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Iraq study: Executions are leading cause of death (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:14 PM PDT AP - Execution-style killings, not headline-grabbing bombings, have been the leading cause of death among civilians in the Iraq war, a study released Wednesday shows. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, point to the brutal sectarian nature of the conflict, where death squads once roamed the streets hunting down members of the rival Muslim sect.

Ten Iraqi police killed in Kirkuk car bomb (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:38 PM PDT AFP - Ten Iraqi policemen were killed when a massive car bomb tore through a bus in the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday underscoring the fragility of recent security gains.

US Army soldier convicted over 2007 Iraq deaths (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:09 PM PDT AP - A U.S. Army soldier was convicted Wednesday of murder in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees.

Army officials say war concussions overdiagnosed (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT AP - Mild brain injuries — once considered an under-recognized problem in returning military troops — are being overdiagnosed because the government is using soft criteria instead of hard medical evidence, an Army doctor and two other officials contend.

US sergeant found guilty of murders in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:55 PM PDT AFP - A US sergeant was found guilty Wednesday of the murder of four detainees in Iraq in 2007, but acquitted in the death of a fifth, following a court martial in Germany.

Lawyer: Soldier killed comrades to defend himself (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:37 PM PDT AP - An Army sergeant charged with killing two U.S. soldiers at their patrol base in Iraq opened fire to protect himself, his defense attorney said at the end of a hearing to determine if the case goes to a court-martial.

US sergeant convicted of murdering Iraq detainees (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:04 PM PDT AFP - A US sergeant was found guilty Wednesday of the murder of four detainees in Iraq in 2007, but acquitted in the death of a fifth, following a court martial in Germany.

Most civilian deaths in Iraq from executions (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:14 PM PDT AFP - The most common cause of death for civilians in the first five years of the Iraq war was execution after being kidnapped, according to a report published Wednesday by an independent casualties monitor.

Police: Car bomb kills 11 in northern Iraq (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:50 AM PDT AP - A car bomb exploded Wednesday near a government security convoy in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, killing at least 11 guards and wounding about 20 other people, police said.

Blooming Iraq holds international flower festival (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT AFP - Iraq kicked off its first-ever international flower festival on Wednesday with the hope of showing the world that peace is blossoming after the winter of a long war.

Judge urges Dutch to match insurgent's US sentence (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:35 PM PDT AP - A federal judge on Wednesday encouraged the Netherlands to impose a 25-year sentence on an Iraq war insurgent who admitted to conspiring to kill American troops, while acknowledging the actual time he'll receive is beyond U.S. control.

Correction: Iraq-WMD Lawsuit (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 10:46 AM PDT AP - In an April 9 story about a lawsuit accusing three companies of providing chemical weapons materials to Saddam Hussein's government, The Associated Press, relying on information in the complaint, reported erroneously that Alcolac Inc. is based in Cumberland, Md. Alcolac, a division of the Paris-based Rhodia Group, has no operations in Cumberland, said Rhodia spokesman David Klucsik.

Car blast kills 10 people, wounds 23 in north Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 09:43 AM PDT Reuters - A car bomb that targeted police assigned to protect northern Iraq's oil industry killed 10 people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, the latest high-profile bombing in the country.

Iraq MPs request more time for Kirkuk vote report (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 07:25 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi lawmakers said on Wednesday they would request a two-month extension to complete a report on holding local elections in the ethnically divided oil hub of Kirkuk.

Iraq urges Christians to stay, vows protection (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 07:20 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi urged Iraq's Christian minority not to flee the country on Wednesday and called on the international community to help protect it from extremists.

Iraq to build major new oil refinery (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 07:15 AM PDT AFP - Iraq has signed a contract with British engineering and construction company Foster Wheeler to build the country's largest-ever oil refinery, an Iraqi official said on Wednesday.

Drought threatens `Garden of Eden' marshes in Iraq (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 06:59 AM PDT AP - A severe drought is threatening Iraq's southern marshes — the traditional site of the biblical Garden of Eden — just as the region was recovering from Saddam Hussein's draining of its lakes and swamps to punish a political rebellion.

Iraq holding 26,200 detainees: minister (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 06:57 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi authorities are currently holding about 26,200 people in detention, including 782 minors and 422 women, Human Rights Minister Wejdan Mikhail said on Wednesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,273 (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:04 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at least 4,273 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Gates: 'Last gasp' remark on al Qaida in Iraq was mistake (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that he'd made a mistake when he said that the rising tide of violence in Iraq is the "last gasp" of al Qaida there.

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