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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military reviews video of Iraq shooting: official (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 06:11 PM PDT

This frame grab image from classified US military gun camera footage, shot from a US army Apache helicopter and released by whistleblower website Wikileaks.org on April 5, 2010, shows a group of men, including one believed to be Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen (C), 22, in a Baghdad street on July 12, 2007, just before the group was fired upon by the helicopter.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - US military lawyers are reviewing a video of an Apache helicopter attack in 2007 in Baghdad that killed two Reuters employees to verify if the footage is genuine, according to a defense official.

U.S. Iraq command: no current plans to reopen attack probe (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:21 PM PDT

This image captured from a classified U.S. military video footage shows a van being attacked by U.S. Apache helicopters that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff on July 12, 2007 and released to Reuters on April 5, 2010 by WikiLeaks, a group that promotes leaking to fight government and corporate corruption. Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his assistant and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, were killed in the incident. The helicopter initially opens fire on the small group. Minutes later a van comes by, and starts assisting the wounded, and the helicopter opens fire on the van. REUTERS/WikiLeaks/Handout (IRAQ - Tags: CRIME LAW DISASTER MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSReuters - The U.S. military's Central Command said on Wednesday it has no current plans to reopen an investigation into a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, amid rights groups' appeals after graphic video footage was leaked.

Biden offers support to Iraq after attacks (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden, pictured in March 2010, offered AFP - Vice President Joe Biden offered "all necessary" US support to Iraq on Wednesday after a string of bomb attacks a top Baghdad official likened to "open war" with remnants of Al-Qaeda.

Baghdad Attacks: U.S. Downplays New Wave of Bombings (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:35 PM PDT

An boy inspects the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. At least seven bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad on Tuesday and another struck a market. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Time.com - Despite the recent wave of bombings in Baghdad, the U.S. military insists that the enemies of Iraq, including al-Qaeda, are on their last legs

Killings of Iraqi journalists: US says they were not war crimes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 12:23 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The US Apache helicopters involved in a 2007 attack in Baghdad that killed two Reuters employees acted in accordance with both the laws of war and the Army’s rules for engagement with the enemy, according to an internal US military investigation.

Sadr followers snub Allawi and Maliki. Who will lead Iraq? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 11:06 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Iraq's politicians jockey for power to form a new government, Iraqis on the streets hope that their vote in the March 7 elections will help end sectarianism and violence after seven years of insecurity.

Al-Sadr's movement backs neither Iraq front-runner (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Family members mourn during a funeral for Hashem Mohammed in central Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Hundreds of people are gathering for funerals after bombs ripped through apartment buildings and a market in Baghdad on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The two front-runners vying to become Iraq's next prime minister failed to get the support of an influential Shiite movement in results from a poll released Wednesday, further muddying the political situation following inconclusive March elections.

WikiLeaks Iraq Video Shows U.S. Troops Killing Civilians (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 08:30 AM PDT

This frame grab image taken from a video shot from a U.S. army Apache helicopter gun-sight, posted at Wikileaks.org and confirmed as authentic by a senior U.S. military official, shows a group of men in the streets of the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad just prior to being fired upon by the helicopter July 12, 2007. Among those believed to be killed in the attack was Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his driver Saeed Chmagh, 40. Two children also were wounded. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the video, said the military could not confirm the identities of the Reuters employees in the film. According to U.S. officials, two helicopters arrived at the scene to find a group of men approaching the fight with what look to be AK-47s slung over their shoulders and at least one rocket-propelled grenade. A military investigation later concluded that what was thought to be an RPG was really a long-range photography lens; likewise, the camera looked like an AK-47. The text in the image appears in the video as it is posted on Wikileaks.org and includes some identifications, transcripts of the pilots communications and a title in the upper hand corner of the video. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.org)Time.com - Whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has posted a video that purportedly shows a U.S. helicopter crew in Baghdad killing a group of unarmed people, including two journalists

Iraq in 'open war' with Qaeda after Baghdad bombs (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 07:50 AM PDT

Residents take part in the funeral of a victim killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Alawi district. Deadly bomb attacks in Baghdad are aimed at pressuring political blocs battling to form a government, a top politician said, as Iraq declared AFP - Deadly bomb attacks in Baghdad are aimed at pressuring political blocs battling to form a government, a top politician said Wednesday, as Iraq declared "war" with Al-Qaeda over the surge in violence.

Iraqi police foil teenage would-be suicide bomber (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 06:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi police arrested a teenage boy wearing a vest packed with explosives near the western city of Falluja, foiling an attempt to attack security forces, a police officer said Wednesday.

Iraq police nab 10-year-old would-be suicide bomber (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:31 AM PDT

An Iraqi police commando stands guard at a checkpoint on April 5. A 10-year-old Iraqi boy allegedly recruited by Al-Qaeda was about to blow himself in a suicide attack just east of Fallujah when police spotted and arrested him, a senior officer said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A 10-year-old Iraqi boy allegedly recruited by Al-Qaeda was about to blow himself in a suicide attack on Wednesday just east of Fallujah when police spotted and arrested him, a senior officer said.

Iraq ex-premier Jaafari wins Sadr 'referendum' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:46 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces stand guard next to an election campaign billboard bearing a picture of Iraq's former prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in Baghdad's Tahrir square, February 2010. A radical Shiite cleric's supporters have rejected the main candidates for prime minister, preferring the ex-premier under whom Iraq's sectarian conflict erupted, the results of an unofficial ballot showed.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A radical Shiite cleric's supporters have rejected the main candidates for prime minister, preferring an ex-premier under whom Iraq's sectarian conflict erupted, the results of an unofficial ballot showed on Wednesday.

Who succeeds top Iraqi cleric not just about piety (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:42 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010, seminary students study in a religious school in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Seminary students there are an estimated 7,000 of them now in Najaf, from across the Shiite world are mostly poor and heavily depend on the city's top clerics for food and housing.' (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Behind the scenes in this holy city, Shiite clerics are quietly intriguing over who will succeed the sect's most revered and politically influential leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in a tussle that circles around money and foreign meddling as much as knowledge and piety.

Baghdad airport closed (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 01:53 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Baghdad International Airport, 2009. The airport has been closed for unspecified reasons, airport checkpoint staff and officials said.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Baghdad International Airport was closed Wednesday morning for unspecified reasons, airport checkpoint staff and officials said.

Thirty-five killed as six bombs rock Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 09:56 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands amid the rubble of a destroyed residential building in the western Baghdad district of Shukuk. Iraq said it was in AFP - Six bombs rocked Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, the second time the capital came under attack in three days, fuelling fears insurgents are making a return due to a political impasse.

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