Baghdad car bomb, other attacks kill more than 20 An insurgent blew up his car in a Baghdad square Sunday, killing four people in the first significant suicide bombing in the capital in weeks. More than 20 Iraqis died in a swell of violence, including a bomb that killed a police colonel and four children. (2005-10-24) Some believe Iraq's insurgency will spread With the grim milestone of the 2,000th U.S. military death looming in Iraq, many wonder about the direction of the insurgency that killed most of them. (2005-10-24) Saddam trial defense lawyer found dead A defense lawyer in Saddam Hussein's mass murder trial has been found dead, his body dumped near a Baghdad mosque with two gunshots to the head, police and a top lawyers union official said Friday. (2005-10-21) Saddam Hussein pleads not guilty A defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent to charges of murder and torture as his long-awaited trial began Wednesday with the one-time dictator arguing about the legitimacy of the court and scuffling with guards. (2005-10-19)
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Betsy Hiel |
Opposition, police clash at Egypt's polls Sporadic violence between political parties disrupted voting here in Saturday's runoff round of Egypt's parliamentary elections. (2005-11-27)
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Betsy Hiel, the Trib’s Middle East correspondent,
has covered the Middle East for the
Trib since May 2000. She is one of
the few Western journalists to report from inside Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee
camps and speaks Arabic proficiently. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,
2001, she has written extensively on Islamist militant activities in the United
States and abroad.
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