Bomber Targets Iraq's Labor Minister

Oct. 23, 2008

BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 -- A suicide bomber tried to kill Iraq's labor minister Thursday, slamming an explosives-laden sport-utility vehicle into an official convoy and killing nine people, authorities said. The minister, Mahmoud al-Sheikh Radhi, was not harmed.

Labor minister survives bombing in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Ten people died Thursday in a bombing that targeted the motorcade of Iraqi Labor Minister Mahmoud al-Radhi, who survived, the Labor Ministry said.

Dozens hurt, killed in Iraq bombing wave

BAGHDAD, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A wave of bombings killed or injured dozens of people in Iraq Sunday, officials said.

Kandahar suicide attack kills 15

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A suicide attack aimed at a convoy operated by a U.S. contractor killed 15 people Saturday in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

Gunmen kidnap 25 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, July 31 (UPI) -- Gunman wearing Iraqi police uniforms Monday kidnapped 25 people from an office in central Baghdad, interior ministry officials said.

Roadside bomb claims 3 Americans in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 5 (UPI) -- At least nine people were reportedly killed when a would-be suicide bomber left her explosives-laden vest in a bag outside a Baghdad courthouse.

Iraq makes 15 suicide bombing arrests

BAGHDAD, March 3 (UPI) -- Police in Iraq have arrested 15 people accused of complicity in the suicide bombings in Karbala and Baghdad, Voice of America reported Wednesday.

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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic

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