Suspect in Iraq attack recently had weapon taken away - Los Angeles Times Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:47 GMT

Suspect in Iraq attack recently had weapon taken away
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Russell was due to complete his third tour of duty in Iraq in August and had previously served in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. The military has charged Russell with five counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. ...
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A General for Afghanistan - Wall Street Journal Wed, 13 May 2009 02:10:20 GMT

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A General for Afghanistan
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McKiernan's successor, former Iraq special-operations commander Stanley McChrystal. As with George Casey's replacement by David Petraeus in Iraq in 2007, the Afghan shake-up represents both a change of personnel and a broader rethink of the American ...
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Al Qaeda figure who provided link to Iraq reportedly dead in Libya - CNN International Tue, 12 May 2009 22:18:29 GMT

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Al Qaeda figure who provided link to Iraq reportedly dead in Libya
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By Matt Smith (CNN) -- The accused terrorist who said he was tortured into making a false connection between al Qaeda and Iraq has died in a Libyan prison, human rights monitors said Tuesday. Colin Powell featured Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi's claim in a ...
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Navy officer, Md. soldier killed at Iraq clinic - The Associated Press Wed, 13 May 2009 02:41:18 GMT

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Navy officer, Md. soldier killed at Iraq clinic
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She said he told her Russell was deeply angry at the military after three tours of duty in Iraq. "He said, 'Man, this guy's got issues,' " said Machlinski. She said her son wasn't more specific about Russell's problems and that he told her he got along ...
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4294 - The Associated Press Wed, 13 May 2009 00:31:15 GMT

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4294
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As of Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at least 4294 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. ...

Five police officers killed in Iraq bombing - RTT News Tue, 12 May 2009 11:17:47 GMT

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Five police officers killed in Iraq bombing
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(RTTNews) - Eight persons, five of them police officers, were killed and 13 others injured Tuesday in a suicide-bombing in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk. The attacker rammed his explosive-laden car into a police patrol truck in front of a ...
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Iraq says Kurd's oil deals still illegal - Xinhua Tue, 12 May 2009 13:52:18 GMT

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Iraq says Kurd's oil deals still illegal
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BAGHDAD, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahrastani said that Kurd's oil deals with foreign oil firms still considered "illegal" despite approving Kurdish plans to export crude oil through national pipelines. ...
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Ex-GI faces death for Iraq war crimes - United Press International Tue, 12 May 2009 11:38:31 GMT

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Ex-GI faces death for Iraq war crimes
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Steven Green was convicted last week in US District Court in Kentucky on charges of murder, rape, conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the 2006 incident involving US soldiers in Iraq. Prosecutors say Green and other soldiers broke into the home of ...
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Mother says Md. man killed in Iraq shooting - The Associated Press Tue, 12 May 2009 22:42:34 GMT

Mother says Md. man killed in Iraq shooting
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman says her son was among the five people shot to death at a military counseling clinic in Baghdad. Shawna Machlinski says two men from the Army came to her Eastern Shore home at 12:15 am Tuesday to tell her ...
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US Urges Syria to Cut Flow of Foreign Fighters to Iraq - Voice of America Mon, 11 May 2009 20:06:54 GMT

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US Urges Syria to Cut Flow of Foreign Fighters to Iraq
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By David Gollust The United States Monday publicly called on Syria to do more to curb the traffic of foreign fighters to Iraq through Syrian territory. The transit to Iraq of foreign extremists, which had been reduced to a trickle in recent months, ...
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