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US Officers: We Executed Handcuffed Iraqi Captives

Prisoners were killed to avenge platoon's losses, investigators told

New York Times New York Times Aug 27, 08 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three US officers shot four blindfolded and handcuffed Iraqi detainees early last year and dumped their bodies in a canal, according to statements made to military investigators and obtained by the New York Times . The men are likely to face murder charges. Four others from the same platoon have been charged with murder conspiracy for agreeing to the killings, according to authorities. More »

More about:  Iraq • US Army • Mahdi Army • execution • detainees • Shiite insurgents

 Iraq Insurgents Gain
 Deadly New Weapon 

Rocket-bomb attacks can kill dozens at a time

Washington Post Washington Post Jul 10, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shiite insurgents in Iraq have been attacking US forces with a new weapon the military fears could kill dozens of troops at a time, reports the Washington Post . Rocket-propelled bombs, made of propane tanks packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, have killed at least 21 people this year, including three US troops—and are being used with increasing frequency. More »

More about:  Iraq • Baghdad • insurgents • bomb • rocket attacks • IED • Shiite insurgents • rocket

 Green Zone
 Strike Kills 2
 in Sandstorm 

Violence comes after al-Sadr's plea to end fighting

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Apr 27, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hidden in a sandstorm, militants struck the US-protected Green Zone in Baghdad today and killed at least two Iraqis, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mortar or rocket attack, which also wounded 25, came just 2 days after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered members of his Mahdi Army to end recent fighting. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iran • Baghdad • Moqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Sadr City • Green Zone • Shiite insurgents

 US Finds New Iran-Made
 Weapons In Iraq 

Discovery suggests Tehran reneging on pledge to stop helping militants

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 25, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military has discovered several caches of newly made Iranian weapons inside Iraq, reports the Wall Street Journal . The collection of mortars, rockets, and explosives had time stamps indicating that they were manufactured within the last 60 days, leading Washington officials to conclude that Tehran is still funneling armaments to Shiite extremist groups within Iraq. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iran • US military • Shiite insurgents • arms exports • arms

Brits Join the Fight in Basra

US widens its airstrikes, and Sadr tells followers to keep their weapons

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the Iraqi army struggles to combat militias in Basra, British troops for the first time directly joined the fight, and American forces expanded their bombing beyond the militia stronghold. The Brits, who had previously provided only logistical and air support to the Iraqis, fired on an insurgent mortar team in Bosra, the Telegraph reports. Moqtada al-Sadr, meanwhile, told his soldiers not to surrender their weapons. More »

More about:  Iraq • George W. Bush • Iraq war • US military • Nouri al-Maliki • Moqtada al-Sadr • Basra • British troops • British • Shiite insurgents

Ahmadinejad
to Visit Iraq

First-ever trip by an Iranian prez upsets Sunnis, poses security risk to hosts

BBC BBC Mar 1, 08 7:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will fly to Baghdad Sunday to meet with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the first state visit ever by an Iranian president, the BBC reports. Sunni Iraqi leaders expressed outrage over the visit, which also comes a day after the US claimed further evidence of Iranian meddling in the country—a sniper "trained in Iran," US military said.  More »

Wary Iraqis Probe US Raid on Sadr City

Civilian casualties in firefight stir charges
of excessive force

New York Times New York Times Oct 22, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi officials are sorting through conflicting reports of an American raid in the Baghdad Shiite enclave of Sadr City yesterday that the US military said killed 49 "criminals" and Iraqis said left 17 people dead, including an elderly woman and several babies, and many wounded. The civilian casualties provoked another round of charges that the American military uses excessive force; PM Nuri al-Maliki met with Gen. David Petraeus to protest the killings, CNN reported. More »

More about:  Iraq • Baghdad • civilian casualties • Sadr City • Shiite insurgents

Gun Battle, Airstrikes in Baghdad Kill 14

US cites ambush by Shiite militia; Sadr says victims were civilians

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Sep 6, 07 9:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - US and Iraqi forces backed by airstrikes clashed with suspected members of Shiite militias today in a gun battle that killed 14 Iraqis and wounded nine, reports the LA Times. US officials said soldiers were ambushed by more than a dozen rooftop gunmen, but a spokesman for anti-US cleric Muqtada Sadr called the airstrikes a ploy “to terrify innocent people.” More »

More about:  al-Qaeda • US military • Moqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • airstrike • Iraq violence • Shiite insurgents

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