2012年1月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq al-Qaida says US withdrew to save money (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Sadr City eastern of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Two separate car bombs exploded in the Shiite district of Sadr City killing and wounding several people, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq because its economy is collapsing and it needed to save money, an al-Qaida front group said in a message posted on its website Wednesday, its first online comment since the U.S. completed its pullout last month after nine years of war.

Marine spared from jail time in Iraq killings (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:58 AM PST

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich (R) arrives for a pre-trial hearing with his lawyer Neal A. Puckett and girlfriend Melissa Balcombe at Camp Pendleton, California in this file photo taken March 22, 2010. Wuterich, accused of leading a 2005 massacre of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2012 to one count of dereliction of duty, halting court-martial proceedings on manslaughter and other charges. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilesReuters - A U.S. Marine accused of leading a 2005 massacre of 24 civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha was spared jail time when he was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in killings that brought international condemnation on U.S. troops.

U.S. Marine tells court he is sorry for Iraq killings (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST

Reuters - A U.S. Marine accused of leading a 2005 massacre of 24 civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha was spared jail time when he was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in killings that brought international condemnation on U.S. troops.

Iraqi town says justice failed victims of US raid (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:40 PM PST

Omer Chasib who lost his father in the U.S. Marines raid in Haditha in 2005 stands in front of his house in Haditha, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. There were no public outbursts of anger in Haditha on Tuesday when the news that the U.S. Marine sergeant, who told his troops to 'shoot first, ask questions later' in a 2005 raid reached a deal with prosecutors to serve a three-months prison sentence for the killing spree that ended with 24 unarmed Iraqis dead. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - In this town which saw 24 unarmed civilians die in a U.S. raid seven years ago, residents expressed disbelief and sadness that the Marine sergeant who told his troops to "shoot first, ask questions later" reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time.

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