The latest developments in Iraq:
Bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people in Iraq on Tuesday in a surge of bloodshed as U.S. forces prepare to take back Baghdad's streets from gunmen. The dead included 20 Iraqi troops, a U.S. soldier and a British soldier.
Officials confirmed that about 45 Shiite Muslims were kidnapped over the past two weeks on the main highway to Syria and Jordan. The highway passes through Sunni insurgent strongholds west of Baghdad.
Late Tuesday, an Internet statement by the al-Qaida-affiliated Mujahedeen Shura Council claimed "the resistance" captured 37 Najaf policemen Monday near Ramadi as they returned from a training course in Jordan.
The U.S. Army opened a hearing Tuesday to determine whether four American soldiers must stand trial for reportedly murdering three Iraqis during a raid where they claimed they were under orders to "kill all military-age males." Staff Sgt. Raymond L. Girouard, Spc. William B. Hunsaker, Pfc. Corey R. Clagett and Spc. Juston R. Graber are accused of murder and other offenses in the May 9 shooting deaths near Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad.
Source: Associated Press
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The latest developments in Iraq:
Bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people in Iraq on Tuesday in a surge of bloodshed as U.S. forces prepare to take back Baghdad's streets from gunmen. The dead included 20 Iraqi troops, a U.S. soldier and a British soldier.
Officials confirmed that about 45 Shiite Muslims were kidnapped over the past two weeks on the main highway to Syria and Jordan. The highway passes through Sunni insurgent strongholds west of Baghdad.
Late Tuesday, an Internet statement by the al-Qaida-affiliated Mujahedeen Shura Council claimed "the resistance" captured 37 Najaf policemen Monday near Ramadi as they returned from a training course in Jordan.
The U.S. Army opened a hearing Tuesday to determine whether four American soldiers must stand trial for reportedly murdering three Iraqis during a raid where they claimed they were under orders to "kill all military-age males." Staff Sgt. Raymond L. Girouard, Spc. William B. Hunsaker, Pfc. Corey R. Clagett and Spc. Juston R. Graber are accused of murder and other offenses in the May 9 shooting deaths near Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad.
Source: Associated Press
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The latest developments in Iraq:
Bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people in Iraq on Tuesday in a surge of...
