Monday, February 1, 2010

Iraq War News Updates -- February 1, 2010



54 Shiite Muslim Pilgrims Killed In Baghdad Suicide Bombing -- L.A. Times

109 also are injured as a woman detonates explosives hidden beneath her cloak at a hospitality tent where Shiites had gathered before a pilgrimage to Karbala.

Reporting from Baghdad - A female suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives among a crowd of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad on Monday, killing 54 and wounding 109, marking the latest in a string of attacks that had unnerved the city ahead of pivotal national elections in March.

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More News On Iraq

Shiite pilgrims targeted as Iraq bombings intensify
-- Christian Science Monitor
Suicide Bomber Kills Shi'ite Pilgrims in Iraq -- Voice of America
Woman suicide bomber kills dozens of Shia pilgrims in Baghdad -- Times Online
Suicide bomber kills 54 in Baghdad -- Press Association
Attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq -- Washington Post/AP
Suicide Blast Targets Iraqi Police, Former Insurgents -- Voice of America
Suicide bomber kills two, wounds 23 in Iraq -- Washington Post
Iraqi civilian deaths drop sharply in January -- Reuters
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 1 -- Reuters
Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Monday 1 February, 2010 -- McClatchy News

A look at Iraq's March parliamentary vote -- Washington Post
Comment: Iraqi politicians threaten progress -- Financial Times
Iraqi sheik threatens boycott over ballot purge -- Kansas.com/AP
US envoy say Iraqi vote must be accepted as fair -- Washington Post
Excluding candidates 'could move Iraq backward' -- USA Today

AP source: DOJ probing alleged Blackwater payments -- Wall Street Journal/AP
U.S. Examines Whether Blackwater Tried Bribery -- New York Times

Iraq builds Syrian security fence -- UPI
Iraq Inaugurates Span of New Border Security Fence with Syria -- Voice of America

Russia's Lukoil Wins Contract to Develop Major Oil Field - Voice of America
UPDATE:Iraq's Rumaila Oil Output To Go Up By 10% In July Or Aug -- Wall Street Journal
Incremental Steps in Iraq to Let Kurdistan Oil Flow -- New York Times

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