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Three employees of the Iranian Embassy and their Iraqi driver were shot and wounded as they traveled Thursday to the Shiite Kadhemiyah Shrine. As the Iranian men pulled into a Shiite area in Baghdad on the way to the shrine, two men on a motorbike pulled up to the vehicle and riddled their car...
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U.S. military apologizes after soldier uses Qur'an for target practice
By Lee Keath, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD - Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq. The United States defended the actions of Iraqi security forces,...
Iran blames US after diplomats are shot in Baghdad
Iran angrily blamed the US on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the US was encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq. The shooting, which may have been by Iraqi soldiers during an argument at a checkpoint, comes amid unprecedented strains...
Analysts blame U.S. for attack on Iranian diplomats in Iraq
TEHRAN, May 16 -- Political analyst Ahmad Bakhshayeshi blamed the United States for the attack on an Iranian Embassy vehicle that took place in Baghdad on Thursday. Injured diplomats were transferred to Tehran He said the attack was part of the U.S. efforts to make Iranians feel unsafe in Iraq....
Iran will not withhold support for Iraqi government
Iran said on Saturday that it will not spare support for the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the Thursday's terror attack on Iranian diplomats in Baghdad. "Tehran will continue with support for the Iraqi government and will spare no efforts to strengthen bilateral ties," the...
Iran protests after envoys wounded in Iraq
By LEE KEATH Associated Press BAGHDAD — Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq. The United States defended the actions of Iraqi security forces, but...
Iran protests after 3 diplomats hurt in Iraq
Iran angrily blamed the U.S. on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a shooting a day earlier in Baghdad, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq.The U.S. defended the actions of Iraqi forces but said the U.S. "condemns any attack on guests or...
Iran diplomats wounded in Iraq; US blamed
BAGHDAD (AP) _ Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq. The shooting _ which may have been by Iraqi soldiers during an argument at a checkpoint _...
US Blamed For Ambush On Iranians In Iraq
BAGHDAD — Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq. The shooting _ which may have been by Iraqi soldiers during an argument at a checkpoint _ comes...
Iranian envoys hurt after attack on convoy in Iraq
Baghdad: An Iranian Embassy convoy came under fire in Baghdad, wounding two Iranian diplomats and two other embassy staff, a spokesman said on Friday. Tehran issued an angry response blaming the United States for encouraging attacks against Iranian interests in Iraq with its rhetoric against the...
Iran blames United States after at least 3 diplomats wounded in Baghdad shooting
Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq. The shooting — which may have been by Iraqi soldiers during an argument at a checkpoint — comes amid...
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