http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/KarbalaFind stories, videos, and photos about Karbala from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:17:57 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Karbala14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Karbala from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen 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.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.karbala.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/iraq.karbala.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb killed at least four people and wounded 25 others in one of Iraq's holy cities Wednesday morning, an Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 42 people were killed and 154 were wounded in five attacks on a religious holiday Friday, an Interior Ministry official said.Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a good will gesture to militant groups, the Iraqi government has freed a man who had been held in connection with the killing of five U.S. soldiers, a government spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA female suicide bomber Friday detonated in a crowd of mostly women and children on their way to a religious festival, killing at least 38 people and wounding 50 others, an Interior Ministry official said.Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombings killed at least eight people and left dozens injured Thursday in Mosul and Karbala as sectarian violence continued in Iraqi cities.Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA double car bombing killed 16 people and wounded 43 others Wednesday at a Baghdad bus station where Shiite pilgrims had gathered ahead of an upcoming holy day, according to an official with Iraq's Interior Ministry.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. forces shot two Shiite pilgrims on Saturday night as they walked to Karbala for an upcoming holy day, an Interior Ministry official said.Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/iraq.suicide.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/iraq.suicide.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber killed at least 40 people and injured 70 -- many of them women -- during a Shia pilgrimage in northwestern Baghdad Sunday, Iraqi officials told CNN.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/03/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/03/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb attached to a civilian car exploded Saturday in northern Iraq, killing two people who were inside, an Interior Ministry official said.Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/06/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/06/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA car exploded in front of a Shiite mosque in northern Pakistan on Friday, killing 27 people, police said.Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/05/pakistan.mosque.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/05/pakistan.mosque.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA car exploded in front of a Shiite mosque in northern Pakistan on Friday, killing 19 people, police said.Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo bombings overnight near major shrines in the holy Shiite city of Karbala left at least three people dead and 15 others wounded, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said Thursday.Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.anbar.handover.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.anbar.handover.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition troops on Monday formally handed over security control of Iraq's Anbar province -- once the hub of the country's Sunni insurgency, to Iraqis on Monday.Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:39:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833403,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833403,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBombers struck Shiite pilgrims Saturday for a third consecutive day, killing six people in the latest in a series of attacksSat, 16 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA car bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims killed six people and wounded 10 others Saturday morning, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 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.Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombers on Thursday killed at least 20 people west of Baghdad and at least 18 people in northern Iraq.Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombings killed six Iraqis and wounded 51 in Baghdad and Mosul on Tuesday, and the Iraqi Interior Ministry said the death toll in a suicide bombing the day before in Karbala rose to 50.Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA female suicide bomber apparently targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 40 people and wounded at least 65 in Karbala on Monday, according to an Interior Ministry official.Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:58:00 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.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/24/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/24/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber killed at least 40 Shiite pilgrims and wounded 60 others Sunday as the pilgrims made their way to Karbala to commemorate one of the holiest days of the Shiite calendar, the Interior Ministry said. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA messianic Shiite cult's battles with police and attacks on religious holiday pilgrims have left 75 dead across Iraq in two days, officials say.Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:37:00 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.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/10/28/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/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/08/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAnti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered a suspension of his Mehdi Army militia for up to six months for restructuring, a senior aide said Wednesday.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:31:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1657449,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1657449,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacyWed, 29 Aug 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextClashes between Shiite militias left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded in Karbala and Baghdad, prompting Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday to call for calm, his spokesman said. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:23:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656890,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656890,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPolice told more than 1 million pilgrims to leave the Shiite holy city of Karbala Tuesday after two days of violence claimed at least 27 lives during a religious festivalTue, 28 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military on Saturday said coalition forces south of Baghdad found a site where people were executed and bodies dumped, as 10 more corpses were found in the Iraqi capital.Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:58:00 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/07/27/iraq.shiite.south/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/27/iraq.shiite.south/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe fight between U.S.-led forces and militants in and near Baghdad and the sectarian civil war raging in the capital has overshadowed another grim wartime reality -- the factional strife in Iraq's southern Shiite heartland.Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:31:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1633265,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1633265,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA January attack on U.S. forces there is an unsolved mystery. A new report suggests Iraqi police may have been involvedTue, 19 Jun 2007 08:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.iran/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.iran/index.htmlA U.S. military commander said Friday that militants used a mock-up in Iran to help plan for a deadly operation in the Iraqi city of Karbala earlier this year.Sat, 26 May 2007 00:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/karbala.dead/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/karbala.dead/index.htmlU.S. forces have killed a man identified as the ringleader of the January 20 attack on U.S. troops in Karbala, Iraq, that left five Americans dead, military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."Mon, 21 May 2007 10:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/28/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomber attacked between two Shiite shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday, killing at least 58 people and wounding 170, a police spokesman said.Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.main/index.htmlA string of car bombs and suicide attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed and wounded dozens in what has been a bloody weekend for the war-ravaged nation.Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.main/index.htmlBombings in Karbala and the Baghdad area killed at least 56 people and wounded scores of others Saturday morning, police and medical officials said.Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.moon/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.moon/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon ducked in surprise when an explosion rattled Baghdad's Green Zone on Thursday where he was delivering a televised news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.main/index.htmlA man with ties to a radical Shiite cleric is in U.S. custody in connection with an attack that killed five American soldiers in Karbala in January, U.S. officials said.Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/11/iraq.main/index.htmlDozens of Shiite pilgrims were killed Sunday in Baghdad when a car bomb exploded near a minibus that was part of a stream of traffic bringing pilgrims home from a religious ceremony in the holy city of Karbala, police said.Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/07/iraq.main/index.htmlAt least 30 Iraqis were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a popular cafe in the town of Balad Ruz, a police official said.Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlAttacks on Shiite pilgrims en route to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala continued into a third day as bombings killed 15 people Wednesday in Baghdad, police said.Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Pentagon is investigating whether a recent attack on a military compound in Karbala was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, two officials from separate U.S. government agencies said.Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/23/Iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/23/Iraq.main/index.htmlFour people suspected in last weekend's deadly attack on American soldiers in the central Iraqi city of Karbala have been detained, the U.S. military said Tuesday.Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/22/iraq.karbala/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/22/iraq.karbala/index.htmlAttackers who killed five U.S. troops at a government building in Karbala posed as U.S. military officials to get past Iraqi guards, a Karbala police spokesman said.Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/22/Iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/22/Iraq.main/index.htmlBombs in Iraqi marketplaces killed dozens of people Monday in Baghdad and in Khalis, near the northeastern city of Baquba.Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/20/Iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/20/Iraq.main/index.htmlAll 12 people aboard a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter were killed when it went down northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/18/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/18/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi authorities say they have been quietly taking a bolder stance against Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia, and the United States says it has uncovered evidence that Iran is involved in attacks inside Iraq.Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.main/index.htmlA car bomb explosion rocked the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, holy to Shiites, on Saturday morning, killing at least five people, Karbala police and hospital sources said.Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/09/iraq.main/index.htmlHundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims streamed into an Iraqi city under heavy security on Saturday as a religious festival got under way against a backdrop of continued bloodshed.Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.htmlThirteen people, including a U.S. soldier, were killed over a 24-hour period in scattered attacks across Iraq, and 14 bodies showing signs of torture were found around the capital.Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:54:00 EDThttp://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/05/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.main/index.htmlPolice reported discovering 43 bodies scattered across Baghdad this weekend, but Iraq's national security adviser told CNN Sunday that "sectarian-motivated violence" is isolated and beginning to decline.Sun, 07 May 2006 06:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/ashura.wrap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/ashura.wrap/index.htmlThe death toll following Thursday's suicide attack in the city of Hangu in northwest Pakistan has reached 30, police sources have told CNN.Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/08/iraq.main/index.htmlBombers killed two people and wounded seven others Wednesday in Baghdad as Iraq's minister of higher education escaped unharmed in one of the attacks, Iraqi police said.Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/07/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo bombs exploded only minutes apart Tuesday in a central Baghdad market, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others, Iraqi emergency police said.Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.htmlTwelve American civilians and soldiers were killed when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq shortly before midnight Saturday, the military said.Sun, 08 Jan 2006 12:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.main/index.htmlAt least 13 people, including six Iraqi police commandos, were wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded Saturday as a police commando patrol was passing by, police said.Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.htmlIn the deadliest day in Iraq in nearly four months, at least 134 people were killed and scores were wounded by insurgent-bomb attacks, authorities said Thursday.Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iraq.parliament/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iraq.parliament/index.htmlIraq's permanent four-year parliament will be a 275-seat body called the Council of Representatives elected under a system that election officials said "rewards voter turnout."Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/11/iraq.main/index.htmlAn estimated 6,600 families have fled the northern Iraq city of Tal Afar in recent months amid a rise in the insurgency there, a senior official with Iraq's Ministry of Displacement and Migration told CNN Monday.Sun, 11 Sep 2005 06:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/27/iraq.main/index.htmlA group claiming to be al Qaeda in Iraq said it killed an Iraqi Interior Ministry official, according to an unauthenticated video posted Sunday on an Islamist Web site.Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/26/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo U.S. soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when a car bomb exploded in southwestern Baghdad Saturday morning, a U.S. military statement said.Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.main/index.htmlIn the deadliest single insurgent attack of the Iraq war, a suicide car bombing killed 125 people Monday in Hilla where police recruits were waiting to get physicals, Iraqi government and health officials said.Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/19/iraq.hostages/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/19/iraq.hostages/index.htmlThe Indonesian government "will leave no stone unturned" in their effort to free a pair of Indonesian journalists taken hostage in Iraq, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.Sat, 19 Feb 2005 06:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.main/index.htmlExplosions ripped through Iraq on Friday, leaving at least 27 people dead and five dozen wounded as Shiite Muslims observed Ashura, authorities said.Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/20/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi police said Monday they had arrested 50 people and set up checkpoints and roadblocks a day after car bombings in two of the holiest Shiite Muslim cities killed nearly 70 people.Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.htmlDeadly car bombings on Sunday hit the Iraqi Shiite Muslim holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing 67 people, officials said.Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.main2/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.main2/index.htmlA Polish helicopter made an emergency landing near Karbala on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and wounding four, the Polish military said.Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.main/index.htmlA bomb killed seven Iraqis and wounded 32 on Wednesday near the Imam Hussein mosque in Karbala, police sources told CNN.Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.alsadr/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.alsadr/index.htmlHow has Muqtada al-Sadr gained so much attention?Fri, 13 Aug 2004 05:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/31/370702/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/31/370702/index.htmWhen oil hits $40 a barrel, as it did in mid-May, alarm bells start to go off. After all, the last time oil jumped over $40 was in 1990, during the first Gulf war, after which the economy suffered...Mon, 31 May 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.aljazeera/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.aljazeera/index.htmlAn Arab journalist was among five Iraqis killed in fighting between coalition forces and insurgents in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, a hospital official said.Fri, 21 May 2004 10:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/15/radio/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/15/radio/index.html(CNN) -- President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on Saturday saluted U.S. troops on Armed Forces Day in the Republican and Democratic radio addresses, but their speeches then veered off into different themes.Sat, 15 May 2004 15:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/14/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. troops and Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army fought bitterly on the Muslim holy day, trading fire in the radical cleric's power centers of Najaf and Karbala, despite ongoing peace negotiations.Fri, 14 May 2004 08:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.htmlCoalition forces said they had killed 20 to 25 Iraqi militia loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr in Karbala, as the radical Shiite cleric said his militia will continue to fight U.S. forces.Wed, 12 May 2004 07:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlCoalition forces battled Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia on Thursday in the militant Shiite cleric's strongholds of Karbala, Najaf and Kufa.Thu, 06 May 2004 04:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.bulgaria/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.bulgaria/index.htmlBulgaria's president has been shot at as he visited his country's troops in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, officials say.Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.karbala/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.karbala/index.htmlA Bulgarian soldier has been shot dead by suspected insurgents who ambushed his convoy in the Iraqi holy Shiite city of Karbala, coalition forces said.Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.main/index.htmlShiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr would disarm his militia and drop his conditions for negotiating with the U.S.-led coalition if Iraq's top Shiite spiritual body approves, his spokesman said Wednesday.Wed, 14 Apr 2004 06:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.thailand.troops/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.thailand.troops/index.htmlThai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he is "very worried" about the increasing violence in Iraq, and said for the first time Saturday the country may withdraw its troops if the situation continues to deteriorate.Sat, 10 Apr 2004 04:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/16/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/16/iraq.main/index.htmlA fourth American missionary died overnight from wounds in a drive-by shooting in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the U.S. military said Tuesday.Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/12/main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/12/main/index.htmlGunmen shot and wounded an aide of an influential Shiite Muslim cleric heading to Friday prayers in the holy city of Najaf, sources said.Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/10/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/10/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlCoalition officials are questioning six suspects on Wednesday believed to have killed three civilian workers, Iraqi police said, adding that five of the attackers were dressed as Iraqi police officers.Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/06/arraf/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/06/arraf/index.htmlA highly anticipated signing ceremony for Iraq's interim constitution was halted Friday after Shiite members of the Iraqi Governing Council pulled out over concerns voiced by the top Shiite cleric in Iraq.Sat, 06 Mar 2004 16:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/03/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/03/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlFollowing deadly attacks in Baghdad and Karbala on the holiest Shiite Muslim day of the year, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq promised Wednesday to shore up border patrols to prevent militants from entering the country.Wed, 03 Mar 2004 07:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.explosions/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.explosions/index.htmlA series of simultaneous explosions ripped through neighborhoods of Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Karbala Tuesday, killing scores of people and injuring hundreds, Iraqi officials said.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.karbala.festival/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.karbala.festival/index.htmlIt is the holiest day for Iraq's Shiite Muslims.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.scene/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.scene/index.htmlExplosions in two Iraqi cities, which killed or injured dozens of people during the Muslim holiday of Ashura, sent crowds of pilgrims fleeing in panic.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlSuspected insurgents killed scores of people Tuesday in well-organized, simultaneous attacks in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala on the holiest Shiite Muslim day of the year, U.S.-led coalition officials said.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 07:23:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/04/14/340899/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/04/14/340899/index.htmIt may be unseemly to mention it at a time when soldiers and civilians are dying in Iraq. But in the weeks and months that led up to the conflict, property prices soared in the historic Iraqi citie...Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:01:00 EDT