| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,266 (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:22 PM PDT  AP - As of Monday, April 6, 2009, at least 4,266 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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| Seven car bombs kill 37 across Baghdad (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 01:36 PM PDT Reuters - Seven car bombs exploded across Baghdad Monday, killing at least 37 people and wounding scores, in what U.S. and Iraqi officials said was a coordinated strike by al Qaeda militants. |
| Series of bombings in Baghdad Shiite areas kill 37 (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 01:25 PM PDT  AP - Anger boiled over in Baghdad streets at Iraqi soldiers and police after they failed to prevent a stunning series of coordinated bombings across the city Monday that left 37 dead and more than 100 wounded. Iraq's government blamed the attacks on supporters of Saddam Hussein "in cooperation with the al-Qaida terrorist organization" and suggested the blasts were timed for Tuesday's anniversary of the founding of the late dictator's Baath party.
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| As Iraq rape trial begins, attorneys attack law (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 01:18 PM PDT  AP - The first former Army soldier to be charged as a civilian under a 2000 law that allows him to be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed overseas faces a trial of his peers in a federal courtroom in Kentucky.
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| Black Monday in Baghdad as car bombings kill 34 (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 12:42 PM PDT  AFP - A spate of bloody car bombings rocked mainly Shiite districts of Iraq's capital on Monday, killing at least 34 people in what the US military said appeared to be coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda.
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| Mine-filled Iraq to accelerate clearance (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 12:25 PM PDT  AFP - Mine-filled Iraq plans to accelerate the clearance of anti-personnel mines that threaten to kill up to five percent of the country's population, officials announced on Monday.
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| American faces death for rape, murder (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 11:12 AM PDT  AFP - Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a former US soldier accused of being the ringleader of a plot to rape a teenaged Iraqi girl, murder her family and set the house alight to cover their crime.
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| Six car bombs kill 34 across Baghdad (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 09:41 AM PDT  Reuters - Six car bombs exploded across Baghdad Monday, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores, police said, after a spate of arrests targeting Sunni Arab fighters raised tensions in the Iraqi capital.
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| British minister leads trade mission to Iraq (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 07:54 AM PDT  AFP - Britain's business minister Peter Mandelson headed a high-profile group of British companies visiting Iraq on Monday, underscoring the huge trading potential of the oil-rich country.
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| Death toll from Baghdad car bombings rises to 34 (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 07:40 AM PDT  AFP - A spate of car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 34 people and wounded 139 on Monday, security officials said, updating an earlier toll.
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| Latest Baghdad bombings raise fears that calm may end (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 07:29 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Seven explosions ripped through Iraq's capital Monday, killing at least 32 people and wounding more than 130 in the latest sign that violence may be on the upswing again. |
| Spate of Baghdad car bombings kills 18 (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 12:41 AM PDT  AFP - A series of rush-hour car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 18 people and wounded 58 others, law enforcement officials said.
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| AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 10:25 PM PDT  AP - As Pan Am Flight 830 descended toward Honolulu and passengers finished their breakfast, a blinding burst of light washed over them. And then, "BOOM!"
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