Jordan's king visits Iraq, urges support by Arabs Aug 12, 2008
Northeast of Baghdad, a woman suicide bomber struck a checkpoint in Baqubah, killing a police officer. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
* Iraq bombs leave 14 dead, including one US soldier Aug 12, 2008
8 billion in five years AP AND AFP, WASHINGTON, BAGHDAD AND BAQUBAH, IRAQ Tuesday, Aug 12, 2008, Page 6 ... The attack occurred as they were driving in a pick-up truck near al-Wajihiyah, about 20km east of the restive city of Baqubah, 27-year-old passenger Shaalan Mutni Ahmed said ... Diyala Province, and especially its capital Baqubah has been the scene of violence, especially suicide bombings, many of them carried out by women. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Annual General Meeting Aug 5, 2008
Among the 40 newly named one-star generals are Sean MacFarland, commander of the unit that brought order to Ramadi; Steve Townsend, who cleared and held Baqubah; Michael Garrett, who commanded the infantry brigade that helped turn around the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad; Stephen Fogarty, the intelligence officer in Afghanistan; Colleen McGuire, an officer in the military police (a branch of the service that almost never makes generals). At least eight special-operations officers are on... (Slate)
* FEATURE: Women seeking revenge recruited as suicide bombers Aug 2, 2008
AFP, BAQUBAH, IRAQ Saturday, Aug 02, 2008, Page 7 ... On Thursday evening a female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 20 after she detonated her explosives-filled vest in Baqubah, the capital of Diyala, one of the most dangerous regions in the country ... On July 7, another female suicide bomber killed two people and wounded 14 others after blowing herself up at a bustling street market in Baqubah. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Iraqi insurgents head to Afghanistan Aug 1, 2008
Iraqi soldiers escort a blindfolded suspected insurgent after his arrest during a raid in Baqubah yesterday. Thirty-five wanted terrorists were arrested during the raid, officials said, part of a US-backed operation against al-Qaeda in Iraq in Diyala Province. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Shiites flock to Baghdad shrine Jul 30, 2008
HIGH SECURITY: Female guards were placed around Kadhamiya shrine to search women, as Iraqi men are reluctant to search beneath their flowing black robes AGENCIES, BAGHDAD AND BAQUBAH Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008, Page 7 ... The operation began in Diyala early this morning and we have begun raids in some neighborhoods of the city of Baqubah, said Rajib al-Omeiri, chief of the operations bureau in Baqubah. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* String of bomb attacks in Iraq leave 51 people dead Jul 29, 2008
Another three men and a woman were killed in a roadside bombing near Baqubah, north of Baghdad, police said. This story has been viewed 266 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
ELECTION 2008: Congressional candidates target independents, UA professor says Jul 27, 2008
I would rather fight the terrorists in Baghdad and Baqubah than Bisbee and Benson. I will support our troops in the field until they have accomplished their mission and can return home safely. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
* Female bomber kills eight Iraqis Jul 26, 2008
UNDER THE BURQA: Insurgents in Baqubah have been increasingly using female suicide bombers because they can hide the weapons under their billowing robes AP, BAGHDAD Saturday, Jul 26, 2008, Page 7 ... The attack in Baqubah came as the US-backed Iraqi military prepared to expand operations in Diyala Province, of which Baqubah is the capital X the latest bid to tame the last major insurgent belt north of Baghdad ... The woman, who was shrouded in a traditional black Islamic robe, detonated her... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bomber kills 8, hurts 24 in Iraq Jul 25, 2008
Baqubah and nearby areas have been hit by bombings in recent months ... BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber blew herself up near US-allied Sunni Arab fighters walking in a crowded area of Baqubah, killing at least eight of the guards and wounding 24 other people yesterday evening, police said ... Baqubah is the province's capital. (Boston Globe)
* Iraqi government readies assault on Diyalas insurgents Jul 24, 2008
AFP AND AP, BAQUBAH AND BAGHDAD, IRAQ Thursday, Jul 24, 2008, Page 6 ... Senior Iraqi police officials in Baqubah, the capital of Diyala, confirmed that starting date ... Diyala and its capital Baqubah are Iraqs most dangerous regions with insurgents regularly carrying out attacks, including by female suicide bombers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bush thought likely to reduce US forces in Iraq by year's end Jul 22, 2008
As Iraqis walked past, a US soldier stood guard over the site where an IED had detonated in western Baqubah, on Sunday. Iraq is one of the top issues in the US presidential campaign. (Boston Globe)
Iraq strives for growth in jobs Jul 18, 2008
US and Iraqi troops mostly pushed Al Qaeda in Iraq militants out of Baqubah last year. But the city remains unstable, with frequent suicide attacks. (Boston Globe)
Twin suicide attacks kill 28 in Iraq Jul 16, 2008
The explosions at the Saad military camp in Baqubah recalled the scenes of mass terror before last year's decline in violence ... BAQUBAH, Iraq - Scattered sandals and overturned bicycles were all that remained hours after suicide bombers struck the Saad military camp ... The twin blasts in Baqubah recalled the scenes of mass terror and grief that were almost a daily routine before last year's steep decline in violence. (Boston Globe)
* Suicide bombers kill 28 in crowd of Iraqi army recruits Jul 16, 2008
AFP, BAQUBAH, IRAQ Wednesday, Jul 16, 2008, Page 6 ... At least 55 people were also wounded in the dual bomb attack at around 8:30am at al-Saad base east of the city of Baqubah in the restive province of Diyala, a security official said ... Diyala and its capital Baqubah remain one of the most dangerous areas in Iraq with frequent suicide attacks, including several by female bombers, and car bombs. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Soldier's home Jul 15, 2008
While in Baqubah, Iraq, Atkins commanded a platoon of 20 men. He said they began to have their greatest successes when they developed an understanding and respect for the Iraqi culture. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
In Iraq, holiday festivities are muted Jul 5, 2008
BAQUBAH, Iraq - It was the second July Fourth in Iraq for Staff Sergeant Edgar Covarrubias ... Things were a bit more festive at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Baqubah, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. (Boston Globe)
Iraq guards kill female suicide bomber, foiling blast Jun 30, 2008
A female suicide bomber struck outside a government complex a week ago in Baqubah, the capital of Diyala Province, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 40, according to US and Iraqi officials. The attacks are part of an uptick in violence against Iraqi security forces and local administrations. (Boston Globe)
Soldiers establish 'Kick for Nick' Jun 27, 2008
Nicholas Madaras, who was killed, Sept. 3, 2006, after an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations in Baqubah, Iraq. "A friend of mine from Cartersville, Ga., named Miles Chesney asked me if I would like to be involved in passing out soccer balls to kids," said Staff Sgt. Anthony Walsh of Trenton, a member of the unit. (The News-Herald)
* Female suicide bomber blows up 15 in Iraq Jun 24, 2008
The blast occurred about 1pm on Sunday as dozens of people were leaving a walled compound that includes a courthouse and the provincial governors office in Baqubah, capital of Diyala Province and a former al-Qaeda in Iraq stronghold 56km northeast of Baghdad ... Last year, US soldiers regained control of Baqubah, which had been declared the capital of the Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaeda front organization. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Female suicide bomber kills 15, wounds 40 in Iraq Jun 23, 2008
An Iraqi woman reacted at the scene where a female suicide bomber struck near a government compound in Baqubah ... The blast occurred about 1 p.m. as dozens of people were leaving a walled compound that includes a courthouse and the provincial governor's office in Baqubah, capital of Diyala province and a former Al Qaeda in Iraq stronghold 35 miles northeast of Baghdad ... Last year, US soldiers regained control of Baqubah, which had been declared the capital of the Islamic State of Iraq, an Al... (Boston Globe)
Shi'ite brothers' bodies are found Jun 22, 2008
The bodies were discovered in the Tahrir district in Baqubah, a former Al Qaeda stronghold northeast of Baghdad, where violence has dropped since local Sunnis turned against the terrorist group. The men had been kidnapped earlier this week, according to a police official in Baqubah ... The brothers and their families were among Shi'ites who fled Baqubah last year amid kidnappings and execution-style killings by Al Qaeda linked militants. (Boston Globe)
Blast wrecks Iraqi calm Jun 18, 2008
Another suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad, killing one policeman and wounding 19 other people, officials said. Gunmen also killed a senior police officer and two of his guards near Aziziyah, a Shiite area 35 miles southeast of Baghdad. (News & Observer)
Saluting the soldiers May 27, 2008
Russell, 20, was killed March 2007 when an improvised explosive device went off while he was aiding a group of injured soldiers in Baqubah, Iraq. "The last couple of months have been hard," Ava Bradley said. (The Daily Reflector)
Six decades and half a world away May 25, 2008
"One of our aircraft was shot down over Baqubah, and we lost the two pilots in there.". Both of the World War II pilots, McCown and Harrison, now belong to military history. (Boston Globe)
Al Qaeda is close to defeat in Iraq, US ambassador says May 25, 2008
Near Baqubah - where a US offensive last year targeted Al Qaeda in Iraq - gunmen assassinated a member of the local Awakening Council, a US-backed group of Sunni tribesmen who are fighting Al Qaeda. The attack occurred in the village of Had, north of Baghdad, police said. (Boston Globe)
Walter Jones to speak at service May 25, 2008
Ryan Russell, 20, who was killed March 2007 when an improvised explosive device went off while he was aiding a group of injured soldiers in Baqubah, Iraq. "Memorial Day to me is a day I hope the majority of Americans think about the people who never come," Jones said. (The Daily Reflector)
Win for Ruling Party May 23, 2008
In the second incident, the body of Haidar Hashim al-Husseini, a correspondent for al-Sharq newspaper who was kidnapped Tuesday, was found dumped near the city of Baqubah, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, police and morgue officials said. He had been shot. (Washington Post)
PELOSI BACK TO BAGHDAD... May 18, 2008
In Baqubah, another insurgent bastion about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, a female suicide bomber detonated explosives near the office of a U.S.-allied group Saturday, injuring several people, according to police. Moments later, a suicide car bomber exploded near an Iraqi police patrol and ambulance team heading to the scene, killing one woman and injuring 16 other people, police said. (The Drudge Report)
* Iraqis say 1,000 held in US crackdown May 18, 2008
In violence Saturday, a female suicide bomber blew herself up near an office for a US-allied Sunni group, then a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi police patrol heading to the scene in the Diyala provincial capital of Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad. Police said at least 15 people were wounded in the attacks. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Chapter One of Moment of Truth In Iraq: Be Not Afraid May 13, 2008
In the context of this great campaign, the Battle of Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad, will be but one small part ... More than one thousand al Qaeda fighters are said to be in Baqubah, with perhaps another thousand adjuncts ... Baqubah alone might be as intense as Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah in late 2004. (Townhall.com)
Iraqi leader asks for Arab support during crackdown Apr 22, 2008
In Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad, a teenage girl detonated an explosive vest at the headquarters of group of US-allied Sunni fighters, killing three people and wounding three others. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Rice offers Iraqis praise during surprise visit Apr 21, 2008
In Diyala Province yesterday, three people were kidnapped in Muqdadiya, and two others were killed, including a police officer, when a homemade bomb exploded in Khalis, north of Baqubah. And as Rice spoke in the Green Zone, heavy clashes continued between Mahdi Army members and American and Iraqi forces in parts of the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad. (Boston Globe)
* Iraqi PM confident of victory despite recent bombings Apr 17, 2008
The deadliest blasts took place in Baqubah and Ramadi, two cities where the US military has claimed varying degrees of success in getting Sunnis to turn against al-Qaeda. It was the deadliest series of bombings in Iraq since March 6, when a twin bombing killed 68 people in a crowded shopping district in the central Baghdad district of Karradah. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Not Done Yet Apr 17, 2008
Indeed, those patterns were visible Tuesday, when suicide bombers left dozens dead in Ramadi and Baqubah, the capital of Diyala Province ... Presumably "Abu Safyan", and the authors of the latest Ramadi and Baqubah bombings, have other ideas. (Time.com)
* Car bomb attacks kill more than 50 in two cities Apr 16, 2008
Car bombs ripped through crowded areas at lunch hour in the former Sunni insurgent strongholds of Baqubah and Ramadi yesterday, killing more than 50 people in one of the deadliest days in Iraq in months ... The first attack occurred in Baqubah, 60km northeast of Baghdad, when an explosives-laden car parked in front of a restaurant exploded just before noon across the street from the courthouse and other government offices in the city center ... It was the deadliest blast in Baqubah since Oct.... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
DoD News Briefing with Ge... Apr 16, 2008
Q Geoff, what is the message comes out of the two incidents today in Baqubah and Ramadi ... Obviously, the bombings that took place today in Baqubah and Ramadi are tragic ... There are horrific and spectacular exceptions to those trend lines, as we saw today in Baqubah and Ramadi. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Al-Sadr Tightens the Screws Apr 16, 2008
One blast in Baqubah, the provincial capital of Diyala Province, left some 40 people dead and wounded roughly 80 others, according to initial reports. Another explosion tore through Ramadi, a town which U.S. officials hailed as a success story in recent months because of its dramatically lower levels of violence. (Time.com)
Marion native reports from Iraq Apr 11, 2008
BAQUBAH, Iraq A Marion native serving in Iraq says he has received mostly positive feedback from Iraqis on the American military presence there ... Broemmel s responsibilities include planning, executing and assessing intelligence driven combat operations in West Baqubah, and the surrounding area to the north. (Marion Daily Republican, IL)
Militias control parts of Basra Mar 30, 2008
There also appeared to be a major operation underway around Baqubah, north of Baghdad, where government tanks blocked streets in at least three neighborhoods as troops sought members of the Mahdi Army. In Basra, mortar shells rained down in the late afternoon on the area of the Presidential Palace and the Shatt Al Arab hotel, where the assault has its operations center. (Boston Globe)
US toll in Iraq reaches 4000 Mar 24, 2008
U.S.-led forces traded fire with suspected insurgents during an operation east of Baqubah targeting members of a suicide bombing network, killing 12 people, the military said in a statement. Iraqi police and hospital officials put the toll at 15 and said the victims included women and children. (Los Angeles Times)
Iraq guards asked to trade guns for brooms Mar 21, 2008
Hundreds of Sunni guards abandoned their posts for weeks last month in the Diyala provincial capital, Baqubah, demanding the replacement of a provincial police chief, a Shiite Muslim they accused of brutality against Sunnis ... A senior guard leader in Baqubah estimated that as many as 450 members, mostly Sunnis, had been killed in Diyala province alone, a key battleground in the fight against the Sunni militant group Al Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliates. (Los Angeles Times)
How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? Mar 19, 2008
I went to Iraq in October 2005 and served a year there as an adviser to the Iraqi police in Baqubah, the provincial capital of Iraq's volatile Diyala province ... Over a beer near Times Square in October 2006, I told George Packer (who had been embedded with my adviser team earlier that year in Baqubah) that I thought the war was now "unwinnable"and that we must implement an adviser-centric strategy ... In November 2006, he was kidnapped while walking in Baqubah's central market, presumably... (Slate)
Anniversary of son's death in Iraq reopens wounds for Mayo family Mar 5, 2008
"Mayo was killed March 5 in Baqubah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device exploded near his unit. Two other soldiers were killed in that explosion.Mayo is one of three Northeast Mississippi soldiers killed in Iraq since 2005. Cpl. Blake Mounce, also of Ecru, was killed July 14, 2005, and Algoma native John Self was killed by a roadside bomb May 14, 2005.Mayo, who had taken care of Barry since he was 3 years old, said her husband, John, and son Andy are still taking it very hard."John has... (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Odierno from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. Mar 5, 2008
The second was when we went into Baqubah in June, and we did a significant operation up there in Arab Jabour and then Tarmiya in the north, while simultaneously -- and we really started -- after that we really started to see a change in Iraq, because those were those safe havens that had been established. So that's when I started to feel like we had this -- we were making progress, we were starting to see progress move forward. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Mission Unfinished Mar 1, 2008
But Petraeus' successes largely disappeared soon after the 101st Airborne left the city in early 2004; Mosul's U.S.-trained police force collapsed, and insurgents drifted in and out of the city as they staged fights in other places, such as Ramadi, Samarra, Baqubah and Baghdad. Now the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Petraeus has spent the past year battling the insurgency in those areas, leading many militants to gather in Mosul again. (Time.com)
Bomber in wheelchair kills an Iraqi deputy Feb 26, 2008
That attack occurred exactly one month after a suicide bomber pushing an electric heater atop a cart packed with hidden explosives attacked a high school in Baqubah. And in an attack at a tribal gathering near Fallujah on Jan. 20, the bomber was a 15-year-old boy carrying a box of candy. (Boston Globe)
Jessica Wilson Feb 22, 2008
She said the forward operating base from which her unit operated was near Baqubah on the Iranian border. It was very different in Iraq than here in America. (Elizabethtown Bladen Journal, NC)
How never to withdraw from Iraq Feb 21, 2008
("Two bombings shook Iraq Sunday morning. In the Misbah commercial center in the upscale Shiite Karrada district, a female suicide bomber detonated a belt bomb, killing 3 persons and wounding 10 ... About 100 members of the Awakening Council of Hilla Province have gone on strike to protest the killing of three of them by the US military at Jurf al-Sakhr last Sunday, in what the Pentagon says was an accident ... Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that officials in Baqubah are warning that as families are... (Asia Times Online)
The door to Iraq's oil opens wide Feb 16, 2008
Today, they actively collaborate with the US military in destroying the residual forces of the Iraqi resistance in the east and north of Baghdad and in cities such as Baqubah, Tikrit and Mosul, which are the residual hotbeds of insurgency. They have virtually decapitated al-Qaeda in Iraq. (Asia Times Online)
Tearful US soldier admits killing Iraqi Feb 10, 2008
The demonstration in the city of Baqubah was organized by local Sunni fighters who left the insurgency to work with the Americans in ousting Al Qaeda and other militants from their hometowns. The men, whose patrols are credited with tamping down violence in their neighborhoods, in recent months have grown frustrated with the province's Shi'ite-dominated government. (Boston Globe)
* Police arrest 15 Shiite activists Feb 10, 2008
Farther east near Baqubah, a joint patrol of Iraqi police and soldiers found a mass grave with 12 bodies, including three of women, according to police and morgue officials. The bodies were found in the al-Ehaimer area on the outskirts of Baqubah. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
US forces kill 9 Iraqis by accident Feb 4, 2008
Iraqi men, sitting outside the morgue of a hospital in Baqubah yesterday, mourned the deaths of slain relatives. Also yesterday, four anti-Al Qaeda were killed on the outskirts of the city. (Boston Globe)
* Forces move to Mosul to drive out al-Qaeda Jan 27, 2008
Major centers of al-Qaeda activity in the past -- including the western Anbar Province, Baghdad and Baqubah north of the capital -- no longer offer easy refuge. Al-Maliki announced reinforcements for Mosul two days after an abandoned apartment building, believed to be used as a bomb-making factory, was blown apart as the Iraqi army was investigating tips about a weapons cache. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Iraq to rush more troops against Al Qaeda stronghold Jan 26, 2008
Major centers of Al Qaeda activity in the past - including the western Anbar province, Baghdad, and Baqubah north of the capital - no longer offer easy refuge. Maliki announced reinforcements for Mosul two days after an abandoned apartment building, believed to be used as a bomb-making factory, was blown apart as the Iraqi Army was investigating tips about a weapons cache. (Boston Globe)
* Iraqi high school targeted in bombing Jan 24, 2008
EXPANDING LIST: Gunmen also broke into a house near Baqubah and killed six men for cooperating with the Iraqi army in giving information to the Awakening Council AP, BAGHDAD Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, Page 7 ... The blast struck the front of a two-story schoolhouse in Baqubah about 8:30am, half an hour after classes began ... A 25-year-old male bystander was killed and 21 people were wounded -- 12 students, eight teachers and one policeman, according to a doctor at Baqubah General Hospital who... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Insurgents strike two Iraq schools Jan 23, 2008
An injured Iraqi teacher arrived for treatment yesterday at a hospital in Baqubah ... The blast struck the front of a two-story schoolhouse in Baqubah about 8:30 a.m., half an hour after classes began ... A 25-year-old male bystander was killed and 21 people were wounded - 12 students, eight teachers and one policeman, according to a doctor at Baqubah General Hospital. (Boston Globe)
Newsweek: Cautious return to normal life in Diyala Jan 23, 2008
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* World News Quick Take Jan 23, 2008
Speaking to the Financial Times from London, Adamkus said: "The question comes up whether a very strong financial recovery in Russia is a stimulus for the new Russian leadership to return to the cold war. It's a big question mark. I don't believe that at the present time any of us, big or small -- the European Union, the US or other big powers -- definitely has the answer. But I believe the same big question is in everybody's mind in the western world. IRAQ Suicide blast injures 21 A suicide... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Suicide bomber kills 18 at Iraqi funeral, but misses apparent target Jan 22, 2008
About 15 suspected insurgents were detained yesterday in Baqubah. (associated press) |Print| Text size + By Hamza Hendawi Associated Press / January 22, 2008. (Boston Globe)
Rocket kills 7 at Shiite ritual in Iraq Jan 20, 2008
Pre-holiday attacks began Thursday with a suicide bombing outside a Shiite mosque in Baqubah, which killed at least nine people. Still, Ashura passed with fewer deaths than in some recent years, when Sunni militants have staged suicide bombings and mortar attacks. (Los Angeles Times)
Suicide bomber kills at least 11 in Iraq in key Shi'ite holiday period Jan 18, 2008
Wednesday's bombing, in a Shi'ite village 9 miles south of Baqubah, was carried out by a female suicide bomber - the fourth such woman in Diyala since November. Nine people were killed. (Boston Globe)
* Female bomber kills nine in Iraq Jan 18, 2008
The latest in Diyala came on Wednesday in Khan Bani Saad, 15km south of Baqubah. A woman wearing a belt lined with explosives blew herself up when she saw Shiite men in black making preparations about 50m from a mosque for a ceremony marking Ashoura, the holiest day in the Shiite calendar, residents and police said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Odierno from Iraq Jan 18, 2008
Al Qaeda has been pushed out of urban centers like Baghdad, Ramadi, Fallujah and Baqubah, and forced into isolated rural areas ... GEN. ODIERNO:We found a couple in Baqubah that were part of the 1920s Revolutionary Brigade, that continued to conduct sectarian killings in Baqubah. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Female suicide bomber kills 8 in busy marketplace Jan 17, 2008
Yesterday's suicide assault occurred in Khan Bani Saad, a farm village roughly midway between Baghdad and the provincial capital of Baqubah. "After the explosion, I went outside to see the burning bodies thrown on the ground, and the remains," said Abu Yousif Mtorsi, who sells food at the market. (Boston Globe)
