Iraq War News Updates -- August 7, 2009

About 90,000 Iraqis have been freed from Camp Cropper, above, and other American detention centers in the past six years. Moises Saman for The New York Times

Police: 37 Die In Iraq As Bombs Target Shiites -- Yahoo News/AP

BAGHDAD – A suicide car bomb devastated a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq, one of a series of attacks Friday that killed at least 37 Shiite pilgrims and worshippers, police and medical officials said.

The incidents are the latest in a series that have targeted Shiites, raising concerns that insurgents are stepping up attacks, hoping to re-ignite sectarian violence that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007.

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More News On Iraq

Car bomb kills 20 outside Shiite mosque in Iraq -- AFP
Dozens of Shia pilgrims killed in Iraq by series of bomb attacks -- The Guardian
Attacks kill at least 26 in Iraq on Shiite religious holiday -- CNN
Iraqis Take Lead in Southern Iraq, General Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Iraqis speak of random killings committed by private Blackwater guards -- Times Online
Nouri al-Maliki gambles on peace as Baghdad’s blast walls come down -- Times Online
Iraqis Freed by U.S. Face Few Jobs and Little Hope -- New York Times
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,331 -- Washington Post/AP

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