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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Bombs kill 69 in Iraq's deadliest day this year (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:13 PM PDT

Men carry a victim injured in one of a series of bombs in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 23, 2010. Iraqi officials say several people were killed when a series of bombs targeted the Sadrist offices. The bombings appeared to be targeting worshippers on their way to and from Friday afternoon prayers.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The bloodiest day of the year in Iraq left at least 69 people dead in a series of bombings in mainly Shiite areas Friday — concerted attacks seen as demonstrating the resilience of the Sunni-led insurgency after the slaying of two al-Qaida leaders last weekend.


Dismissed murder conviction setback for military (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:07 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo taken Dec. 7, 2006 shows Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins, of Plymouth, Mass., at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, Calif. A military appeals court on Thursday April 22, 2010 overturned the murder conviction of Sgt. Hutchins. The Camp Pendleton Marine led a squad that included six Marines and one Navy corpsman who were also charged in connection with the April 2006 murder of Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, in the village of Hamdania. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - The overturning of a Marine's murder conviction on a judicial mistake is a stinging setback for the government and comes after a string of defeats in its prosecution of U.S. troops accused of killing unarmed Iraqis.


Vet gets prison for faking paralysis to avoid Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:44 PM PDT

AP - A military veteran who claimed a rollover wreck left him paralyzed collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer benefits and was kept stateside when his Army unit shipped off to Iraq. Yet doctors could never pinpoint why he couldn't use his legs.

Some of the recent attacks in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:21 PM PDT

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Iraq:

58 dead as bombs sow mayhem in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:00 PM PDT

An Iraqi removes rubble from outside his shop after a car bomb explosion in Baghdad's Rahmaniya district. A wave of attacks across Iraq including five car bombs, three as prayers finished at Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killed 58 people on Friday just days after the government said Al-Qaeda was on the run.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A wave of attacks across Iraq including five car bombs, three as prayers finished at Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killed 58 people on Friday just days after the government said Al-Qaeda was on the run.


US clears 2nd Navy SEAL in Iraqi abuse case (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 12:54 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. military judge on Friday cleared a Navy SEAL of any wrongdoing in the alleged beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding the grisly 2004 killings of four American contractors.

Iraq says 'secret prison' closed over a week ago (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 11:44 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier fixes the blindfold of an arrested suspect in Baquba, 2006. A AFP - A "secret prison" in Baghdad where Sunni detainees were reportedly tortured and which has caused alarm for Iraq's prime minister was shut more than a week ago, a government official said on Friday.


(AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 11:11 AM PDT

AP - US judge clears second Navy SEAL in Iraqi abuse case linked to 2004 Blackwater killings.

Baghdad bombings show Al Qaeda in Iraq still intent on sectarian violence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 11:06 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Coordinated attacks near the main office of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and a series of explosions at Shiite mosques during Friday prayers killed more than 50 people and wounded almost 200. These were the worst attacks in Iraq since elections in early March.

Obama briefed on Iraq bomb attacks (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Iraqis looks at the shell of a bus burned in a car bomb that exploded in the impoverished Baghdad district of Sadr City. US President Barack Obama was briefed Friday on the latest bloodshed in Iraq, where a wave of attacks, including five car bombs, killed 58 people and wounded dozens more.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - US President Barack Obama was briefed Friday on the latest bloodshed in Iraq, where a wave of attacks, including five car bombs, killed 58 people and wounded dozens more.


Iraq Christians defy threats to erect Rio-like Jesus statue (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:56 AM PDT

Christian Iraqis pray in front of the four-meter high Jesus Christ statue in the predominantly Christian town of Hamdaniya, 30 kms east of Mosul on April 15. The Christians of northern Iraq have chosen to defy mounting attacks by extremists by erecting a statue of Jesus modelled on the giant Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro.(AFP/File/Mujahed Mohammed)AFP - The Christians of northern Iraq have chosen to defy mounting attacks by extremists by erecting a statue of Jesus modelled on the giant Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro.


Iraq voters face long wait for new government as Maliki, others jockey for power (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:08 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After a historic election in early March, Iraq’s new government is still months from formation as political leaders jockey for position in a race that appears to have little to do with voters.

Iraq closes secret prison, arrests 3 officers (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi authorities have closed down a secret prison where over 400 mainly Sunni prisoners were held without trial, and arrested three officers of the military unit that ran it, an official said on Friday.

Bombs kill 64 in Iraq after al Qaeda deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 07:26 AM PDT

Iraqis look at a car destroyed when a car bomb exploded in the impoverished Baghdad district of Sadr City. A wave of attacks across Iraq including five car bombs, three as prayers finished at Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killed 58 people on Friday just days after the government said Al-Qaeda was on the run.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - A series of bombs targeting Shi'ite areas rocked Baghdad Friday, killing at least 56 people in an apparent backlash after Iraq touted a series of blows against a weakened al Qaeda-led insurgency.


At least 50 dead in Baghdad attacks (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT

An Iraqi removes rubble from outside his shop after a car bomb explosion in Baghdad's Rahmaniya district. A series of five car bombs, three during prayers at Shiite mosques in Baghdad, and other attacks across Iraq killed 58 people, just days after the government said Al-Qaeda was on the run.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - At least 50 people were killed in a series of car bombings on Friday near Shiite mosques and markets in Baghdad, an interior ministry official told AFP.


US soldier dies of non-combat injuries in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 11:50 PM PDT

Iraqis look at a car destroyed when a car bomb exploded in the impoverished Baghdad district of Sadr City. A wave of attacks across Iraq including five car bombs, three as prayers finished at Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killed 58 people on Friday just days after the government said Al-Qaeda was on the run.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - The U.S. military in Iraq says an American soldier has died of injuries that were not a result of combat.


2 Americans jailed in Iran reported in poor health (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 09:16 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released by freethehikers.org, shows Americans Shane Bauer, left, and Sarah Shourd, right, who along with Josh Fattal, not pictured, have been held in Iran since crossing the border from Iraq in July 2009. Iranian state television said Thursday, April 8, 2010 that the intelligence minister has accused the three jailed Americans of links to U.S. intelligence services. (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File)  NO SALESAP - Two of three American hikers jailed in Iran for nearly nine months are in poor health and told Swiss diplomats â€" their first outside visitors since October â€" that they were considering a hunger strike, their mothers said late Thursday.


Court dismisses murder conviction of Calif. marine (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 09:05 PM PDT

AP - A military appeals court Thursday threw out the murder conviction of a Marine serving time for the kidnapping and slaying of an Iraqi man, one of the biggest criminal cases against U.S. troops to come out of the Iraqi war.

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