BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- Samar Saed Abdullah's entire body trembles as she speaks about her impending execution. She thinks of the gallows room, the noose around her neck and that moment when she will take her final breath. Samar Saed Abdullah is sentenced to die by hanging in connection with the killing of three relatives. "My life is meaningless," she said, choking on her tears. "I can't think of anything else. The other women, we try to help each other, but we cannot escape the reality that we are on death row and they can take us at any second." The 27-year-old Iraqi woman is sentenced to die in connection with the slayings of three relatives in January 2005. She looks pale and frail, her face sallow, her eyes bloodshot. She shakes with each sob, anxiously twisting a tissue in her hands. We first met Samar in spring 2007, at al-Kadhimiya Women's Prison in Baghdad. She had been on death row for about two years, and she was terrified.  Watch a tearful plea from death row » "I don't sleep at all on Wednesdays," she said then. "I stay up from morning until night, because that's the day they pick for executions." Samar was sentenced to death by hanging for being an accessory to murder in the killings of her uncle, aunt and cousin -- slayings that she says were carried out at their home by her husband-to-be, who remains on the loose. She maintains that she is innocent, and there are disturbing questions about her conviction. Samar has now been moved a step closer to death: to Baghdad's maximum-security prison, where there are more than 500 prisoners waiting to be executed. It's the same facility where Saddam Hussein was hanged in December 2006. CNN was not allowed to film her face inside the prison. During the interview, the wardens also seemed to make motions to try to stop CNN from broaching the subject of her allegation that she had only confessed under torture. The day of the killings is seared into her mind. "I think about it every day, every hour. I wake up with it in my head," she said. "It's the reason I am here." There was a point in time when Samar was happy, when her life had meaning and joy. She had a fiancé, Saif Ali Nur, in winter 2004. "I was so happy at the time, when he asked for my hand in marriage," she remembered bitterly. "I thought that he was honest, that he did not lie to me. It all happened in just two months." At first, her family didn't approve of the romance, but they eventually relented. One day, she says, Saif duped her into taking him to her wealthy uncle's house. He locked her in the kitchen and, she says, shot her uncle, aunt and cousin. Then, he turned the gun on her. Samar says he stole less than $1,000 after threatening to kill Samar and her family if she went to the authorities. The Iraqi police picked Samar up the next day, after Saif dumped her in front of her house and disappeared. "There was nothing that made me suspect that this was a guy who would do something like this," she said. She's filled with regret that she fell in love with him. "And now I am here in prison, and he is out on the streets, happy." Her parents sold everything to pay for her defense. They swear she's innocent. She says she was tortured by the police into confessing that she went to her uncle's house with the intent to steal. "They kept beating me, and they told me, 'Say whatever we want you to say, and do not say anything else, and say yes, I was an accomplice to this crime.' Although I had nothing to do with it

Question: What did the woman say police coerced her into doing?

Question: Who was convicted as accessory to murder of 3 relatives?

Question: At what age was Samar Saed Abdullah convicted?

Question: What does the woman sob about?

Question: What was Samar Saed Abdullah convicted of?

Question: Who was convicted as an accessory to the murder of 3 relatives?

Question: in what way did the police coerce her?

Question: What was Samar convicted of?

Question: What was Samar Saed Abdullah convicted of?

Question: What did police do do Abdullah?

Question: What does Samar Saed Abdullah say the police did to her?

Answer: confessing

Answer: Samar Saed Abdullah

Answer: 27-year-old

Answer: execution.

Answer: connection with the slayings of three relatives in January 2005.

Answer: Samar Saed Abdullah

Answer: torture.

Answer: for being an accessory to murder in the killings of her uncle, aunt and cousin

Answer: the killing of three relatives.

Answer: dumped her in front of her house and disappeared.

Answer: tortured

Summary:
Woman sobs about impending execution: "I can't think of anything else"
Samar Saed Abdullah, 27, was convicted as accessory to murder of 3 relatives .
She says police coerced and tortured her into confessing .
Ministry of Justice maintains that judicial system is "fair and just"


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- The Iraqi government says it has banned all organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave amid concern over support for the late dictator's former party. An Iraqi poet, left, gives a recital while children carry pictures of Saddam Hussein over his grave. A Cabinet statement on Monday said it had directed authorities in Salaheddin province and the Education Ministry to "take all necessary measures" to prevent such outings. The former dictator, along with his two sons and other relatives, is buried in his hometown of al-Ouja near Tikrit in Salaheddin north of Baghdad. And, Hussein supporters and schoolchildren have made visits there on the late dictator's birthday and hanging date. There have been videos on sites such as YouTube of people at the site. One video shows schoolchildren at the grave in December; they carried banners at Hussein's grave that said "We won't forget you father" and they read pro-Hussein poetry. The government move was made after a recent visit by schoolchildren to the grave, but no reason was given for the decision. However, the move reflects the concern of Iraq's government over the presence of the Baath Party in Iraq, Saddam Hussein's political movement. The party and its symbols have been banned in Iraq. On Saturday, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told reporters that while there can be government reconciliation with individual Baathists who have not committed crimes such as killing Iraqis, there can never be national reconciliation with the party itself. Salaheddin Gov. Mutasher Hussein Alaiwi, said he had not received any official directives yet, but said he would implement Cabinet orders when he receives them. The governor said that would apply to organized group visits, but they would not stop individual ones. A resident of al-Ouja told CNN the government had no right to stop visitors from going to their former president's tomb. "Even if they put police and army outside the door, they will not stop us from visiting our president, our leader and our father," said Mohammed al- Nasiri. Hussein was executed in 2006 after an Iraqi court sentenced him to death for crimes against humanity.

Question: Where is the Iraqi government restricting access?

Question: Who recently visited the grave?

Question: Where is the dictator buried?

Question: Who banned all organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave?

Question: Who visited the grave?

Question: Where is the former dictator buried?

Question: What prompted the decision?

Question: Where was Hussein buried?

Question: What does the Iraqi government ban?

Question: what did iraqi government ban

Question: Where is Saddam Hussein's home town?

Question: What is the Baath party?

Question: What is the reason for the Government for banning organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave?

Question: where was the former dictator buried

Question: What concerns to the Iraqi Government have about the Baath Party?

Question: for what reason did the Iraqi government make this decision?

Answer: grave

Answer: schoolchildren

Answer: hometown of al-Ouja near Tikrit in Salaheddin north of Baghdad.

Answer: Iraqi government

Answer: schoolchildren

Answer: al-Ouja near Tikrit in Salaheddin north of Baghdad.

Answer: a recent visit by schoolchildren to the grave,

Answer: in his hometown of al-Ouja near Tikrit in Salaheddin north of Baghdad.

Answer: all organized visits to Saddam Hussein's

Answer: all organized visits to Saddam Hussein's

Answer: al-Ouja

Answer: Saddam Hussein's political movement.

Answer: concern over support

Answer: in his hometown of al-Ouja near Tikrit in Salaheddin north of Baghdad.

Answer: been banned in Iraq.

Answer: amid concern over support

Summary:
Iraqi government bans all organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave .
Former dictator buried in his hometown of al-Ouja near Tikrit, north of Baghdad .
Government move was made after a recent visit by schoolchildren to the grave .
Move reflects concern of Iraq's government over presence of the Baath Party .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- The U.S. military announced Wednesday that coalition forces recently killed al Qaeda in Iraq's "charismatic" senior leader in northern Iraq. Abu Qaswarah was second only to Abu Ayyub al-Masri (pictured) in al Qaeda in Iraq leadership. Abu Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara, was killed during an operation in Mosul on October 5, the military said. The Moroccan native was second-in-command to al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, according to the military. He had "historic ties" to al-Masri's predecessor, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and senior al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the military said. Abu Qaswarah -- who became AQI's senior leader in northern Iraq in June 2007 -- was the target of the military raid in Mosul earlier this month, the military said. Coalition forces tracked him down inside a building in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which "served as a key command and control location for AQI," according to the military. "Upon entering the building, forces were immediately fired upon," the military said. "Coalition forces returned fire in self-defense, leading to the death of five terrorists. It was later determined that one of the five was positively identified as Abu Qaswarah." The U.S. military described Abu Qaswarah as a "charismatic" leader who rallied al Qaeda in Iraq's northern network after "major setbacks to the terrorist organization across Iraq." Groups comprised mainly of former Sunni insurgents -- known as Awakening Councils or "Sons of Iraq" -- have turned against al Qaeda in Iraq, helping to diminish its presence in several parts of the country. The U.S. military credits them with playing a key role in bringing about the nationwide drop in violence that coincided with the "surge" of U.S. forces. Abu Qaswarah -- who trained with al Qaeda in Afghanistan -- helped bring foreign terrorists into northern Iraq, where they carried out a spate of suicide attacks, according to the military. He also organized and led AQI's attacks in Mosul, including the "failed attempt to destroy the Mosul Civic Center during the holy month of Ramadan," which took place in September, the military said. That attack, the military said, "could have killed hundreds of innocent Iraqis." The military said Abu Qaswarah's death "will significantly degrade AQI operations in Mosul and northern Iraq, leaving the network without a leader to oversee and coordinate its operations in the region."

Question: who was killed in Mosul?

Question: who tracked him down?

Question: what does us military say about abu

Question: what was his position in al qaeda

Question: who was the leader?

Question: who is abu qaswarah

Question: What did the U.S. military describe Abu Qaswarah as?

Answer: Abu Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara,

Answer: Coalition forces

Answer: "Coalition forces returned fire in self-defense, leading to the death of five terrorists. It was later determined that one of the five was positively identified as

Answer: senior leader

Answer: Abu Qaswarah

Answer: Iraq's "charismatic" senior leader in northern Iraq.

Answer: a "charismatic" leader who rallied al Qaeda in Iraq's northern network after "major setbacks to the terrorist organization across Iraq."

Summary:
Abu Qaswarah killed during an operation in Mosul on October 5 .
He was second-in-command to al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri .
Coalition forces tracked him down inside a building in the northern Iraqi city .
U.S. military described Abu Qaswarah as a "charismatic" leader .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- The U.S. military said disturbing video that shows masked boys brandishing guns was an al Qaeda in Iraq training and recruiting tool. The U.S. says this image of young boys is from an al Qaeda in Iraq training and recruitment video. "Al Qaeda in Iraq wants to poison the next generation of Iraqis," said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith during a Baghdad news conference about the release of the tape. The video, he said, showed boys, "many below age 11" being used "to produce the next generation of al Qaeda." Masked boys are seen in the tape armed with grenade launchers, AK-47s and pistols. They're standing in front of a black banner hung on a wall, shouting slogans.  Another video shows a boy, surrounded by automatic weapons and wearing a suicide vest, according to The Associated Press. Also in the video, armed boys in black hoods, with weapons pointed, shout and force a man off his bicycle, search a car, and clear a building while a male voice off camera instructs them. Smith said the military doesn't know how many children al Qaeda in Iraq uses in its operations. He said it's believed the boys in the video were willing participants.  Watch the disturbing video » "Al Qaeda often refers to the children as the new generation of the mujahedeen," Smith said, using the Arabic term for holy warriors. "We've also seen evidence of al Qaeda entering schools, disseminating propaganda and no doubt terrorizing the children and their teachers." The video indicates that al Qaeda in Iraq was increasingly targeting children and posting propaganda on some of the 5,000 al Qaeda-affiliated Web sites. The U.S. military said the video excerpts were culled from five propaganda videos obtained during a raid targeting a senior member of al Qaeda in Iraq in December in Diyala province. In Baghdad on Wednesday, roadside bombings in south-central Iraq killed seven people and wounded nine others, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. A roadside bomb targeting police killed four people and wounded nine others in the south-central Iraqi provincial capital of Diwaniya on Wednesday morning, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. The city is the provincial seat of the largely Shiite Qadisiya province. Police were transporting prisoners at the time of the attack. The four killed, two women, a child and a man, were civilian passers-by. Four civilians, three detainees, and two police officers were wounded. A roadside bomb exploded midmorning in central Baghdad's Andalus Square, killing three civilians, according to the ministry. In eastern Baghdad, a third roadside bomb targeted a U.S. military patrol, the Interior Ministry said. There was no immediate word on casualties. The U.S. military on Wednesday also reported the deaths of two Sons of Iraq members who were trying to thwart a suicide attack on Tuesday in a town northwest of Baghdad.  Watch more on Sons of Iraq » A militant detonated a suicide vest outside a photo shop in Awad. The pair died in the strike but "prevented the man from detonating the explosive vest filled with ball bearings in a crowd of local Iraqis. The selflessness of these men allowed time for surviving witnesses to recognize the threat and escape the blast," the military said. The Sons of Iraq, Concerned Local Citizens and Awakening Councils are the names of anti-al Qaeda in Iraq citizen groups that have emerged across the country in recent months. The U.S. military on Wednesday also reported a series of raids across Iraq over the last few days that led to the detentions of 20 suspected militants. The operations took place in the Baghdad area, in Mosul, and near Ramadi. Iraqi soldiers and Sons of Iraq members also found weapons caches. E-mail to a friend CNN's Arwa Damon contributed to this report.

Question: Who says tape made from al Qaeda recruitment tapes?

Question: What did soldiers seize during the December raid?

Question: What happened to bicyclist?

Answer: The U.S.

Answer: five propaganda videos

Answer: shout and force a man off his bicycle,

Summary:
U.S. admiral says tape made from al Qaeda recruitment tapes .
Armed kids enact detaining bicyclist, searching car, clearing building .
Soldiers seized video during December raid targeting al Qaeda in Iraq leader .
Three separate roadside bombings in south-central Iraq kill seven, wound nine .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- The notorious Iraq prison once called Abu Ghraib has reopened under Iraqi government control. And the Ministry of Justice has launched a public-relations campaign to show it has changed since the days when prisoners were tortured there -- first under Saddam Hussein, and later by American troops.

The Iraqi Ministry of Justice gave journalists an inside look at the prison formerly known as Abu Ghraib.

It is now called Baghdad Central Prison, and has water fountains, a freshly planted garden and a gym -- complete with weights and sports teams' jerseys on the walls.

Under Saddam Hussein, tens of thousands of Iraqis were thrown behind bars here. There were horrific stories of torture, abuse, execution without trial.

In 2004, the prison was once again thrown into the international spotlight, this time because of abuse by U.S. troops.  Watch how the prison has been revamped Â»

Detainees were photographed in degrading positions, as Americans posed next to them smiling. The images -- naked prisoners stacked on top of each other, or being threatened by dogs, or hooded and wired up as if for electrocution -- caused outrage around the world when they were leaked to the news media in May 2004.

Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, commander of the Abu Ghraib prison at the time, was demoted in rank to colonel because of the scandal. Seven low-ranking guards and two military intelligence soldiers -- described by then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as "bad apples" -- were disciplined after the scandal surfaced.

Rumsfeld later said the day the scandal broke was the worst in his tenure as defense secretary.

"Clearly the worst day was Abu Ghraib, and seeing what went on there and feeling so deeply sorry that that happened," Rumsfeld said shortly before leaving office at the end of 2006. "I remember being stunned by the news of the abuse."

The United States always denied it was a matter of policy to torture detainees. But it shut down Abu Ghraib in September 2006 and turned the facility over to the Iraqis.

They have revamped and reopened it.

Rooms have been transformed and renovated. CNN was told, but not shown, that a few hundred prisoners are here already, in a revamped part of the facility that can hold up to 3,000 prisoners. The capacity is critical to help deal with overcrowding at Iraq's other facilities and the potential security threat.

The Iraqi government is going to great lengths to try to change the image this facility has. It organized a tour for journalists, very carefully orchestrated by the Ministry of Justice.

Murtada Sharif, the only Ministry of Justice official to speak to CNN on camera about the prison, admitted Abu Ghraib is synonymous in people's minds with the inhumane acts that took place there both before and after the fall of Saddam in 2003.

"We want to change its image, to make it a place of justice," he said.

A wing that used to hold a thousand prisoners In Saddam Hussein's time now is ready for 160. Cells that used to hold between 30 and 50 people now have a capacity of eight.

Prisoners and their families actually get to see each other -- the prisoners behind a cage-like structure, the families on the other side of the fence, in a courtyard with a playground for the children. Again, it is part of the whole effort to create a different atmosphere.

But human rights organizations in Iraq say abuse and torture remain routine in Iraq's detention facilities. Changing Abu Ghraib's infamous reputation may take more than fresh paint and fake flowers.

Question: What is Abu Ghraib now?

Question: What was published in 2004?

Question: What controversial event happened in this prison?

Question: What year were the photos published?

Question: What facilities are available to prisoners at Baghdad Central Prison?

Question: What did the Ministry of Justice trying to show about the prison?

Question: Who hs control of the prison?

Question: What is the new name for Abu Ghraib?

Question: Describe what is Abu Ghraib.

Answer: Baghdad Central Prison,

Answer: The images -- naked prisoners stacked on top of each other, or being threatened by dogs, or hooded and wired up as if for electrocution -- caused outrage around the world when they were leaked to the news media in May

Answer: abuse by U.S. troops.

Answer: 2004.

Answer: water fountains, a freshly planted garden and a gym -- complete with weights and sports teams' jerseys on the walls.

Answer: horrific stories of torture, abuse, execution without trial.

Answer: Iraqi government

Answer: Baghdad Central Prison,

Answer: prison

Summary:
Abu Ghraib is now Baghdad Central Prison, with a garden and a gym .
In 2004, photos of prisoners being humiliated by American guards were published .
Ministry of Justice trying to show that the prison, now under Iraqi control, has changed .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- The office of Muqtada al-Sadr accused Iraqi and U.S. forces of attacking Sadr City on Friday, just hours after the Shiite cleric called for calm in the wake of the assassination of one of his top aides in the southern city of Najaf. Iraqi Sadrists march Friday in the Najaf funeral procession of Sayyed Riyadh al-Nuri, top aide to Muqtada al-Sadr. Witnesses and media in the heavily Shiite Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, home to the cleric's power base in the capital, reported heavy fighting between U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia. The witnesses said U.S. aircraft had been bombarding the area for hours, and media reported rockets slamming into houses and many casualties. Witnesses and al-Sadr's office said mosques were making loudspeaker announcements about Mehdi Army attacks on U.S. military armored vehicles. U.S. troops working in support of Iraqi soldiers killed two snipers, two other men firing rocket-propelled grenades and "multiple others from a nearby building where soldiers were taking RPG and machine gun fire," the U.S. military said in a statement. At the same time -- about 9 p.m. -- at least six roadside bombs damaged vehicles in a U.S. Army convoy that was transporting barriers for a group of Iraqi Army soldiers establishing a checkpoint, the military said. Afterward, the military said, the Iraqi and U.S. soldiers were attacked by small-arms, machine-gun and RPG fire from buildings overlooking the road. The soldiers fired back at their attackers, killing at least four of them. More explosions from the buildings indicated possible arms and munitions stored there, the military said. But the small-arms attack continued until the U.S. forces fired two rounds from an M1A2 Abrams tank, killing two more attackers. Not long afterward, the U.S. Air Force, operating an unmanned aerial vehicle, fired a Hellfire missile at three men spotted setting roadside bombs, killing all three. Maj. John Gossart, executive officer of the American unit involved, said that no U.S. or Iraqi troops were seriously hurt. Earlier, al-Sadr issued remarks about the killing of Sayyed Riyadh al-Nuri, who was shot outside his house in Najaf's Adala neighborhood after returning from Friday prayers. "The hands of the occupiers and their collaborators have treacherously reached our beloved martyr Sayyed Riyadh al-Nuri," al-Sadr wrote in a statement on the Web. Al-Nuri is one of 17 people killed over 24 hours in airstrikes, fighting and attacks in areas wracked in recent weeks by fighting among Shiites. The assassination prompted an immediate vehicle ban in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, anger among mourners and an intensification of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued a statement deploring the killing and ordering an investigation. Al-Sadr issued remarks about the killing in a statement on a Web site. Spokesman Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi emphasized that the cleric is not accusing anyone in particular of the killing but believes that the killers "are the ones who are following the occupiers' steps and don't want stability for the country." But al-Obeidi called the killing an "act of provocation" after the "siege of Sadr City." He was referring to the battles since Sunday involving members of al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia and Iraqi security forces dominated by a rival Shiite political movement, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. That fighting started with an offensive in Basra and spread to other Shiite regions, including Sadr City and the Babil provincial capital of Hilla. The al-Nuri assassination prompted officials to expand the daily curfew in Hilla. Police said a ban on all outside movement that usually begins at 11 p.m. and ends at 8 a.m. will instead start at 8:30 p.m. Violence continued Friday in several places in Iraq. Suicide bombings killed at least four people -- three of them police -- and wounded 15, officials said. The first bombing was in Ramadi, the provincial capital of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province west of Baghdad, an Interior

Question:
where was this shooting?
Where was the attack?
Did the Iraqi patrol come under fire?

Answer: Najaf.

Answer: City

Answer: Iraqi and U.S. soldiers were attacked by small-arms, machine-gun and RPG fire

Summary:
NEW: U.S. troops kill two snipers, two other men firing rocket-propelled grenades .
Army says U.S., Iraqi patrol came under fire setting up checkpoint .
Muqtada al-Sadr blames U.S., calls for calm after top aide killed in Najaf .
Mortar attack kills three at Palestine Hotel across from International Zone .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- The remains of two U.S. contractors who were kidnapped in Iraq have been found, FBI officials said Monday. The bureau identified the two as Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, abducted on January 5, 2007, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri, who was captured on November 16, 2006. Withrow worked for Las Vegas, Nevada-based JPI Worldwide Inc., and Young worked for Crescent Security Group. The FBI said it had notified the families of the contractors. Meanwhile, four U.S. soldiers died Sunday night in a roadside bombing in Iraq, military officials reported, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to 4,000 deaths. The four were killed when a homemade bomb hit their vehicle as they patrolled in a southern Baghdad neighborhood, the U.S. military headquarters in Iraq said. A fifth soldier was wounded. The grim milestone comes less than a week after the fifth anniversary of the start of the war. "No casualty is more or less significant than another; each soldier, Marine, airman and sailor is equally precious and their loss equally tragic," said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, the U.S. military's chief spokesman in Iraq. "Every single loss of a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine is keenly felt by military commanders, families and friends both in theater and at home." Of the 4,000 U.S. military personnel killed in the war, 3,263 have died in attacks and fighting and 737 in nonhostile incidents, such as traffic accidents and suicides. Eight of those killed were civilians working for the Pentagon. The numbers are based on Pentagon data counted by CNN.  Check out a company that makes headstones for fallen U.S. troops » President Bush made remarks about lives lost in Iraq at the State Department on Monday. "One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, 'Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve, because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come,' " he said. "I have vowed in the past and I will vow so long as I'm president to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain; that, in fact, there's an outcome that will merit the sacrifice that civilian and military alike have made." Also Sunday, at least 35 Iraqis died as the result of suicide bombings, mortar fire and the work of gunmen in cars who opened fire on a crowded outdoor market. Nearly 100 were wounded in the violence. Estimates of the Iraqi death toll since the war began range from about 80,000 to the hundreds of thousands.  Watch an Iraqi family talk about faith in a war zone » Another 2 million Iraqis have been forced to leave the country, and 2.5 million have been displaced from their homes within Iraq, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Many of the Iraqis and U.S. troops killed over the years, like the four soldiers slain Sunday in Baghdad, have been targeted by improvised explosive devices -- the roadside bombs that have come to symbolize Iraq's tenacious insurgency.  Watch how the bombs have become a deadly staple » The Pentagon's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization has been developed to counter the threat of roadside bombs in Iraq as well as Afghanistan. The group calls such bombs the "weapon of choice for adaptive and resilient networks of insurgents and terrorists." Nearly 160,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, and the war has cost U.S. taxpayers about $600 billion, according to the House Budget Committee. Senior U.S. military officials are preparing to recommend to Bush a four- to six-week pause in additional troop withdrawals from Iraq after the last of the so-called surge brigades leaves in July, CNN learned last week from U.S. military officials familiar with the recommendations but not authorized to talk about them. The return of all five brigades added to the Iraq contingent last year could reduce troop levels by up to 30,000 but still leave about 130,000 or more troops in Iraq. Also Monday, the U.S. military said six people killed in a weekend attack were "terrorists

Question: At least how many Iraqis were killed in attacks Sunday?

Question: what was found abducted in Iraq?

Question: what is the toll count of roadside bomb?

Question: where did the 35 Iraqis got killed?

Question: What was found of two US contractors?

Question: Where were the contractors abducted?

Question: At least how many Iraqis were killed?

Question: What happened when a roadside bomb hit vehicle?

Question: What is the death toll at?

Answer: 35

Answer: two U.S. contractors

Answer: four

Answer: crowded outdoor market.

Answer: remains

Answer: Iraq

Answer: 35

Answer: four were killed

Answer: 4,000

Summary:
NEW: Remains found of two U.S. contractors who were abducted in Iraq, FBI says .
U.S. death toll at 4,000 after four soldiers die when roadside bomb hits vehicle .
At least 35 Iraqis killed in attacks Sunday .
People killed in U.S. weekend strike were "terrorists," not allies, U.S. says .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- The trial of an Iraqi journalist charged with throwing his shoes at U.S. President George Bush has been postponed, Iraq's Council of Ministers and one of the journalist's lawyers said Tuesday. Amman protesters support Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist held for throwing his shoes at President Bush. Muntadhir Al-Zaidi was due to go on trial Wednesday, but the Criminal Court postponed it pending an appeal filed by his lawyers with the Federal Court of Appeal, a spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar, said. Dhiya al-Saadi, who leads Al-Zaidi's 25-member legal team, confirmed the postponement. Al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at Bush two weeks ago during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad. Neither shoe hit the president, and others in the room quickly knocked Al-Zaidi to the ground before security officials arrested him. Many Iraqis hail Al-Zaidi, who faces a prison term if convicted, as a hero. More than 1,000 lawyers have volunteered to defend him, al-Saadi said. The lawyers' appeal asked the Federal Court to change Al-Zaidi's case from assaulting Bush to insulting him. If Al-Zaidi is convicted of the former, he faces a maximum of 15 years in prison, al-Saadi said. The lawyers are trying to persuade the appeals court that Al-Zaidi did not want to harm Bush by throwing the shoes, but simply wanted to insult him. By tradition, throwing a shoe is the most insulting act in the Arab world. Al-Saadi said he met with his client several days ago but was having difficulty meeting with him again. He did not give the reason he was not allowed to see Al-Zaidi but said many lawyers have trouble meeting with detainees in Iraqi or U.S. custody. It will take at least two weeks for the court to set a new date for Al-Zaidi's trial, legal expert Tariz Harab said. CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

Question: When was the trial due to start?

Question: What is the name of the journalist who threw a shoe at Bush?

Question: Who faces jail?

Question: Trial of who is delayed?

Question: What happened to the trial?

Question: Whose trial is delayed?

Question: What country is journalist Muntadhir Al-Zaidi from?

Question: Who faces jail if convicted?

Question: How long before the new trials date?

Question: What did an Iraqi journalist throw at President Bush?

Answer: Wednesday,

Answer: Muntazer al-Zaidi,

Answer: Muntazer al-Zaidi,

Answer: Muntazer al-Zaidi,

Answer: has been postponed,

Answer: Muntazer al-Zaidi,

Answer: Iraq

Answer: Muntadhir Al-Zaidi

Answer: at least two weeks

Answer: his shoes

Summary:
Trial of Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at U.S. President Bush delayed .
Muntadhir Al-Zaidi faces jail if convicted; trial was due to start Wednesday .
Many Iraqis hail the shoe thrower has a hero; mass protests followed his arrest .
At least two weeks before new trial date set, legal experts say .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates flew into Iraq on Monday to oversee a change of command of American forces. Robert Gates is greeted Monday at Baghdad International Airport by Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin. Gen. Ray Odierno will take over command Tuesday from Gen. David Petraeus, whose 20-month term in Iraq saw a significant decline in violence with the deployment of additional U.S. troops. U.S. forces are in "mission transition," Gates said Monday, with some troops going home and others backing up Iraqis. "There is no question we will still be engaged, but the areas in which we are seriously engaged will continue to narrow," Gates said during his flight to Iraq. "The challenge for Odierno is how do we work with the Iraqis to preserve the gains we've already achieved and expand on them even as the number of U.S. forces are shrinking." Odierno is expected to set the stage for an eventual U.S. withdrawal. Petraeus will become the new chief of U.S. Central Command, in charge of American forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Gates, who is making his eighth trip to Iraq, said Petraeus played a "historic role" during his tenure. "I think he would be the first to acknowledge that he has had a brilliant strategy," he said. "But it has been the brigade commanders and company commanders and the soldiers and Marines and others on the ground who have actually made it work. "We have lost a lot of lives, but it's really been an extraordinary effort of translations of a great strategy into a great success in a very difficult circumstance." At a dinner on the eve of the change-of-command ceremony, Gates presented Petraeus with the Defense Superior Service Medal. He also gave Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award -- the highest award given by the secretary of Defense to those not in uniform. "I have never seen a working relationship like this," Gates told the two men. "To find leaders to do what many considered impossible, you two are such men." Odierno will receive his fourth star on Tuesday in a separate ceremony ahead of the change-of-command ceremony. The defense secretary on Monday also met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and told the Iraqi leader that he has seen a notable improvement in security since his first visit to the country nearly two years ago, according to a statement released by the prime minister's office. Gates said the cooperation between Iraqi security forces and coalition forces was responsible for the improvement in security, according to the statement, and al-Maliki praised the successes of the Iraqi armed forces. The prime minister said the gains have brought about a greater sense of normalcy in the country, allowing many internally displaced Iraqis to return to their homes. They also have spurred the economy, he said. The situation in Iraq is far different from that in past years, the prime minister noted. As Gates arrived in Iraq, three bombings -- two in Baghdad and one in Diyala province's Balad Ruz -- provided a rude counterpoint to that message. Two car bombs went off in central Baghdad. The blasts killed 12 people and wounded 36 in the commercial area of the Karrada district, an Interior Ministry official said. The U.S. blamed al Qaeda in Iraq, but gave a lower death toll, saying two "possible" car bombs killed six people and wounded 27. In Balad Ruz, a female suicide bomber detonated explosives at the house of a former U.S. detainee, killing at least 22 people and wounding 33, according to a Diyala security official. The U.S. military also blamed al Qaeda in Iraq for a car bombing Friday in Dujail, north of Baghdad. The Interior Ministry said at least 30 people were killed and 45 wounded; the U.S. said 31 were killed and 40 were wounded. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Jamjoom contributed to this report.

Question: What position does Robert Gates hold?

Question: What is Odierno supposed to be setting the stage for?

Question: Who is taking over command in Iraq?

Question: Who is Gen. Ray Odierno taking over command in Iraq from?

Question: Who is taking over command?

Question: Who took over for General Petraeus?

Question: What did Defense Secretary Robert Gates say about U.S. troops?

Question: What are the troops in the midst of?

Question: What will Odierno set the stage for?

Question: What did Defense Secretary Robert Gates say?

Question: What is Odierno setting the stage for?

Answer: U.S. Secretary of Defense

Answer: an eventual U.S. withdrawal.

Answer: Gen. Ray Odierno

Answer: David Petraeus,

Answer: Gen. Ray Odierno

Answer: Gen. Ray Odierno

Answer: forces are in "mission transition,"

Answer: "mission transition,"

Answer: eventual U.S. withdrawal.

Answer: U.S. forces are in "mission transition,"

Answer: an eventual U.S. withdrawal.

Summary:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says U.S. troops in midst of "mission transition"
Gen. Ray Odierno taking over command in Iraq from Gen. David Petraeus .
Odierno expected to set stage for eventual U.S. withdrawal .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- U.S.-led forces captured two men believed to be senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders, including one suspected of planning the 2006 kidnapping of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, a military statement said. Jill Carroll, seen here in an interview following her 2006 release, was held for nearly three months in Iraq. Coalition forces captured the suspects in Baghdad on August 11 and 17, according to the statement. The suspects were identified as Salim Abdallah Ashur al-Shujayri, also known as Abu Uthman, and Ali Rash Nasir Jiyad al-Shammari, also known as Abu Tiba. Abu Uthman is suspected of masterminding Carroll's abduction, the statement said. Carroll, a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, was abducted in January 2006 and freed unharmed in March of that year. Both men are suspected of overseeing car or suicide bombings targeting Iraqis with the intent of inciting sectarian violence, the statement said. Abu Tiba is suspected to have been in charge of as many 15 al Qaeda in Iraq "attack cells," providing them with money, weapons and explosives, according to the statement. The men were also suspected of being connected to other kidnappings, the statement said. "The capture of Abu Tiba and Abu Uthman eliminates two of the few remaining experienced leaders in the AQI [al Qaeda in Iraq] network," the statement said.

Question: Who were the suspects captured this month?

Question: What was Abu Uthman suspected of masterminding?

Question: What was the name of the journalist abducted in 2006?

Question: What year did the kidnapping take place?

Question: Who was captured?

Question: what was Abu Uthman suspected of

Question: Who was abducted?

Question: Who masterminded the kidnapping?

Question: Who is a suspect?

Question: What has happened to Abu Uthman?

Question: what was carroll's profession?

Question: when Abu Uthman suspected of masterminding Jill Carroll's?

Question: who was kidnapped?

Question: Who were the suspects captured?

Question: Who was abducted in 2006?

Question: who is the suspected mastermind?

Question: What is Abu Uthman suspected of doing?

Answer: Salim Abdallah Ashur al-Shujayri, also known as Abu Uthman, and Ali Rash Nasir Jiyad al-Shammari, also known as Abu Tiba.

Answer: Carroll's abduction,

Answer: Jill Carroll,

Answer: 2006

Answer: two men

Answer: masterminding Carroll's abduction,

Answer: Jill Carroll,

Answer: Abu Uthman

Answer: Salim Abdallah Ashur al-Shujayri, also known as Abu Uthman, and Ali Rash Nasir Jiyad al-Shammari, also known as Abu Tiba.

Answer: Coalition forces captured

Answer: journalist

Answer: January 2006

Answer: U.S. journalist Jill Carroll,

Answer: Salim Abdallah Ashur al-Shujayri,

Answer: U.S. journalist Jill Carroll,

Answer: Abu Uthman

Answer: planning the 2006 kidnapping of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll,

Summary:
Abu Uthman suspected of masterminding Jill Carroll's 2006 kidnapping .
Uthman and another al Qaeda in Iraq suspect captured this month, military says .
Carroll, a U.S. journalist, was abducted in 2006 but released unharmed weeks later .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier fired on his fellow troops at a counseling center at a base outside Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, U.S. officials said, killing five people in the worst such attack of the six-year-old Iraq war. U.S. Army troops get a safety briefing before departing Camp Liberty, Iraq, in December 2008. The shooting occurred at 2 p.m. at a stress clinic at Camp Liberty, near Baghdad International Airport, two senior defense officials said. Though initial reports indicated the attacker was killed in the incident, the U.S. command in Baghdad said late Monday a suspect in the killings was in custody. Neither the suspect nor any of the victims had been identified, but a defense official with access to the latest reports on the incident told CNN that the suspect had been a patient at the treatment center. "Any time we lose one of our own, it affects us all," Col. John Robinson, a U.S. military spokesman, said in a written statement. President Obama said that he was "shocked and deeply saddened" by the "horrible tragedy." "My heart goes out to the families and friends of all the service members involved," he said in a written statement. "I will press to ensure that we fully understand what led to this tragedy, and that we are doing everything we can to ensure that our men and women in uniform are protected." The president said he discussed the issue in a meeting with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday afternoon. And Gates expressed his own "horror and deep regret" at a press briefing.  Watch the defense secretary talk about the incident » "If the preliminary reports are confirmed, such a tragic loss of life at the hands of our own forces is a cause for great and urgent concern," Gates said. "And I can assure you that it will get this department's highest priority attention." Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added the incident shows a need to "redouble" efforts regarding troop stress levels. Camp Liberty is tightly guarded, and U.S. troops are required to clear their weapons of ammunition while on the base. The only service members who have loaded weapons are those guarding high-ranking officers and military police. Monday's attack marks the sixth incident in which a service member was killed by a fellow service member since the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Camp Liberty is part of the Camp Victory Complex, one of the largest U.S. military bases in Iraq. It lies just northeast of Baghdad International Airport and is also near the massive al-Faw palace of executed former dictator Saddam Hussein. Once known as Camp Victory North, the base was renamed Camp Liberty in September 2004, or Camp Al-Tahreer in Arabic, according to GlobalSecurity.org, a Web site that provides background on military and security issues. Like other American facilities in Iraq, Camp Liberty provides a host of amenities for the thousands of U.S. troops who call it home during their combat tours. The base resembles a giant trailer park, dotted with air-conditioned two- or three-person units that house thousands of service members. It boasts several dining facilities catered by a private company, fully equipped gymnasiums, recreation centers and a post exchange that rivals Wal-Mart. In recent years, a number of fast food restaurants such as Burger King and Pizza Hut have opened, as well as private stores and a bazaar that sells local wares. The military set up several chapels, and each unit operates stress-relief clinics -- such as the one at which the shootings occurred Monday -- where troops can request counseling. CNN's Cal Perry, Chris Lawrence and Mike Mount contributed to this report.

Question: What number of people were killed?

Question: How many were injured?

Question: With whom did Obama discuss the incident?

Question: What profession was the attacker?

Question: How many died?

Question: Where had the suspect been treated previously?

Question: Who will Obama discuss the incident with?

Answer: five

Answer: five people

Answer: Defense Secretary Robert Gates

Answer: U.S. soldier

Answer: five

Answer: at a stress clinic at Camp Liberty, near Baghdad International Airport,

Answer: Defense Secretary Robert Gates

Summary:
Defense official: Suspect had been a patient at the treatment center .
President Obama to discuss incident with defense secretary .
Attack is the deadliest on soldiers by a fellow soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom .
Five killed and three others wounded in incident .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A bomb attached to a car carrying an Iraqi army general exploded Saturday afternoon, killing the driver and wounding the general and a bystander, an Interior Ministry official said.

U.S. soldiers patrol the streets of Baghdad's central district on Saturday.

The official said Gen. Abdul Karim Jabbar was seriously wounded when the bomb went off  between al-Firdous Square and al-Andalus Square.

The U.S. military refers to bombs attached to civilian vehicles without the driver's knowledge as "sticky bombs."

Separately, a civilian was killed and five were wounded in afternoon clashes between gunmen and Iraqi National Police in the al-Shaab neighborhood of northeastern Baghdad, the ministry official said.

In the same neighborhood, a roadside bomb exploded at an Iraqi army checkpoint Baghdad, killing a child, the Interior Ministry official said.

The blast also wounded four Iraqi soldiers.

Also Saturday, two Iraqi soldiers were killed and another was wounded when a roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad.

Question: Where was the child killed at?

Question: In the explosion of the car how many were injured?

Question: What parties were involved in the clash?

Question: Where did the bomb explode?

Question: Where was the Iraqi army checkpoint?

Question: Number of people killed by bomb attached to vehicle?

Question: Who was killed at the Iraqi army checkpoint?

Question: Where did the clash with the Iraqi Police take place?

Question: How was the civilian killed?

Answer: Iraqi army checkpoint Baghdad,

Answer: five

Answer: gunmen and Iraqi National Police

Answer: between al-Firdous Square and al-Andalus Square.

Answer: Baghdad,

Answer: killing the driver and wounding the general and a bystander,

Answer: the driver

Answer: al-Shaab neighborhood of northeastern Baghdad,

Answer: afternoon clashes between gunmen and Iraqi National Police

Summary:
Bomb attached to vehicle explodes in Baghdad, killing one and injuring two .
Civilian killed in clash between gunmen and Iraqi National Police in Baghdad .
Child killed by roadside bomb at Iraqi army checkpoint .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A female suicide bomber Friday detonated in a crowd of mostly women and children on their way to a religious festival, killing at least 38 people and wounding 50 others, an Interior Ministry official said. Devout Shia Muslims walk in Baghdad towards the holy city of Karbala. The attack took place around noon between the towns of Iskandariya and Mussayib, south of the capital, Baghdad, as hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims are making their way to Karbala for Arbaeen, one of the holiest Shiite events. Ten of those injured are in critical condition. The suicide attack comes on the heels of other bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims earlier in the week and are signs that the sectarian conflicts that devastated Iraq in recent years are not over. An explosion in Karbala on Thursday killed at least five Shiite pilgrims and wounded 50 near a shrine. On Wednesday, a double car bombing struck a Baghdad bus station where Shiite pilgrims gathered for the holy day. Sixteen people were killed and 43 were wounded. Also, two pilgrims were killed and 16 were wounded Wednesday in roadside bombings in Baghdad. The holy day commemorates the end of a 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed and one of the most revered Shiite figures. He died in battle in the seventh century and is buried in Karbala. In recent years, insurgents have targeted Shiite pilgrims, who usually walk to Karbala from across Iraq as a demonstration of piety and as part of tradition. The city is about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Baghdad. Last year, a flurry of attacks on pilgrims killed at least 48 people. In 2007, more than 180 pilgrims were killed in a series of attacks, most from suicide bombings in Babil province, through which the pilgrims pass. More than 30,000 Iraqi Security Forces troops have been deployed in and around Karbala this year to protect the anticipated millions of pilgrims heading there for Monday's commemoration, according to Karbala's military commander, Gen. Othman al-Ghanemi. CNN's Yousil Bassil contributed to this report.

Question: Who is targeting the Iraqi Shiite pilgrims?

Question: who has been targeted for recent attacks?

Question: Where did the bomb detonate?

Question: what gender was the suicide bomber?

Question: How many were killed?

Answer: insurgents have targeted

Answer: Shiite pilgrims,

Answer: in a crowd of mostly women and children

Answer: female

Answer: at least 38 people

Summary:
Female suicide bomber detonates in a crowd on way to a religious festival .
In recent years, insurgents have targeted Iraqi Shiite pilgrims walking to Karbala .
2 children killed in separate incident when unexploded mortar round exploded .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A female suicide bomber in northern Iraq targeted buoyant soccer fans who had just watched their national team win a big match against China, authorities told CNN. At least 29 people were wounded when the bomber detonated her suicide vest in a marketplace in the Diyala province town of Qara Tappa, a predominantly Shiite Kurdish town with a Shiite Turkmen population. Col. Ragheb al-Omairi, spokesman for Diyala Military operations command, who confirmed the account, said police on foot patrols were also in the area of bombing. Twenty-five civilians and four police were wounded, with at least 12 of the civilians in critical condition. The match, which Iraq won 2-1, was watched avidly across the country by Iraqis of all stripes -- united by their love of soccer. The game was part of the Asian qualifier for the 2010 South Africa World Cup, and Iraq and China are part of Group 1, along with Australia and Qatar. The match was played in China. The top two teams in the round advance to another stage of qualifying for the World Cup. Iraq eliminated China from competition and is in the running to advance. Celebratory gunfire also rang out across Baghdad, and the Baghdad Operations Command put an urgent message on state TV asking people to be careful and avoid shooting to celebrate. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued congratulations to the team, which last year won the Asia Cup. The bombing underscored the tensions that persist in a country where violence has dropped. Twenty females have carried out suicide bombings in Iraq this year, many more than in previous years. According to the U.S. military, women carried out eight bombings in all of 2007. Authorities said that al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting women and that more women are offering themselves up for missions. The officials said the women are desperate and hopeless, most have pre-existing ties to the insurgency, and their main motive is revenge for a male family member killed by U.S. or Iraqi forces in the war. "We do see certain members of cells attempting to persuade women, specifically in many cases wives of those who have been killed as terrorists, to conduct suicide operations," U.S. Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling said recently. His area of operations includes Diyala province. Hertling's troops have targeted families of suspected female bombers in a bid to break up the rings that are recruiting the women and girls. Intelligence gathered from detainees indicates that al Qaeda in Iraq is looking for women who are illiterate, who are deeply religious or who have financial struggles, often because they've lost the male head of the household. Women and girls always have played a role in the insurgency in Iraq, helping feed militants, hiding them in their homes and helping to sneak weapons around the country. They have proved to be highly effective in their operations, because women are not searched by men for cultural and religious reasons. The U.S. military has created a program called the Daughters of Iraq, analogous to the Sons of Iraq, across the Sunni regions of the country. The Daughters of Iraq are being trained to conduct searches of women. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh and Arwa Damon contributed to this report.

Question: Who is targeted by insurgent recruiters?

Question: How many are wounded?

Question: What did the attack strike?

Question: How many female suicide bombings occurred in Iraq?

Question: Who did the attack strike?

Question: What is the number of people wounded?

Question: How many were wounded?

Question: How many female suicide bombers this year?

Question: How many female suicide bombings were there this year in Iraq?

Answer: women

Answer: At least 29 people

Answer: a marketplace in the Diyala province town of Qara Tappa,

Answer: Twenty

Answer: buoyant soccer fans

Answer: At least 29

Answer: At least 29 people

Answer: Twenty

Answer: Twenty

Summary:
NEW: Attack strikes people celebrating Iraq team's win in World Cup qualifier .
29 wounded in predominantly Kurdish town in Diyala province .
Twenty female suicide bombings in Iraq this year, a sharp uptick .
Insurgent recruiters target troubled women, authorities say .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A few months ago, it seemed liked nothing could stop Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain from representing her country in the upcoming Summer Olympics.

Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain was devastated to learn she could not participate in the Beijing Summer Olympics.

Then, the International Olympic Committee banned Iraq from competing because of what it says is the government's political interference in sports.

Hussain cried for hours after hearing the news, which arrived in the form of a letter to Iraqi officials.

"She hasn't stopped. It's like finding out that a close relative has died," said her coach, Yousif Abdul Rahman.

Abdul Rahman attempted to console Hussain by assuring her that she could compete in the 2012 Olympics.  Watch Hussain react to the news Â»

"In this horrible situation," she said, "who can say I'll even be alive in 2012?"

CNN received a copy of the letter sent to Jassim Mohammed Jaffer, Iraqi minister of youth and sports, and Ali Mohsen Ismail, acting secretary general of the Iraqi general secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

"We deeply regret this outcome, which severely harms the Iraqi Olympic and Sports Movement and the Iraqi athletes, but which is unfortunately imposed by the circumstances," said the letter, signed by two IOC officials.  Watch an official explain the decision Â»

The move stems from an Iraqi government decision in May to suspend the nation's Olympic Committee and form a temporary committee to handle its duties.

The Iraqi government thought the committee had not been operating properly and as a result undermined the sporting movement there.

The government said the original committee held meetings without quorums and had officials serving in one-year posts for more than five years. Many of the officials also lived outside Iraq, the government said. iReport.com: See a cartoonist's take on the decision

Emmanuelle Moreau, a spokeswoman for the International Olympic Committee, said it suspended Iraq's national Olympic Committee in June after the government removed elected officials and put in people the IOC didn't recognize.

She said the IOC proposed to the Iraqi government that officials come to the organization's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, "to discuss possible solutions."

But she said they didn't respond. "We're extremely disappointed with the situation. The athletes have been ill-served by the government in Iraq," she said.

Moreau said Iraq missed a Wednesday deadline for the entry of athletes to compete in archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting.  Watch a historian discuss the Olympics in Iraq under Saddam Hussein Â»

She said there is a chance that track and field athletes could compete if the original committee is reinstated. The deadline for the track team to register is at the end of the month. The Games begin August 8.

A former official from the disbanded Iraq Olympic Committee said the IOC's decision was justified because the government interfered with the national committee by suspending it.

The former official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

He said he believed that the government suspended the committee out of "jealousy."

The national committee was making great strides, and the government, namely the Ministry of Youth and Sports, wanted control of it, he said.

The seven Iraqi athletes who were to travel to China for the Games' start in August are disappointed by the decision, officials said. They include an archer, a weightlifter, a judoka, two rowers and two sprinters, one of whom is Dana Hussain.

Her coach called the decision unfair and said he blames "everyone": the Iraqi government and the Iraqi and International Olympic committees.

In the end, Abdul Rahman said, the athletes are paying the price.

"It's a shame after all the efforts, ambitions, risks and dangers," he said.

"I wish from the bottom of my heart they would reconsider this unjust decision for the sake of the athletes."

CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report.

Question: What was suspended in May?

Question: How many Iraqis were set to compete in these Olympics?

Question: How many Iraqi athletes were to compete in Beijing, China?

Question: What did the Olympic Committe accuse the Iraqi government of doing?

Question: When was the Iraqi Olympic Committee suspended?

Question: Who was going to compete in China?

Question: What group accuses Iraq of interference?

Question: When did the Iraqi government suspend the committee?

Question: Where were the seven iraqi athletes supposed to compete in?

Question: Where was the Olympics that was being described taking place?

Answer: Iraq's national Olympic Committee

Answer: seven

Answer: seven

Answer: political interference in sports.

Answer: June

Answer: seven Iraqi athletes

Answer: the International Olympic Committee

Answer: June

Answer: Summer Olympics.

Answer: Beijing

Summary:
NEW: Iraqi government interference in Olympic committee attributed to "jealousy"
International Olympic Committee accuses Iraqi government of interference in sports .
Iraqi government suspended nation's Olympic Committee in May .
Seven Iraqi athletes were to compete in Beijing, China .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A man in a wheelchair blew himself up Monday in a northern Iraqi police station, killing three National Police officers, including a commander, police said. Soldiers stand by as pilgrims gather Sunday in Karbala for al-Arbaeen, one of holiest days on the Shiite calendar. The attack also wounded nine officers on the police force, which the Iraqi Interior Ministry operates. The bombing in Samarra raises concern about the recent tactics employed by insurgents in Iraq. Bombs have been placed inside dead animals and hidden in carts. And in recent days, vagrants have been involved in bombings. "As a sign of desperation, some of those terrorists resorted to some new methods and techniques," said Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad's security plan. One of the tactics is the use of remote-controlled "sticky" bombs, small enough to tape under vehicles. A high-ranking Samarra police official said the disabled man came to meet with Brig. Gen. Abdul Jabbar Rabei Muttar, deputy commander of security, at the security operations building in Samarra. The pair met last week as well. The man was searched when he entered the building, but police didn't look under his wheelchair seat, where the explosives had been placed. The man, who police say was cogent, detonated the explosives when Muttar approached him. Also Monday, a roadside bomb exploded in the middle of a crowd of Shiite Muslims in Baghdad, killing three people and wounding 15, an Interior Ministry official said. The strike, in southeastern Baghdad's Zafaraniya district, is the latest attack against pilgrims trekking to Karbala for al-Arbaeen, one of the holiest days of the Shiite religious calendar. It falls on Wednesday. On Sunday, a suicide bomber in Iskandariya killed at least 45 people and wounded 68 others, and armed militants attacked pilgrims in southern Baghdad, killing three and wounding more than 30 others. Pilgrims traditionally make their way to Karbala on foot as a demonstration of piety, and those who head to the city from Baghdad go through Babil province, where Iskandariya is located. Joint forces have stepped up patrols during the pilgrimage to protect the thousands headed to Karbala. Last year, more than 180 pilgrims were killed in a series of attacks, most during twin suicide bombings in Hilla, Babil province's capital. Sunday's attack in Iskandariya, conducted by a bomber wearing an explosive vest, prompted authorities there to replace the police chief, Hilla police said. More National Police officers have been deployed to Babil to ensure the safety of pilgrims heading to Karbala, a police official said. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and American-led coalition forces condemned Sunday's "barbaric attacks in Baghdad and Iskandariya" against "innocent citizens participating in an important religious commemoration." Every year, thousands of pilgrims amass in Karbala for al-Arbaeen, which commemorates the end of a 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Hussein, one of the most revered Shiite martyrs, is buried in Karbala, about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad. Karbala's main holy site is the gold-domed Imam Hussein Shrine. Other developments CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

Question: What does the Iraqi major say is new about the attacks?

Question: How many people were killed in a roadside attack?

Question: how many people injured in roadside attack?

Question: What is the number of people who were killed?

Question: where the pilgrims are going?

Question: What is one of the holiest days on Shiite calendar?

Question: who had met  at least twice with deputy security chief ?

Answer: methods and techniques,"

Answer: three

Answer: 15,

Answer: three

Answer: Karbala

Answer: al-Arbaeen,

Answer: the disabled man

Summary:
Iraqi major says attacks show how insurgents are resorting to new methods .
Police: Bomber had met at least twice with deputy security chief before blast .
Three people are killed, 15 injured in roadside attack in southeastern Baghdad .
Pilgrims on way to Karbala for al-Arbaeen, one of holiest days on Shiite calendar .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of bombings rocked Iraq's capital within one hour Wednesday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 563 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. People gather outside the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Wednesday in a residential area in Baghdad. The six explosions marked the country's deadliest day since the United States pulled its combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns nearly two months ago and left security in the hands of the Iraqis. In one attack, a truck bomb exploded outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The blast blew through the front of the building, sending some vehicles flying and leaving others in mangled twists of metal in the area, which is just outside the restricted International Zone, also known as the Green Zone. Nearby, Iraqi security forces stood with shocked expressions as ambulances screamed past.  More photos of Baghdad's deadly day » Another truck bomb went off outside the Ministry of Finance building. In central Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded on Kifa Street, and another bomb exploded in the Salhiya neighborhood, where on Tuesday security forces had avoided injuries by successfully defusing a truck bomb. Wednesday's other two bombs exploded in eastern Baghdad's Beirut Square, officials said. "The terrorism attacks that took place today require, without a doubt, the re-evaluation of our plans and our security mechanisms to face the challenges of terrorism," Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a written statement. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Chris Hill and Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, issued a joint statement condemning the bombings. "The horrific injuries and loss of life witnessed in Baghdad today are terrorist attacks that serve no legitimate purpose," they said. The attacks "will not deter Iraqis from continuing their efforts to build a peaceful and prosperous society and engage the international community, nor will they weaken our resolve to help them in their efforts," they added. Two people believed to be connected to the bombings have been arrested, an official with the Iraqi army told CNN. The two suspects were driving in a car rigged with explosives before they were arrested by Iraqi Security Forces, the official said. The two suspects were believed to be al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders, the official said. The United States pulled its combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns on June 30, leaving security responsibilities to the Iraqis. The U.S. military remains in a training and advisory capacity in those areas and continues to conduct combat operations outside cities and towns. Since then, al-Maliki has ordered his government to remove the concrete blast walls that line Baghdad's streets and surround whole neighborhoods. The order does not cover the Green Zone -- which houses Iraqi government buildings and the U.S. Embassy -- or military installations, government institutions, hotels and some private companies. The government has also removed some checkpoints, including one on the road where the bombing near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs occurred. That checkpoint had contained bomb-detection equipment. Major incidents of violence in Iraq since 2008 include: CNN's Arwa Damon and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

Question: What positions did the arrested men hold?

Question: what did the pm say

Question: How many blasts were in Baghdad?

Question: when was the attack

Question: What prompted a re-evaluation of security plans in Iraq?

Question: how many men were involved

Question: What was the death toll?

Answer: al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders,

Answer: "The terrorism attacks that took place today require, without a doubt, the re-evaluation of our plans and our security mechanisms to face the challenges of terrorism,"

Answer: six

Answer: Wednesday,

Answer: terrorism attacks

Answer: Two

Answer: at least 95 people

Summary:
Iraqi prime minister says attacks require "re-evaluation" of security plans .
Death toll from six Baghdad blasts rises to 95; hundreds injured .
Attacks make Wednesday the deadliest day since Iraqis took charge of security .
Two men believed to be al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders arrested, official says .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people and injured 70 -- many of them women -- during a Shia pilgrimage in northwestern Baghdad Sunday, Iraqi officials told CNN. Pilgrims, pictured above, have gathered to celebrate the Shia holy period of Ashura. The dead included at least 16 Iranians who had come to mark the Shia holy period of Ashura, which commemorates a central event in the history of the movement. At least 32 Iranians were among the wounded. The other casualties were Iraqi, an Interior Ministry official said. The bomber was a woman wearing an abaya, a robe-like dress, said Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta, military spokesman for Fardh al-Qanoon, an interagency domestic security body. She seems to have been targeting women, Atta and an interior ministry source said. The Interior Ministry official declined to be identified. The attack appears to be the single deadliest suicide bombing in Iraq since a bomber killed 47 people in Kirkuk in December 11. It took place in Baghdad's Kadhimiya neighborhood, not far from the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim holy shrine. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims are expected in Baghdad and the southern Iraqi city of Karbala for Ashura, which falls on January 7 this year. Ashura commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was killed in battle in Karbala in 680, one of the events that helped create the schism between Sunnis and Shiites, the two main Muslim religious movements. CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq in Baghdad contributed to this report.

Question: What gender was the suicide bomber?

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Question: What do officials believe motivated the Baghdad suicide bomber?

Question: How many people were killed?

Question: Where did the suicide bomber strike?

Question: How many people did the suicide bomber kill in Baghdad?

Question: How many people got killed in Baghdad ?

Answer: a woman

Answer: a woman wearing an abaya, a robe-like dress,

Answer: woman

Answer: women,

Answer: 40

Answer: northwestern Baghdad

Answer: at least 40

Answer: at least 40

Summary:
Suicide bomber kills at least 40 people and injures 70 in Baghdad .
Dead included many Iranians who were marking Shia holy period of Ashura .
The bomber was a woman wearing an abaya, a robe-like dress, official says .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Al Qaeda in Iraq is trying to foment sectarian tensions by attacking and killing Iraqi civilians, a government spokesman said Monday. Iraqi women gather near the site of an attack in the village of al-Khazna, near Mosul, on Monday. Explosions across the country have killed 50 and wounded 231 others, most of them civilians in Shiite areas, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf. "Most of the terrorist attacks carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq were against civilians and not Iraqi security forces," Khalaf said. "This is an indication that al Qaeda in Iraq cannot face the Iraqi security forces." Monday's deadliest attack happened near the northern city of Mosul when two truck bombs destroyed 32 homes, killing 30 people and burying others in the rubble, officials said. The bombs targeted al-Khazna village, which is inhabited by a Shiite Shabak ethnic group. The village is an area disputed between Kurds and Arabs. Car bombings and a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed 18 others on Monday, most of them Shiites. "This is the card that al Qaeda in Iraq is now playing by targeting mostly Shiite areas and neighborhoods to agitate the sectarian violence," Khalaf said. "But this will not happen because Iraqi security forces and Iraqi people in general are aware of this losing game and they will not fall into this trap." On Monday afternoon, two children -- brothers aged 5 and 9 -- were killed when a roadside bomb detonated near them as they played in a yard in northern Tikrit, about 99 miles (160 km) north of Baghdad, a police official said. The attacks come after a series of bombings in Iraq on Friday, mostly aimed at Shiite targets, which killed 50 and wounded 154 others. Friday's deadliest attack happened when a suicide car bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque where a funeral was taking place, killing 38. Last week's attacks occurred at the end of a Shiite Muslim celebration marking the birthday of Imam Mohammed al-Mehdi, the last of 12 historic imams revered by Shiites. Pilgrims participating in such celebrations have been the target of similar attacks by Sunnis. The bombings sparked fears of sectarian violence and called into question the ability of Iraqi forces. The United States pulled back its combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns on June 30, leaving security responsibilities to the Iraqis and remaining only in a training and advisory capacity. The U.S. military continues to conduct combat operations in areas outside cities and towns. Khalaf said the recent attacks are part of "an escalation of violence" over the past two months ahead of national elections in January. "The enemy of Iraq wants to bring down political progress in the country," he said.

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Question: Who did the bombings target?

Question: How many where wounded following the bombings

Question: Were houses destroyed?

Question: What is feared as a result of the attacks

Question: How many people were wounded?

Answer: al Qaeda in Iraq

Answer: al-Khazna village, which is inhabited by a Shiite Shabak ethnic group.

Answer: 231

Answer: 32 homes,

Answer: sectarian violence

Answer: 231

Summary:
Dozens dead, 231 wounded, houses destroyed from bombings .
Series of bombings appears to target mostly day laborers .
Most of attacks scattered across Baghdad; two truck bombs reported in Mosul .
Attacks fuel fears sectarian violence could re-ignite in Iraq .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- All vehicles were banned from the largely Shiite city of Amara Wednesday after three car bombs ripped through a market district, killing at least 27 people and wounded 151, officials said. Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb in the city of Amara on Wednesday. The blasts detonated in close succession in a commercial area in the central section of Amara, the provincial capital of Maysan province and a city that has been the scene of fighting between rival Shiite factions. Baghdad was also hit by violence on Wednesday. A car bomb there killed five Iraqi civilians and wounded 15 others, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. The incident occurred in a Christian section of the largely Shiite New Baghdad district. Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, head of the Interior Ministry's National Command Center, confirmed the casualty figures in the Amara bombing. He and a committee were headed to Amara to investigate the incident. He said the ministry fired the city's police chief in the aftermath of the attack. Maysan Gov. Adil Muhawdar Radhi announced the vehicle ban, which he said will be in place through Thursday. He said additional security measures have been put in place in the city. The first bomb, in a car parked in a commercial area, detonated about 9:30 a.m. As onlookers gathered, the second one exploded in a nearby garage a few minutes later. It was followed by a third bomb in the garage a few minutes after that. Ambulances and police raced to the scene. News footage showed burning vehicles and black smoke, and the clothing of victims scattered beside pools of blood. Iraqi state television showed hospitals packed with people. Al-Forat, an Iraqi TV station affiliated with the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq political movement, reported that most of the casualties were women and children. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in a statement, denounced the attack. "The targeting of unarmed civilians today in the markets of Amara town by car bombs -- that is another ring in the chain of conspiracy against the Iraqi people that is aiming to destabilize the security and stability in this province," which he said endured cruelty under the Saddam Hussein regime. Maysan, which borders Iran, has been under Iraqi security control much of this year after control was transferred from the British military. It was not immediately known who was responsible for the blasts, but the violence is a reminder of the intense fighting between the Mehdi Army -- the militia of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- and the Badr Brigade, the militia of the SICI, which condemned the bombings and blamed "Saddamists and Takfiris." The two movements are bitter rivals and have been in the middle of local power struggles in Iraq's southern provinces and other Shiite areas.  Watch how Shiite groups have been vying for power » Britain, which has been in command of the south since the Iraqi war began, has been working to withdraw its troops from the region, which, despite this latest violence, has always been more stable than Baghdad and other outlying regions. Britain's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that the British military will transfer security control of the southern province of Basra to Iraqi forces on Sunday. Ali al-Dabbagh, Iraq's government spokesman, confirmed the date and said the Maysan attacks will not affect the handover. E-mail to a friend CNN's Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report.

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Question: Where are all vehicles banned through Thursday?

Question: what is the bann in the city of Amara?

Question: What is continuing to rise?

Question: who are the casualities?

Answer: Shiite city of Amara

Answer: 151,

Answer: women and children.

Answer: killing at least 27

Answer: the largely Shiite city of Amara

Answer: All vehicles were banned

Answer: fighting between rival Shiite factions.

Answer: killing at least 27 people and wounded 151,

Summary:
NEW: All vehicles banned in city of Amara through Thursday, provincial governor says .
Death toll continues to rise as Interior Ministry reports 151 wounded .
State television reports that many of the casualties are women, children .
Amara has been scene of fighting between rival Shiite factions vying for power .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An American soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to two years in military prison on child pornography charges, the U.S. military said Tuesday. At a general court-martial Monday at Baghdad's Camp Victory, Army Pvt. James R. Bickerstaff pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography and communicating indecent language to a child under 16. Bickerstaff also received a bad-conduct discharge. The soldier was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, in August 2006 when he "engaged in a discussion with a 12-year-old girl in an attempt to initiate physical contact of a sexual nature," the military said. In April and May, he downloaded pornographic videos to a personal laptop and an iPod and attempted to download child pornography, the military said. Bickerstaff is with Charlie Company, 1-16th Infantry Battalion, 787th Combat Service Support Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group, at Al Asad Air Base. E-mail to a friend

Question: How long did the soldier get in military prison?

Question: Where was the soldier stationed?

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Question: What is the girls age?

Question: What was the girl's age?

Question: What age is the girl in this story?

Question: What are the consequences for the soldier?

Question: Where were the soldiers stationed?

Answer: two years

Answer: Fort Riley, Kansas,

Answer: child pornography charges,

Answer: two

Answer: 12-year-old

Answer: 12-year-old

Answer: 12-year-old

Answer: two years in military prison

Answer: Fort Riley, Kansas,

Summary:
Soldier stationed in Iraq convicted in court-martial .
Private solicited sexual contact with girl, 12, military says .
Soldier gets two years in military prison, bad-conduct discharge .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An audio message attributed to Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking former member of Saddam Hussein's regime still at large, salutes the "People of Palestine" and calls on them to fight back against Israel in Gaza.

A 1999 file image of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who served under Saddam Hussien's regime and who is still at large.

"We say to the people of Gaza, give more resistance and we will be with you in the field, and know that our victory in kicking out the invaders is your victory as well, because the main assailant on the nation and on Palestine is the American imperialism," the recording said.

"A salute to the martyrs of the massacre, and our condolences to their families."

Al-Douri's recording follows reports of a similarly defiant message from al Qaeda's deputy chief a day earlier. Ayman al-Zawahiri reportedly vowed revenge for Israel's air and ground assault on Gaza and called Israel's actions against Hamas militants "a gift" from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

Israel is in the 12th day of a military operation against Hamas militants, who have been firing rockets from Gaza into southern Israel.

Al-Douri's 30-minute recorded message was broadcast Wednesday on al-Raei Iraqi satellite television over an old picture of al-Douri, wearing his Iraqi military uniform.

CNN has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the voice on the tape.

This is not al-Douri's first purported audio message. There have been at least four others over the past three years in addition to a statement attributed to him.

Al-Douri, 66, served as vice-chairman of Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council. He remains at large nearly six years after the war in Iraq began.

He has previously been reported killed and captured, although those reports later turned out to be erroneous.

He was the King of Clubs (No. 6) on the U.S. military's card deck of most wanted regime officials.

The U.S. military says he has helped finance the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq with Iraqi funds he transferred to Syria before Hussein's government collapsed in April 2002. But it says his influence has waned while he has been in hiding.

U.S. officials say al-Douri played key roles in the chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 and in putting down Kurdish and Shiite revolts after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

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Question: What does the U.S. claim Al-Douri has done?

Answer: highest ranking former

Answer: Al-Douri,

Answer: 30-minute

Answer: Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council.

Answer: he has helped finance the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq with Iraqi funds he transferred to Syria before Hussein's government collapsed in April 2002.

Answer: 30-minute recorded

Answer: verify the authenticity of the voice on the tape.

Answer: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri,

Answer: helped finance the insurgency against

Summary:
Al-Douri was vice-chairman of Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council .
30-minute recorded message broadcast on al-Raei Iraqi satellite television .
CNN has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the voice .
U.S. says he has helped finance the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An audio message attributed to Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking former member of Saddam Hussein's regime still at large, salutes the "People of Palestine" and calls on them to fight back against Israel in Gaza. A 1999 file image of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who served under Saddam Hussien's regime and who is still at large. "We say to the people of Gaza, give more resistance and we will be with you in the field, and know that our victory in kicking out the invaders is your victory as well, because the main assailant on the nation and on Palestine is the American imperialism," the recording said. "A salute to the martyrs of the massacre, and our condolences to their families." Al-Douri's recording follows reports of a similarly defiant message from al Qaeda's deputy chief a day earlier. Ayman al-Zawahiri reportedly vowed revenge for Israel's air and ground assault on Gaza and called Israel's actions against Hamas militants "a gift" from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. Israel is in the 12th day of a military operation against Hamas militants, who have been firing rockets from Gaza into southern Israel. Al-Douri's 30-minute recorded message was broadcast Wednesday on al-Raei Iraqi satellite television over an old picture of al-Douri, wearing his Iraqi military uniform. CNN has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the voice on the tape. This is not al-Douri's first purported audio message. There have been at least four others over the past three years in addition to a statement attributed to him. Al-Douri, 66, served as vice-chairman of Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council. He remains at large nearly six years after the war in Iraq began. He has previously been reported killed and captured, although those reports later turned out to be erroneous. He was the King of Clubs (No. 6) on the U.S. military's card deck of most wanted regime officials. The U.S. military says he has helped finance the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq with Iraqi funds he transferred to Syria before Hussein's government collapsed in April 2002. But it says his influence has waned while he has been in hiding. U.S. officials say al-Douri played key roles in the chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 and in putting down Kurdish and Shiite revolts after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

Question: Where was recorded message broadcast?

Question: What was Al-Douri vice-chairman of?

Question: How many minutes was the recorded message broadcast on al-Raei Iraqi satellite television?

Question: What does US say he helped finance?

Question: how long was the recorded message?

Question: who was vice-chairman?

Answer: on al-Raei Iraqi satellite television

Answer: Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council.

Answer: 30-minute

Answer: the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq

Answer: 30-minute

Answer: Al-Douri,


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 12 people have died in clashes between Iraqi police and members of an exiled Iranian opposition group at an Iraqi refugee camp, a group spokesman told CNN Friday. Iraqi police block entrances to Camp Ashraf in Diyala province on July 29. A police raid at Camp Ashraf in Diyala province Tuesday led to fighting with members of the group -- the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran. Along with the deaths, there have been reports of several hundred injuries. The PMOI was allied with Saddam Hussein in Iraq during the 1980s with a goal of toppling the Iranian regime. But since Hussein's overthrow in 2003, Iraq has established good relations with the Iranian government. Iran wants to see the camp shut down, and the Iraqi government has said it would close the facility after it got control of the camp from the United States this year. Residents in the camp are concerned about being forcibly turned over to Iran. People there said they would be willing to go back to Iran but only if there are assurances its members won't be mistreated. The PMOI official also said 35 people are missing, and there are fears that they were to be forcibly taken back to Iran. The fighting is over now, and Iraqi police have control of the entrances to the camp and its intersections and streets. It also has control of the camp's power station and water purification plant, the PMOI official said. Amnesty International, the human rights monitoring group, wants the Iraqi government "to investigate the apparent excessive use of force by its security forces." The group said "armed security forces used bulldozers to force their way into the camp" and they "used tear gas, water cannons and batons against unarmed residents who tried to stop them from entering the camp." The United States and Iran say the group is a terrorist organization. Amnesty International said in most cases the "terrorist" designation pinned on the PMOI by most entities -- such as the European Union and other governments -- has been shelved because the group "no longer advocates or engages in armed opposition to the government of Iran." Meanwhile, at least 29 civilians died in Baghdad on Friday when roadside bombs exploded near four Shiite mosques, an Interior Ministry official said. Police believe the attacks were coordinated. The explosions, after Friday prayers had ended, appeared to target worshipers leaving the mosques. The deadliest bombing occurred in the Shaab neighborhood of northern Baghdad, where 21 people were killed and 35 were wounded. Two others exploded in southeastern Baghdad. Two people were killed and seven others were wounded in Jisr Diyala and one person was killed and seven others were wounded in Zafaraniya. Four people were wounded in the eastern neighborhood of Kamaliya neighborhood, and three people were wounded in the southwestern neighborhood of I'lam neighborhood. CNN's Yousif Bassil contributed to this report.

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Question: How many people are dead from teh bomb blast near mosques in Bagdad?

Question: Where did police raid?

Question: Where did bombs explode?

Question: How many mosques were involved in the bombings?

Question: which country want to see the camp shut down

Answer: near four Shiite mosques,

Answer: PMOI

Answer: 12 people

Answer: PMOI

Answer: 29 civilians

Answer: Camp Ashraf in Diyala province

Answer: Baghdad

Answer: four Shiite

Answer: Iran

Summary:
Police raid at camp led to clashes with Iranian opposition group .
People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran allied with Saddam Hussein in 1980s .
Iran wants to see the camp shut down .
27 dead after bombs exploded near four Shiite mosques in Baghdad .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 14 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in explosions across Iraq on Saturday, officials said. A woman adjusts a memorial of plastic flowers this week at the bombed Foreign Affairs Ministry building. Nine police officers were killed and 19 wounded in a suicide bombing north of Baghdad on Saturday morning, local officials said. The incident occurred in the Salaheddin province town of al-Shirqat. Local police said the suspected bomber had been driving a minivan near the outer checkpoint of a police base. The bomber detonated when police opened fire, police said. Twenty shops and dozens of cars were damaged. Later in the evening, a motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated outside a busy coffee shop in a southeastern Baghdad district called New Baghdad, killing two and wounding 13 others, according to the Ministry of Interior. The attack occurred about 9 p.m. (2 p.m. ET) as people had gathered to break their fast for Islam's holy month of Ramadan. In other violence Saturday, at least three people were killed and 40 wounded when a roadside bomb detonated in a marketplace in northern Iraq, an Interior Ministry official said. The bomb detonated in the town of Sinjar, a predominantly Yazidi town west of Mosul near the Syrian border. Yazidis are a minority group mainly concentrated in Iraq's north and have been often targeted by insurgents. The deadliest attack since the start of the war was in August 2007, when coordinated truck bombs hit Yazidi villages, killing more than 500 and wounding hundreds. Despite the improved security situation across the country, there has been a spike in attacks in recent weeks. Last week, two massive suicide truck bombs hit the foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad, killing at least 100 people and wounding hundreds more. The attacks come at a time when Iraqi security forces have come under a lot of criticism after they took control of security in cities and towns after the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces two months ago. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

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Question: How many police officers were killed?

Question: Where was the suicide attack?

Answer: north of Baghdad

Answer: roadside bomb

Answer: Nine

Answer: minivan

Answer: Nine

Answer: Nine

Answer: north of Baghdad

Summary:
Nine police officers killed, 19 hurt in suicide attack in Iraq .
Interior Ministry official says bomber drove minivan into police station .
Motorcycle blows up outside coffee shop, killing two .
Roadside bomb kills three in marketplace near Syrian border .


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 33 people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide car bombing targeting a national reconciliation conference in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. Abu Ghraib attack victim in Yarmouk Hospital in Baghdad, Amjad Hameed The attack -- which occurred outside the municipal building of Abu Ghraib in western Baghdad -- also wounded 46 others, the official said. The attacker was targeting the latest effort by the government to foster national reconciliation between religious and ethnic groups. Sunni Arab and Shiite tribal leaders were attending the meeting, backed by the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government. Another Interior Ministry official told CNN the attack occurred when people gathered outside as the conference in the building ended. Al-Baghdadiya TV said two of its journalists were killed in the explosion. An Iraqi journalists' group confirmed those deaths and said a number of journalists were also wounded. Along with meeting attendees and journalists, Iraqi soldiers were among the casualties. No one has claimed responsibility for the strike, but in the past, such gatherings have been targeted by al Qaeda in Iraq, the anti-American Sunni Arab militant group. Staffan de Mistura, special representative of the U.N. secretary-general for Iraq, deplored the attack and passed along condolences to grieving families. He said the bombing targeted the tribal leaders after their meeting, and called the strike a "horrible crime that is designed to sabotage reconciliatory efforts by the Iraqi people, who, I am confident, will continue on the road of dialogue." The blast follows another huge attack on Sunday, when a man wearing an explosives-laden vest drove a motorcycle rigged with bombs into a group of police recruits in eastern Baghdad. That attack killed 30 people and wounded 61 others. Most of the victims of Sunday's strike were police officers and recruits who had gathered outside a police academy on Palestine Street. The same academy was targeted on December 1 in a double bombing that killed 16 and wounded 46. The violence came after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday rallied sheikhs of the nation's tribes to participate in Iraq's government. It was the latest official effort to further reconciliation among Sunnis, Shiites and tribes of different sects and bring some former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party into the political fold. After the invasion, the U.S.-led coalition decided to purge Iraqi institutions of Baathists, most of whom were Sunni Arabs. Al-Maliki, who is Shiite, has been criticized in the past by minority groups for not fairly representing Iraqi's ethnic groups. CNN's Yousif Bassil and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

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Question: How many were killed in the suicide bombing?

Question: When did the attack occur?

Question: In what manner did they die?

Question: How many were killed in Baghdad suicide bombing?

Answer: No one has claimed responsibility

Answer: least 33

Answer: At least 33

Answer: Sunni Arab and Shiite

Answer: Sunday,

Answer: the nation's tribes to participate in Iraq's government.

Answer: The blast follows another huge attack on Sunday,

Answer: participate in Iraq's government.

Answer: Sunni Arab and Shiite tribal leaders

Answer: 33

Answer: At least 33 people

Answer: Sunday's

Answer: suicide car bombing

Answer: At least 33 people

Summary:
33 killed in suicide bombing at reconciliation conference in Baghdad .
Tuesday's attack came as tribal leaders were attending conference .
Bombing came 3 days after Iraqi PM urged nation's sheikhs to join government .