Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Court dismisses murder conviction of Calif. Marine (AP)
• US Navy SEAL cleared in Iraq abuse case (AP)
• Iraq investigating claims of Sunni abuse in prison (AP)
• Iraq says top Qaeda arrest led to strike on Baghdadi (AFP)
• Military gains seen sapping Iraq al Qaeda strength (Reuters)
• Iraq airport reopens after Qaeda threat (AFP)
• Court martial clears US sailor in Iraq: military (AFP)
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• Iraq airmen blues: No MiG today; no F-16 either (AP)
• Iraq claims key gains in dismantling Al Qaeda in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor)

Court dismisses murder conviction of Calif. Marine (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 05:23 PM PDT AP - A military appeals court has thrown out a murder conviction of a Camp Pendleton Marine serving 11 years in a military prison in connection with the 2006 kidnapping and slaying of an Iraqi man in the village of Hamdania.

US Navy SEAL cleared in Iraq abuse case (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 02:00 PM PDT AP - A U.S. Navy SEAL was cleared Thursday of charges he covered up the alleged beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding the grisly 2004 killings of four American security contractors.

Iraq investigating claims of Sunni abuse in prison (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT AP - Iraqi officials are investigating claims that detainees, believed to be mostly Sunnis, were tortured at a makeshift prison in Baghdad, in a case that has outraged the country's Sunni minority, Iraqi officials said Thursday.

Iraq says top Qaeda arrest led to strike on Baghdadi (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 12:36 PM PDT AFP - The capture of Al-Qaeda in Iraq's Baghdad chief six weeks ago triggered a series of events that culminated in the killing of the jihadist network's top commanders, a security official said on Thursday.

Military gains seen sapping Iraq al Qaeda strength (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - The killing of al Qaeda's top two leaders in Iraq this week extends a string of smaller successes that may be eroding the group's ability to threaten security, military officials and analysts said on Thursday.

Iraq airport reopens after Qaeda threat (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:58 AM PDT AFP - The airport serving Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf and used by thousands of pilgrims reopened on Thursday after Al-Qaeda threats led to its closure two weeks ago, a local official told AFP.

Court martial clears US sailor in Iraq: military (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 05:49 AM PDT AFP - A US military court on Thursday cleared an American sailor of charges that he failed to protect the welfare of an Iraqi detainee and of trying to impede a subsequent investigation, the military said.

(AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:12 AM PDT AP - Israeli PM rejects calls for east Jerusalem freeze as US envoy launches new peace mission.

Iraq airmen blues: No MiG today; no F-16 either (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 01:23 AM PDT AP - An Iraqi Air Force C-130 Hercules touches down at a base west of Baghdad as Iraqi pilots and their American instructors watch from the runway — a graceful landing for the bulky four-turboprop airlifter, one of several now owned by Iraq.

Iraq claims key gains in dismantling Al Qaeda in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 09:04 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi officials Wednesday released new details of a raid that led to killing of the two top Al Qaeda in Iraq figures over the weekend, while officials said inroads in dismantling the network over the past several months could prove more damaging to the group than the leaders’ deaths.

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