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US soldier confessed to rape, murder of Iraqi girl (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:32 PM PDT AFP - US Army Sergeant Anthony Yribe had just returned from investigating the gruesome murder of an Iraqi family when another US soldier met him with a staggering confession, a jury was told Wednesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,278 (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at least 4,278 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

More Baghdad bombings make April worst month in a year (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 01:58 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A series of explosions killed at least 43 people here Wednesday, making April the bloodiest month Baghdad has seen in more than a year.

Car bombs kill at least 41 in Baghdad Shiite area (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 01:13 PM PDT AP - Twin car bombs ravaged a popular shopping area in Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Wednesday, killing at least 41 people in another powerful strike by suspected Sunni insurgents seeking a return to sectarian chaos.

48 killed as bombs rip through Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 12:27 PM PDT AFP - A wave of near-simultaneous bombs ripped through crowded Baghdad markets and a packed minibus on Wednesday, killing 48 people including women and children, and making April the deadliest month of the year in Iraq.

More than 40 killed in twin car bombs in Baghdad (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - At least 41 people were killed and 68 wounded on Wednesday when two car bombs ripped through a busy market in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, mowing down families as they crowded around a popular ice cream parlor, police said.

Court refuses to reinstate charges against Marine (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 11:19 AM PDT AP - A military appeals court has refused to reinstate war-crime charges against a Marine in connection with the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians.

46 killed as bombs rip through Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 11:17 AM PDT AFP - A wave of near-simultaneous bombs ripped through crowded Baghdad markets and a packed minibus Wednesday, killing 46 people including women and children out shopping, officials said.

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1 (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 10:20 AM PDT AP - Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

Dozens killed in Baghdad car bombings: officials (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 09:01 AM PDT AFP - At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 wounded in three near-simultaneous car bombs in market places in Baghdad's Sadr city on Wednesday, interior and defence ministry officials said.

Three car bombs in Baghdad kill 41 (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 08:52 AM PDT AFP - At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 wounded in three near-simultaneous car bombs in market places in Baghdad's Sadr city on Wednesday, interior and defence ministry officials said.

Iraq violence lingers for women, children: UN (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 07:47 AM PDT AFP - Women and children in Iraq are still coming under attack despite overall security improvements over the past year, a United Nations human rights report said on Wednesday.

Rape-murder accused wanted 'to kill all Iraqis' (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 07:45 AM PDT AFP - A US Army colonel has testified that a former soldier on trial for the murder-rape of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family told him months earlier he wanted "to kill all Iraqis."

US soldiers kill two in northern Iraq (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 07:34 AM PDT AFP - Two people were shot dead and another wounded when US forces opened fire on attackers near the troubled northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, US and Iraqi officials said.

Civilian Trial Begins for Ex-Soldier Accused of Iraq Atrocities (Time.com) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 06:05 AM PDT Time.com - His accused co-conspirators were imprisoned after being court-martialed but Steven Green faces the death penalty in Kentucky for a 2006 atrocity

Iraq moves to dissolve National Security Council (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:39 AM PDT AFP - The Iraqi government approved draft legislation on Wednesday that would dissolve the National Security Council, a body formed by the US-led coalition after its invasion more than six years ago.

Konami spikes release of Fallujah videogame (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2009 06:26 PM PDT AFP - Japanese videogame maker Konami confirmed that it spiked plans to publish a videogame based on a fierce battle between US Marines and insurgents in the Iraq city of Fallujah.

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