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American kills 5 fellow soldiers at clinic in Iraq (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 07:11 PM PDT AP - An American Army sergeant shot and killed five fellow soldiers following an altercation at a military counseling center in Iraq Monday, officials said. The attack drew attention to the issues of combat stress and morale among soldiers serving multiple combat tours over six years of war.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,294 (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 06:53 PM PDT AP - As of Monday, May 11, 2009, at least 4,294 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

AP source: Soldier in shootings disarmed earlier (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:59 PM PDT AP - A senior military official says that an Army sergeant who shot and killed five fellow soldiers Monday at a counseling center in Iraq had been disarmed after an earlier incident at the center but returned with another weapon.

Displaced Iraqis stay away as violence persists (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - In summer, the heat is unbearable. In winter, the torrential rains turn the cramped, leaking tent where Khalid Jamhuri lives with his family into a freezing morass of mud.

U.S. soldier in Iraq shoots dead five comrades (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. soldier shot dead five fellow soldiers at a military clinic in Baghdad on Monday in an incident that the top U.S. military officer suggested may have been triggered by stress.

Obama shocked by shooting on Iraqi base (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said he is "shocked and deeply saddened" by news that a U.S. soldier opened fire at a counseling center, killing five fellow soldiers.

The Next Detainee Photo Scandal: Get Ready for Abu Ghraib, Act II (Time.com) Posted: 11 May 2009 01:40 PM PDT Time.com - Should the Obama Administration fight to keep the remaining Iraqi prisoner-abuse photographs secret?

Unfriendly Fire: Why Did a U.S. Soldier Kill His Fellow Troops in Iraq? (Time.com) Posted: 11 May 2009 01:05 PM PDT Time.com - A base shooting in Baghdad underscores troubling trends -- from gang membership to sexual assault -- among the ranks

US soldier held after five comrades shot dead in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 11 May 2009 12:37 PM PDT AFP - A US soldier is suspected of opening fire on his comrades at the largest American base in Iraq on Monday, killing five soldiers in what was the single deadliest toll on US forces in a month.

Drug maker to pay $9M for oil-for-food scheme (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT AP - Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay a $9 million fine for giving kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government through the United Nations oil-for-food program.

Lawyers: Ex-soldier deserves death for crimes (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 11:35 AM PDT AP - Federal prosecutors say a former soldier convicted of raping and murdering an Iraqi teenager and killing her family deserves a death sentence because the crimes were so heinous.

U.S. soldier blamed in Iraq shooting that killed 5 Americans (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 11 May 2009 09:15 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — An American soldier serving in Iraq was arrested Monday on suspicion of fatally shooting five fellow soldiers at a U.S. base in Baghdad, the military said.

US soldier in custody after shooting at Iraq base (AFP) Posted: 11 May 2009 09:10 AM PDT AFP - A US Army soldier suspected of opening fire on fellow members of the military on Monday at an American base in Baghdad is in custody, US defense officials said.

Official: soldier shooting was at 'stress clinic' (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 08:46 AM PDT AP - Pentagon officials say five Americans are dead after a U.S. soldier opened fire at a U.S. base in Baghdad. They say the attacker is in custody.

Five US soldiers shot dead at Iraq base (AFP) Posted: 11 May 2009 06:54 AM PDT AFP - Five US soldiers were killed in a shooting at American base Camp Liberty in Baghdad on Monday, the military said in a statement.

(AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 08:31 AM PDT AP - Pope at Holocaust memorial: Cry of victims 'still echoes in our hearts'

Senior Iraq police chief shot dead (AFP) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:14 AM PDT AFP - One of Baghdad's most senior police chiefs was assassinated in a drive-by shooting Baghdad on Monday, a police official said.

Iran urges Iraqi action on Kurdish rebels (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 01:38 AM PDT Reuters - Iran urged neighboring Iraq on Monday to "pay special attention" to armed groups operating in its border areas, a week after Baghdad condemned Iranian shelling of villages in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region.

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