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Iraq stories: 1275 news summaries

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 Abu Ghraib Photos 
 Reveal Rape: US Officer 

Guards raped male and female detainees, used wire for sex torture, according to probe

May 28, 09 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Unreleased photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib depict apparent rape and sexual abuse, according to a retired American officer who conducted an inquiry at the infamous Iraqi prison. Two photos depict the rape of a male and a female prisoner, while others show sexual assaults using a truncheon, wire,... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • torture • Abu Ghraib • Iraqi prisons • rape • Antonio Taguba • sexual abuse • sexual assault • torture photos

Little Left for Fiancée of
Fallen Soldier

Unmarried loved ones have no standing, get nothing from Army

May 25, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - To the US Army bureaucracy, love means little without a marriage certificate—so the fiancée of a man killed in Iraq was left with nothing other than what his family was willing to part with. Now, the Washington Post reports, Kyle Harper, 27, is trying to forge a path... More »

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Iraq • military • marriage • US military • bureaucracy • US Army • soldier • engagement • engagement ring • Iraq war • fiancee • Michael Hullender • Kyle Harper

Reuters Journo Held by US in Iraq 8 Months

No charges against photographer; military cites insurgent ties

May 24, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid the outrage over journalist Roxana Saberi’s detention in Iran, the US is holding a Reuters photographer in Iraq without charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ibrahim Jassam, 31, has been held since September “as the result of his activity with a known insurgent organization,” said a... More »

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Iraq • US military • detainee • photographers • journalist • photojournalist • Committee to Protect Journalists • Roxana Saberi • Ibrahim Jassam




 US Lets Allies 
 Detain, Grill 
 Terror Suspects 

Program could lead to prisoner abuse, bad intel, critics say

May 23, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is stepping up its reliance on foreign allies to capture, interrogate, and detain mid-level terror suspects seized outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. In the last 10 months, Middle Eastern governments have handled the cases of about six al-Qaeda operatives. “It’s... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • CIA • Pakistan • Guantanamo Bay • foreign intelligence • interrogations • terror suspects • Obama administration

Ex-GI Spared Death Penalty for Iraq Murders

Green to be jailed for life for raping girl, killing her family

May 22, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former US soldier convicted of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her and her family has been spared the death penalty after a civilian jury failed to come to an agreement on his punishment, reports USA Today. Steven Green, 24, will be formally sentenced to life in prison... More »

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Iraq • death penalty • Baghdad • murder • US military • rape • sentencing • Steven Green

(AP) - A car bomb exploded today near several restaurants in a Shiite neighborhood of northwest Baghdad, killing 41 people and injuring more than 70. No group claimed responsibility, but the style and location of the attack suggested it was carried out by Sunni extremists, such as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, in an... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • car bomb • bomb explosion

 iPods Give War a Soundtrack 

Our playlists are for running; soldiers' are for shooting—or relaxing

May 19, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to iPods, the Iraq war has a soundtrack—and it’s different for each soldier, writes Jonathan Pieslak in his new book, Sound Targets. “People can put nanos in their flak jackets and they are ready to go,” Pieslak tells the New York Post, and CDs are... More »

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Iraq • music • military • iPod • war • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Filthy, bug-infested Iraqi hospitals still lack basic equipment and supplies that could save thousands of lives, McClatchy reports. With sectarian violence down, doctors and aid groups are blaming government corruption for the nation's health woes. "The government has money," said a fourth-year resident at a Baghdad hospital.... More »

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Iraq • health care • Nouri al-Maliki • hospitals • corruption

OPINION

Cheney Didn't Even Torture for Right Reasons

VP wanted to link Iraq and al-Qaeda, not stop next attack: Powell aide

May 15, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The interrogation methods Dick Cheney so highly touts were put in place in 2002 not to prevent another terror attack, a former aide to Colin Powell writes in the Washington Note, but to dig up an Iraq-al-Qaeda connection to justify going to war. And it was Cheney himself, “frightened”... More »

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Iraq • national security • Dick Cheney • torture • Abu Ghraib • Colin Powell • waterboarding • al-Qaeda • President Obama • Lawrence Wilkerson

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 Obama Reverses, 
 Will Block Release  
 of Abuse Photos 

In reversal, president says images would endanger US troops

May 13, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has reversed position and will oppose the release of abuse photos of detainees in US custody, the Washington Post reports. "The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • torture • American Civil Liberties Union • abuse • detainee • photograph • harsh interrogation • decision • Obama administration • President Obama • Jay-ZTV

 Stress 'Broke' 
 Soldier Shooter: Dad 

Father of sergeant in Iraq 'fratricide' case speaks out

May 13, 09 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The stunned father of the soldier accused of killing five fellow service members in Iraq tells a local TV station his son snapped under stress. John Russell—a technician who used robots to detonate roadside bombs—thought the military was trying to force him out, and told his wife that... More »

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Iraq • Texas • Baghdad • John Russell • shooting • Jay-ZTV • Wilburn Russell

Soldier Charged With 5 Murder Counts in Iraq Clinic Shooting

Sgt. John Russell was asked to seek help

May 12, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army today identified Sgt. John Russell as the man being held in the shooting deaths of five soldier at a stress clinic on a US base in Baghdad yesterday, CNN reports, as details of the assault emerged. Commanders had asked Russell, a 44-year-old Texan on his third tour... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • US Army • shooting • Sgt. John Russell

Iraq, Economy Stalling,
May Be Broke by Next Year

Drop in oil price has gutted nation's income

May 11, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some people thought Iraq wouldn't be affected by the worldwide economic downturn, says an Iraqi economist. "Those people were stupid." At the very least, they were wrong: Sales of consumer goods are in the basement, along with real estate, and the unemployment rate hovers around 25%. Surpluses from... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq economy • unemployment • Iraq security • economy • economic downturn • Jay-ZTV

 Militants Again Flow 
 From Syria to Iraq 

Border security troubled by funding cuts

May 11, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - For years, the threat of fighters entering Iraq through Syria seemed to have faded—but recent attacks show the al-Qaeda in Iraq pipeline is pumping again, the Washington Post reports. Soon after Iraqi elections, the number of militants entering via Syria had dropped to just a few, said an official.... More »

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Iraq • Syria • border control • sanctions • militant • border • Iraq war • al-Qaeda in Iraq • President Obama

(Newser) - A US soldier has been charged today with killing five in a shooting at the stress clinic at an American base in Baghdad today, the AP now reports; earlier bulletins said the shooter died of self-inflicted wounds. A US officer said the clinic is for soldiers seeking relief from combat... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • shooting • terrorist attack

 Killer Rapist: 
 'Joining Army 
 Was Big Mistake' 

Steven Green could face execution for killing raped Iraqi teen and her family

May 11, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former US soldier convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and shooting dead her parents and baby sister told investigators that joining the army was the "worst decision I ever made," reports CNN. "I suppose you think I'm a monster," Steven Green told... More »

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Iraq • death penalty • Baghdad • crime • murder • rape • Steven Green

(Newser) - US troops in Mosul shot dead a 12-year-old boy who they said hurled a grenade at them, and American authorities complained that Iraqis are paying children to attack, Reuters reports. Iraqi police, however, denied the boy was involved. He was holding about $9 in his hand when he was killed.... More »

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Iraq • children • US troops • Iraqi soldiers • Mosul • grenade

Ex-US Soldier Guilty of Rape, Murder in Iraq

Private killed girl, 14, along with her family; faces death penalty

May 7, 09 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A jury in Kentucky convicted a former US soldier of raping a 14-year-old lraqi girl and killing her and her family, Reuters reports. Former Private 1st Class Steven Green faces the death penalty when the sentencing phase of his trial begins Monday. Green, 24, was the leader of a group... More »

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Iraq • murder • rape • soldier • Iraq war • Steven Green

 Blackwater's Iraq 
 Contract Ends 

Virginia firm takes over security duties

May 7, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blackwater’s turbulent term in Iraq ends today with the expiration of its contract, CNN reports. The US opted not to renew the firm’s security services deal in January after Iraqi officials denied it a renewed operating license in the wake of a 2007 shooting in a public square.... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Blackwater • contract • Triple Canopy • security contractors • Nisoor Square • Iraq war • Xe

(AP) - Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the bodies of slain friends fell on top of them during the onslaught. Some media outlets reported that a "blood feud" among families had led to... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • terrorism • bombing • wedding • terrorist attack

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