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Two separate car bombs kill at least 12 people in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the blast at the security checkpoint in a northern district that killed nine and injured 28 others. Three people are killed and 11 injured at the second bombing in southern Baghdad that targeted an army convoy; no group has claimed responsibility.
2016-04-23

Iraqi security forces raid the offices of Kata'ib Hezbollah in Baghdad, accusing them of being involved in the abduction of 18 Turkish workers. [http:--economictimes.indiatimes.com-news-defence-iraqi-army-raids-militia-headquarters-suspecting-link-to-turkish-abductees-articleshow-48809604.cms (Reuters via "Economic Times")]date=August 2019
2015-09-4

The first of four Blackwater security guards to be sentenced is given a life sentence in the United States for his role in killing 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007.
2015-04-13

Iraqi security forces find the bodies of 53 men shot recently in Hamza south of Baghdad.
2014-07-9

At least 35 people killed, 70 injured in bomb attacks in Baghdad and Anbar Province of Iraq.
2014-05-27

At least 21 people are killed in two car bomb blasts in Baghdad, Iraq.
2012-07-31

Bombings targeting Baghdad's Christian neighbourhoods kill at least four people.
2010-11-10

10 killed, 13 wounded in Iraq gold market robbery in a market in Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad.
2010-10-26

The Iranian ambassador in Baghdad says the recent release of two Iranians from Iraqi custody is not an indication of any impeding deal to free three Americans held in Tehran on spying charges since their capture in July 2009 while hiking in northern Iraq's mountainous Kurdish region.
2010-06-1

Iraqi election officials order a manual recount of votes cast in Baghdad after complaints are raised.
2010-04-19