Monday, January 18, 2010

Iraq War News Updates -- January 18, 2010

Iraqis carry a victim of the triple bombing in Najaf. Authorities have blamed Ba'ath loyalists for the attack. Photo from Radio Free Europe

Gunmen Attack Iraqi Charity in Baghdad -- New York Times

BAGHDAD — Gunmen killed four or five people at the offices of an Iraqi humanitarian group in a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad at midday on Monday, and left a bomb for police responders, in a rare attack on a nongovernmental organization here.

Accounts of the attack, in the Adhamiya neighborhood, remained inconsistent on Monday. A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment, said the gunmen killed four employees of the organization, Mawteny, and injured the fifth. They left a bomb inside the office, which police and army officers disarmed, the police source said.

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More News On Iraq

Marines exit Iraq in first wave of US forces out -- Yahoo News/AP
Iraqi officials: Gunmen kill 5 people at Baghdad aid office, then leave bomb that wounds 2 -- Canadian Press
Gunmen kill five in Iraqi NGO office -- Washington Post/Reuters
Candidate Bans Worsen Iraq’s Political Turmoil -- New York Times
Iraq Parliamentary Campaign Raises Fears Of Sectarian Strife -- Radio Free Europe
Iraq's move against Baathists stirs Sunni ire -- Reuters
Iran and Iraq hold talks on border dispute -- Reuters
Iraq's Aziz in 'stable condition' after stroke -- AFP
Ex-Hussein lieutenant Tariq Aziz hospitalized -- CNN
Iraq inquiry to hear former PM Blair next week -- Reuters
Iraq inquiry sets Blair date, aide defends invasion -- AFP
Britain went to war with Iraq on 'assumption' Saddam Hussein had WMDs, says key Blair aide -- Daily Mail
Iraq Inquiry: Britain went to war on 'assumption' of Saddam Hussein WMD -- The Telegraph
Iraq instructs lawyers to take on Blackwater cases -- Washington Post/Reuters
Iraqis sign up for government-led class-action civil lawsuit against Blackwater -- Canadian Press

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