Iraq War
AP: Despite Signs, Suicidal Soldier From N.C. Not Taken Out Of Iraq
Jason Scheuerman's story -- pieced together with interviews and information in the documents -- demonstrates how he was failed by the very support system that was supposed to protect him. In his case, a psychologist told...
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AP: Military says friendly fire killed 2 soldiers in Iraq
A military investigation has concluded that two U.S. soldiers who died in Iraq in February were killed by friendly fire...The investigation found that the two men were killed by tank fire from a second U.S. Army outpost after insurgents engaged...
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AP: Baghdad car bomb kills 4 people, wounds 7
In Baghdad, a parked car bomb targeting a police patrol killed four people and wounding seven, police said.
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WaPo: All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord
Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of "occupying forces" as the key to national reconciliation...
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Reuters: Gunmen kill dean of a private college in Baghdad
Gunmen also killed the dean of a private college in Baghdad near his home, they said.
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AP: Kurds - We will defend civilians
Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said Wednesday that their forces would defend civilians if they were caught up in any fighting between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels from the outlawed PKK in the area.
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AP: 5th trial in Iraqi rape case drags on
...the case against Steven D. Green has dragged slowly forward in the 18 months since the allegations surfaced. It's a pace, military legal experts note, that bears stark contrast to swift prosecutions of nearly every other crime...
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Reuters: U.S. frees Iranian prisoner held in Iraq
The United States has released one of about 10 Iranian prisoners it is holding in Iraq, U.S. forces and the Iranian embassy said on Wednesday.
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AFP: Iraq says Turkey raid an 'attack on sovereignty'
Iraq said on Wednesday it believed Turkey was unlikely to extend a military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq but criticised Ankara for what it branded an attack on its sovereignty.
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MCT: Angry Kurdish president won't meet with Rice
The president of Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government refused to meet Tuesday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , charging that the United States had given Turkey the "green light" to attack separatist Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq
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AP: Study analyzes news coverage of Iraq
Nearly half the stories Americans read and saw about Iraq through most of the year were about the daily violence there, but journalists appeared sensitive to how much that dominated coverage, a new report said.
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AP: Polish Cabinet wants Iraq pullout Oct 31
Poland's new government formally asked the president Tuesday to approve the country's withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 31, 2008. The future of Poland's mission in Iraq, where it has 900 troops, has been a source of friction between...
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Reuters: New York Times in Iraq - "Blackwater shot our dog"
The U.S. embassy in Iraq is investigating another deadly shooting incident involving its Blackwater bodyguards -- this time of the New York Times's dog.
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AFP: 250 former Iraq detainees claim torture in new US lawsuit
More than 250 people once held in Iraqi prisons, including the notorious Abu Ghraib, have filed suit against a US military contractor for their alleged torture, attorneys said Tuesday.
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