Yahoo! News: Iraq

Witness: Ex-soldier had PTSD, was unfit for combat (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 04:17 PM PDT AP - A former soldier who could be sentenced to death should have been removed from a combat zone known as the "Triangle of Death" three months before he raped and killed a teenage girl in Iraq, a psychiatrist testified Tuesday.

Navy officer, Md. soldier killed at Iraq clinic (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - A Navy officer and a 19-year-old soldier were among the five people shot to death at a military counseling clinic in Baghdad, family members and the Pentagon said Tuesday.

U.S. soldier charged with murder for Iraq shooting (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. soldier suspected of shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military clinic in Baghdad was charged with five counts of murder on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

Pentagon says Navy officer killed in Iraq shooting (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon says a 52-year-old Navy officer was among those killed when a U.S. soldier opened fire at a clinic in Baghdad.

Accused soldier's father says son `broke' (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:53 PM PDT AP - The Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq was typically not a violent person, but counselors "broke" him before the gunfire erupted in a military stress center, his father said Tuesday.

Source: Soldier in shooting is on third Iraq tour (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 11:07 AM PDT AP - The soldier charged in the deaths of fellow troops in Baghdad is on his third tour of duty in Iraq, according to his service record.

Al-Qaeda Iraq leader denies capture: SITE (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 10:22 AM PDT AFP - Al-Qaeda's top leader in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, has denied in an audio message that he has been captured by the Iraqi authorities, a US group monitoring Islamist websites said on Tuesday.

US soldier charged with murder of five comrades in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 10:09 AM PDT AFP - A US soldier who allegedly sprayed his comrades with lethal gunfire at an American base in Baghdad has been charged with five counts of murder and one of assault, an army spokesman said Tuesday.

Qaeda-linked group in Iraq denies head captured (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 09:38 AM PDT Reuters - An al Qaeda-linked group in Iraq has denied Iraqi government reports of the capture of its leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, releasing an audiotape it said was of him mocking the U.S.-backed authorities as liars.

Six Iraqis killed in Kirkuk truck suicide attack (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 08:19 AM PDT AFP - A suicide bomber aboard a small pick-up truck slammed into an Iraqi police patrol in the tense northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing six people and injuring 14, police said.

Suspect in Iraq shootings is on 3rd tour there (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 12 May 2009 07:57 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Tuesday charged a 44-year-old Army sergeant who's near the end of his third tour in Iraq with fatally shooting five American service members at a U.S. base here Monday.

Iraq parliament demands more water from neighbors (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 07:37 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to compel the government to demand on a greater share of water resources from neighbors upstream of its vital rivers, Turkey, Iran and Syria, in any bilateral deals with them.

US soldier charged with murder of five comrades (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 07:24 AM PDT AFP - A US soldier has been charged with shooting dead five of his colleagues at an American base in Baghdad, a US army spokesman said on Tuesday.

Suicide truck bomber kills 5 police in north Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:54 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into an Iraqi police vehicle in Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing five policemen and wounding 15 bystanders, police and hospital sources said.

US soldier charged with murders at Iraq combat stress clinic (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A US Army sergeant on his third deployment in Iraq has been charged with killing five service people after opening fire at the mental health clinic where he was being treated for combat stress, US military officials said Tuesday.

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