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Some Headlines Of Today
Monday December 11, 2006
Clerics urge Muslims to back Iraq Sunnis 12/11/2006, 9:27 p.m. PT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — More than 30 prominent Islamic clerics from Saudi Arabia on Monday called on Sunni Muslims around the Middle East to support their brethren in Iraq against Shiites and praised the insurgency. |
Car bomb kills at least 23 in Baghdad 12/11/2006, 8:57 p.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A suicide car bomb exploded in a main square of central Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 23 people and wounding 94, police said. The attack occurred in Tayaran Square at 7 a.m. and appeared to target a police patrol and a crowd of Iraqis gathering to apply for jobs as day laborers on construction sites, police Lt. Bilal Ali. |
Iraqi VP criticizes nation's security 12/11/2006, 4:00 p.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's Sunni vice president said he plans to tell President Bush of his "dismay" over the Shiite-led government's handling of security during their meeting Tuesday in the White House. |
18 hurt in U.S. chopper mishap in Iraq 12/11/2006, 3:36 p.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A Marine helicopter made a hard landing Monday in a remote desert area of Anbar province, injuring 18 people, the third U.S. aircraft to go down in the insurgent stronghold in two weeks. |
Fire breaks out at Baghdad oil facility 12/11/2006, 12:49 p.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A huge fire broke out at an oil storage facility after explosions Monday night in a volatile area south of Baghdad, police said. |
4 British soldiers admit Iraq gun plot 12/11/2006, 12:48 p.m. PT LONDON (AP) — Four British soldiers admitted involvement Monday in a plot to smuggle pistols out of Iraq to sell them for cash to other British troops. |
18 injured in helicopter landing in Iraq 12/11/2006, 9:06 a.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A U.S. Marine helicopter carrying 21 people made a hard landing in volatile Anbar province on Monday, injuring 18, the military said. It was the third U.S. military aircraft to go down in the province in two weeks. |
3 Americans killed, 2 wounded in Iraq 12/11/2006, 5:01 a.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi soldiers rushed to a mainly Sunni area of west Baghdad on Monday to free 23 Iraqis who had been taken hostage at a fake checkpoint there, a government spokesman said. A roadside bomb killed three Americans and wounded two. Fresh attacks against Sunnis in Hurriyah, a mixed neighborhood of northwestern Baghdad, have raised new fears of an organized campaign by Shiite militants to drive Sunnis from the area and strengthen militia control of the capital's north. |
Iraq trying to protect victims of violence 12/11/2006, 3:51 a.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi security forces are doing everything they can to protect victims of sectarian violence in Baghdad, including families that are being driven from their homes in mixed neighborhoods of Shiites and Sunni Arabs, a government official said Monday. |
The Above Headlines were gathered from various news sites. |
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