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Ex-soldier convicted in Iraq rape, 4 slayings (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT AP - A federal jury convicted a former soldier Thursday of raping and fatally shooting a 14-year-old girl after killing her parents and younger sister while he was serving in Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,284 (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, May 7, 2009, at least 4,284 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Ex-U.S. soldier found guilty in Iraqi rape, deaths (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - A former U.S. soldier was convicted on Thursday of raping an Iraqi girl and killing her and her family near Baghdad in 2006 and now faces a possible death sentence.

Ex US-soldier found guilty of rape, murder of Iraqi girl (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2009 02:58 PM PDT AFP - A US federal jury has found former soldier Steven Dale Green guilty of raping an Iraqi teenager and then executing the girl and her family, court officials said Thursday.

Afghan war costs to overtake Iraq in 2010: Pentagon (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2009 02:08 PM PDT AFP - The cost of fighting the war in Afghanistan will overtake that of the Iraq conflict for the first time in 2010, Pentagon budget documents showed Thursday.

Iraq: Firm once known as Blackwater exits Baghdad (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 11:40 AM PDT AP - The American security firm once known as Blackwater ended its operations in the diplomatic hub of Baghdad on Thursday, bringing to a close a bitter chapter in U.S.-Iraqi relations that began with a deadly shooting by its contractors.

Iraq's wall-builders mourn drop in violence (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2009 09:35 AM PDT AFP - Ahmed Obeid Ibrahim longs for the good old days in Iraq, when car bombs thundered across the city, sectarian militias ruled the streets and his concrete barrier business was booming.

Corruption seen at root of Iraq's lack of services (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 08:12 AM PDT Reuters - Widespread corruption is at the root of Iraq's persistent, destabilizing lack of basic services, Deputy Prime Minister Rafie al-Esawi said on Thursday. "The biggest challenge is not just the budget, which we were obliged to cut because of the drop in oil income, so that's beyond our control, but also corruption," he said.

US security firm Blackwater ends Iraq operation (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2009 08:07 AM PDT AFP - US security firm Blackwater ended its operations in Iraq on Thursday, closing a controversial era for the company whose guards shot dead 17 civilians in Baghdad in 2007.

Future of Guantanamo dominates war spending debate (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - The future of 241 terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay military prison dominated a Capitol Hill war spending debate Thursday, as Republicans warned that the Obama administration was preparing to release dangerous killers into American neighborhoods and Democrats accused the GOP of fear-mongering.

(AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:24 AM PDT AP - US Embassy confirms expiration of Baghdad contract for security firm once known as Blackwater.

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