Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Army sergeant's defense opens in Ga. court-martial (AP)
• Iraq blasts target police, government officials (AP)
• Bombs kill two north of Baghdad: officials (AFP)
• Threat of massacre at Ashraf camp in Iraq, warn Euro-MPs (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,452 (AP)

Army sergeant's defense opens in Ga. court-martial (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 02:16 PM PDT AP - An Army sergeant facing a possible death sentence wept Tuesday as he told a court-martial that he killed two fellow U.S. soldiers in self-defense, insisting he fired his rifle blindly while trying to escape after they threatened him with guns aimed at his head.

Iraq blasts target police, government officials (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 12:56 PM PDT AP - A roadside bomb targeting a security patrol Tuesday night killed a policeman and wounded another officer and a passer-by in Saddam Hussein's hometown, officials said, in the latest strike against Iraqi forces as U.S. troops prepare to leave.

Bombs kill two north of Baghdad: officials (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2011 12:54 PM PDT AFP - Two bombs exploded as a police patrol passed through the centre of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, killing two policemen, police and medical officials said.

Threat of massacre at Ashraf camp in Iraq, warn Euro-MPs (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT AFP - Urgent international action is needed to avert "a Srbrenica-style massacre" at the Iraqi Ashraf camp housing thousands of exiled Iranian opponents, a European parliament delegation said Tuesday after returning from Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,452 (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 08:54 AM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at least 4,452 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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