(REUTERS/Stringer)Baghdad bombs kill 127 as Iraq vote is set
As Iraqi officials prepared to announce a date for delayed national elections, car bombs detonated Tuesday at government buildings and in crowded Baghdad streets, killing at least 127 people and wounding nearly 500.
Iraq parliament calls session over deadly bombings
Iraq's parliament is asking security officials to appear before a special session to answer questions over security lapses that allowed bombers to strike government sites. The spokesman for the parliament speaker says lawmakers want Iraq's ministers of defense and interior to appear at Thursday's session, called over the attacks the previous day that killed at least 127 people.
Some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq
Some of the deadliest militant attacks in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003:
***Three of the ten deadliest terrorist attacks in the Iraq war occurred following the U.S. forces withdrawal from Iraqi cities this summer.
Baghdad attacks put Iraq security back in spotlight
US’s long view in Afghanistan troubles Congress
Senior administration officials signaled yesterday that the United States will continue to commit a significant number of troops and substantial funding to Afghanistan for many years to come, despite a July 2011 deadline set forth by the president last week to begin a drawdown.
McChrystal supports new strategy in Afghanistan
The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects to know by this time next year whether the new troop buildup is reversing Taliban momentum and he believes he will be able to draw down forces in 2011 without asking for more.
12 killed in twin blasts in Pakistan
At least 12 people including four security men and eight civilians were killed and 20 others injured as twin bomb blasts ripped through an army area in the central Pakistani city of Multan on Tuesday, police said.
FBI takes US terror probe to India and Pakistan
The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan and India as part of an inquiry into an American man accused of sizing up targets ahead of last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital.
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