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SF Gate
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The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been not been captured, the U.S. military said Friday, despite a claim by the Iraqi government.
U.S. military spokeswoman Maj. Peggy Kageleiry says "neither coalition forces nor Iraqi security forces detained or kille..
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CNN
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An attacker wearing a suicide vest killed 42 people and injured others at a funeral for a tribal leader in a northern Iraqi Sunni village dominated by the American-backed awakening movement, police said. Police believe the strike appears to be latest assa..
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SF Gate
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Iraqi security forces say a large explosion demolished a building in the southern city of Basra. At least three militants were killed and four were wounded.
British military spokesman Maj. Tom Holloway says it's not clear what caused Monday's blast but..
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CNN
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The cousin of Saddam Hussein, known by the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his role in a chemical weapons attack on Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s, will be executed, Iraqi officials said Friday. Ali Hassan al-Majeed's execution should happen within 30 days, accordi..
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MSNBC
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The U.S. military said Monday that it had accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians during an operation targeting al-Qaida in Iraq -- the deadliest known case of mistaken identity in recent months.
The civilians were killed Saturday near Iskandariyah, 3..
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SF Gate
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During a low-key ceremony Sunday, Britain formally handed over control of security responsibility for Basra province to Iraqi authorities, marking a significant step toward Iraqi sovereignty.
"This day is a big day in the history of Basra and the histo..
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MSNBC
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Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in a southern Iraqi city on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 100 in a Shiite region that has largely escaped the country’s sectarian bloodshed, authorities said.
Police in Amarah imposed..
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CNN
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At least 22 people are dead, and the tally is likely to rise, after three car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through the southern Iraqi city of Amara on Wednesday, according to Iraqi Interior Ministry and state TV reports. Many of the dead and wounded a..
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SF Gate
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About the same time he was being praised by U.S. commanders Sunday for his role in improving security in Babil province south of Baghdad, a popular police chief was killed by a roadside bomb that struck his convoy.
Major Gen. Qais al-Maamouri died alon..
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BBC News
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Three car bombs in Iraqi cities have killed at least eight people, including one in Mosul soon after the US defence secretary arrived on a visit.
Robert Gates was in the northern city to see for himself "the considerable progress" made in reducing viol..
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BBC News
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Some 20 people have been killed after militants launched attacks on two villages in central Iraq.
Two Iraqi soldiers and 10 members of a local anti-al-Qaeda militia died in the first clash near Baghdad.
The fighters, who wore Iraqi army fatigues and..
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MSNBC
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The FBI is continuing its investigation into the shootings, although the Iraqi government has concluded that the security guards were unprovoked when the began shooting at an intersection at Nisoor Square in western Baghdad. The North Carolina-based compa..
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New York Times
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 — An Iraqi taxi driver was shot and killed on Saturday by a guard with DynCorp International, a private security company hired to protect American diplomats here, when a DynCorp convoy rolled past a knot of traffic on an exit ramp in Ba..
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CNN
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A suicide bomber riding a bicycle Monday killed at least 24 Iraqi police officers and recruits at an Iraqi police base in Baquba, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The blast also wounded 17 people, the official said.
Local health officials put..
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SF Gate
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Private security guards from an Australian-run firm opened fire on a white sedan in downtown Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon, killing two Iraqi Christian women who were driving home from work.
The killings came at a time of unprecedented scrutiny into the..
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USA Today
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Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with Blackwater USA within six months. They also want the firm to pay $8 million in compensation to families of each of the 17 people killed when its guards sprayed a traffic circle..
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BBC News
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The FBI is to investigate the role of the private security firm, Blackwater USA, in the fatal shooting of 11 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad last month.
An FBI spokesman said criminal charges were possible if its inquiry agreed with the Iraqi government's f..
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MSNBC
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Five cases this year in which private Blackwater USA security guards killed Iraqi civilians are at the core of a U.S. review of how the hired protection forces guard diplomats in Iraq, officials said Friday.
Iraqi authorities are also concerned about a..
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SF Gate
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A U.S. soldier broke down in tears Thursday as he testified that he was ordered to shoot an unarmed Iraqi man, and that his sergeant laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground.
The military reported, meanwhile, it..
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SF Gate
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A joint U.S.-Iraqi commission reviewing American security operations after a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians allegedly at the hands of Blackwater USA guards is preparing for its first meeting in Baghdad, American officials said Thursday.
The U.S. an..
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