Sameer Yacoub

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Police: Iraq president’s guard kills journalist

Police: Iraq president’s guard kills journalist

Sameer Yacoub · March 22, 2014 2:11 pm

Wave of attacks across Iraq kills 28 people

Sameer Yacoub · March 21, 2014 9:07 am

US delivers Hellfire missiles, ammunition to Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · March 16, 2014 12:01 pm

Car bombs kill 19 people in Iraq’s capital

Car bombs kill 19 people in Iraq’s capital

Sameer Yacoub · March 15, 2014 3:42 pm

Iraq: Bombs kill at least 8 people in Baghdad

Iraq: Bombs kill at least 8 people in Baghdad

Sameer Yacoub · March 14, 2014 5:10 am

Attacks around Iraqi capital kill 5 people

Attacks around Iraqi capital kill 5 people

Sameer Yacoub · March 11, 2014 12:55 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Smoke rises after a parked car bomb went off at a commercial center in Khilani Square in central Baghdad, Iraq. Car bombs are one of the deadliest weapons used by the al-Qaida breakaway group in Iraq that dominates the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, with coordinated waves of explosions regularly leaving scores dead in Baghdad and elsewhere across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi militants accidentally kill 21 of their own

Sameer Yacoub · February 10, 2014 11:36 pm

In this picture taken on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, Iraqi security forces patrol at Malaab district, which Iraqi troops recaptured recently, in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida-led militants are battling for control of mainly Sunni areas to the west of the Iraqi capital in a key test of the Shiite-led government's ability to maintain security in the country more than two years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. (AP Photo)

Attacks kill 7 in Iraq, including MP candidate

Sameer Yacoub · February 7, 2014 7:20 pm

Car bombs kill 13 civilians in Iraqi capital

Car bombs kill 13 civilians in Iraqi capital

Sameer Yacoub · February 6, 2014 11:51 am

Smoke rises after a parked car bomb went off at a commercial center in Khilani Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Multiple bombings rocked central Baghdad on Wednesday, striking mainly near the heavily fortified Green Zone where key government offices are located and killing at least 16 people, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Explosions rock Iraqi capital, killing at least 34

Sameer Yacoub · February 5, 2014 8:47 pm

UN says more than 733 Iraqis killed in January

UN says more than 733 Iraqis killed in January

Sameer Yacoub · February 1, 2014 8:33 pm

In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 photo, gunmen take up combat positions in Fallujah, Iraq. Islamic militants controlling a mainly Sunni area west of Baghdad are so well-armed that they could occupy the capital, members of Iraq's al-Qaida branch - known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - have taken over parts of Ramadi, the capital of the largely Sunni western province of Anbar. (AP Photo)

Attacks kill 9 in Iraq as militants seize soldiers

Sameer Yacoub · January 26, 2014 6:40 pm