continued to ravage soldiers and civilians alike.Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/29/iraq.main/index.htmlTen U.S. troops died in Iraq on Monday, including eight killed in a deadly chain of events that began when a U.S. helicopter was shot down, according to a U.S. military official.Tue, 29 May 2007 09:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. forces have freed 42 Iraqi citizens who were kidnapped, held by al Qaeda in Iraq for as long as four months and possibly tortured, a U.S. military spokesman said Sunday.Sun, 27 May 2007 11:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.htmlAmerican troops were on the hunt Sunday in a volatile region south of Baghdad for three members of a U.S.-led military patrol who went missing after an insurgent attack Saturday that killed five others.Sat, 12 May 2007 11:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military commander in charge of northern Iraqi operations on Friday said more troops are needed to stem rising insurgent violence in Diyala province.Fri, 11 May 2007 12:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi politicians -- frustrated by violence throughout the country and the glacial pace of parliamentary lawmaking -- say the nearly one-year-old government is failing.Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo suicide car bombers struck a small U.S. patrol base in Diyala province Monday, killing nine American soldiers and wounding 20 others, according to a U.S. military official in Diyala.Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/12/extension.emails/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/12/extension.emails/index.htmlTours of duty for members of the U.S. Army serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have been extended from 12 months to 15 months effective immediately, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.main/index.htmlSunni gunmen stormed two Shiite homes in Diyala province overnight and slaughtered 21 men in front of their families, Diyala authorities said Saturday.Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide truck bomber hit an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing at least 14 people and wounding 13 in the northern city of Tal Afar on Saturday morning, police and hospital officials said.Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.main/index.htmlThe government will not seek the death penalty against one of eight servicemen charged with the shooting death of an Iraqi civilian in April, a military prosecutor said Wednesday.Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.main/index.htmlA group linked to al Qaeda said it has killed four Russian diplomats it had held hostage, according to a statement and video on a Web site Sunday.Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlAt least 21 Iraqi civilians and a deputy governor died in separate acts of violence in Iraq on Saturday.Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi police imposed a curfew Friday in Baghdad and in the Diyala province, where bombs from U.S. warplanes Thursday killed the most-wanted man in Iraq, an Interior Ministry official said.Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/04/iraq.main/index.htmlAt least 40 people -- some of them high school students -- were reported killed Sunday across Iraq, as the new government failed to name security ministers to deal with continuing violence.Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.main/index.htmlA U.S. military helicopter crashed Saturday southwest of Baghdad, the military said in a statement.Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/07/iraq.main/index.htmlAt least 10 people were killed and 22 wounded Tuesday in Baghdad and three other Iraqi cities.Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:00:00 ESThttp://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/2006/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents killed two civilians and wounded 15 others with homemade bombs, one strapped to a bicycle, Iraqi Emergency Police said on Sunday.Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.violence/index.htmlSix Iraqis were killed and five others were kidnapped in incidents across Baghdad on Thursday and Friday, police said, while eight Iraqi police and soldiers were wounded in two bombings in restive Diyala province.Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/31/iraq.main/index.htmlFive Iraqi civilians and two police officers have been killed by bombings near the Iraqi town of Baquba and in Baghdad, officials say.Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.main/index.htmlViolence claimed the lives of 21 people in Iraq, including a U.S. soldier, a university lecturer and a member of the Diyala provincial council, officials said Monday.Mon, 26 Dec 2005 06:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo days after a roadside bomb killed 10 U.S. Marines on patrol in Falluja, insurgents in Iraq on Saturday staged another deadly strike, killing 11 Iraqi soldiers in an ambush north of Baghdad.Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.constitution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.constitution/index.htmlThe Iraqi draft constitution has passed, according to final results released Tuesday by Iraqi election officials.Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/22/iraq.vote/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/22/iraq.vote/index.htmlVoters in Diyala province -- the district north of Baghdad with a majority Sunni Arab population -- are backing the country's draft constitution, according to early figures released from last week's referendum on the law.Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.main/index.htmlAn attorney for a co-defendant of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was abducted Thursday after five gunmen stormed his office, an Iraqi police official said.Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/election.baquba/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/election.baquba/index.html"We learned from the last elections and completely changed our voting system, and so have the terrorists," said Amer Latif, head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq for Diyala province, slightly shaken but determined after having just survived an attack on his life.Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.htmlSix sniper team members were among seven Marines whose deaths in northwestern Iraq were announced Tuesday by U.S. commanders, bringing the number of American troops killed in the war to more than 1,800.Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/16/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/16/iraq.main/index.htmlAn Italian journalist kidnapped earlier this month in Baghdad has appeared in a videotape aired on Italian TV and urged her fellow citizens, government and her companion to do all they can to end the occupation of Iraq.Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/15/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi political leaders are likely to select a new prime minister this week as officials jockey for position in the transitional government.Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:22:00 ESThttp://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/02/02/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq's leading Sunni Muslim political group said Wednesday that the country's new government will lack the legitimacy to draft a constitution because many Sunnis boycotted Sunday's elections.Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/baquba.vote/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/baquba.vote/index.html"Welcome all listeners, welcome to a new episode of 'Good Morning, Orange City.' Welcome, we are waiting for your calls, our numbers are 530898 and 530 ..." Before radio talk show host Rafed Mahmud can finish his sentence, the phone at Diyala TV and Radio is ringing.Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.diyala/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.diyala/index.htmlA car bomb Sunday morning targeting the deputy governor of Iraq's Diyala province killed two of his bodyguards and wounded seven others -- including deputy governor Bassem al-Khadran -- according to officials from Iraq's Ministries of Interior and Health.Sun, 22 Aug 2004 06:10:00 EDT