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By Wikipedia Balad is a city (80 kilometres) north of Baghdad in the Salah ad Din Governorate Iraq. It is located within the borders of the so-called Sunni Triangle; however, Balad is a primarily Shiite town of approximately 100,000. It is the principal town of the Balad district. Articles about Balad, Iraq
Mar 10, 2009
Rockets strike British base in Iraq killing 1
Oct 18, 2008
US: 5 killed in attack near BaladThe US military says five people have been killed and a pregnant woman wounded in an armed attack on the home of a US-backed Sunni group north of…
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Oct 1, 2008
Iraqi officials: Car bomb north of Baghdad kills 3A car bomb killed three people and injured up to 30 near a Shiite shrine in a city north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said Wednesday. Police said the…
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Oct 1, 2008
Iraq: Government takes command of Sons of IraqIraq's Shi'ite-led government took command Wednesday of thousands of US-backed mostly Sunni fighters who turned against al-Qaida, pledging to…
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Sep 18, 2008
7 US soldiers killed in Iraq chopper crashAn American Chinook helicopter crashed early Thursday as it was landing in southern Iraq, killing seven US soldiers, the military said. The CH-47…
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Jun 30, 2008
Wave of attacks threaten Iraqi judgesFive Iraqi judges escaped assassination Monday in a series of small bomb attacks that police believe may be part of a Shi'te extremist campaign to…
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Apr 8, 2008
Roadside bomb strikes minibus northeast of Baghdad, killing 6Iraqi police say a roadside bomb has struck a minibus northeast of Baghdad, killing at least six civilians and wounding 10 others. Officials in the…
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Feb 20, 2008
3 Iraqi children killed by mortars while playing soccerThree Iraqi children were killed when they were hit by an insurgent mortar attack while playing soccer Tuesday outside a military supply area, the US…
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Feb 10, 2008
Suicide car bomber targets US-allied fighters north of BaghdadA suicide car bomber targeted US-allied fighters north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least eight people and wounding 20, Iraqi security officials…
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Jan 31, 2008
Roadside bomb in Iraq kills cameraman, driver
Jan 30, 2008
Bomb hits Iraqi television crew, cameraman and driver killedAn Iraqi television cameraman and his driver were killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad, Al-Forat TV reported on Wednesday. The female…
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Jul 21, 2007
Tariq Aziz admitted to hospital after faintingTariq Aziz, Iraq's deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein, was admitted to a US military hospital after fainting while in prison, his lawyer said…
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Feb 8, 2007
14 relatives killed in raid northeast of BaghdadGunmen burst into two houses belonging to a Sunni Muslim family northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 14 relatives, police said. The attack…
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Feb 1, 2007
Iraqi forces detain dozens of suspected militantsUS and Iraqi forces detained dozens of suspected militants Thursday in a security sweep northeast of Baghdad after a spate of bombings near the…
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Oct 18, 2006
Rumsfeld: We can't ignore history in war on terrorAmericans must take a lesson from history and not believe that the terrorist threat has been exaggerated or will go away, Defense Secretary Donald H.…
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Oct 17, 2006
Shootings, bombings, kill at least 32 across Iraq
Oct 16, 2006
Iraq: At least 37 dead in sectarian killingsThe death toll in a surge of sectarian killings in Balad swelled to at least 91 on Monday, police and army officials said. Bombings and shootings in…
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Oct 16, 2006
Baghdad: 8 suspected death squad victims foundA pair of roadside bombs exploded near a bank in central Baghdad early Monday, killing one policeman, while the bullet-riddled bodies of eight men…
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