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Deadliest day for U.S. in Iraq war
Chicago TribuneBAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter on a mission supporting Sunday's national election crashed amid sandstorms in western Iraq early yesterday, killing 30 Marines and one Navy sailor, the military said, marking the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the...Tags: Local Elections, Executive Branch, Iraq, Bombings, U.S. Military
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Abuse claims multiplying
Sun National StaffThe Army launched dozens of investigations into detainee abuses across Iraq in the past two years - probing claims of beatings and torture that rivaled the Abu Ghraib prison scandal - but case after case was closed with U.S. troops facing no charges or...Tags: Murder, Iraq, Prisoners and Detainees, Sex Crimes, Afghanistan
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Silver Spring man, 20, killed in Iraq battle
Sun StaffA soldier from Silver Spring, in Iraq less than a month, was killed in Mosul on Thursday when his unit came under small-arms fire. Spc. Thomas K. Doerflinger, 20, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry...Tags: Defense, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Iraq, Civil Unrest, Death
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Ex-vice president of Iraq captured, turned over to U.S.
Associated PressBAGHDAD, Iraq - Taha Yassin Ramadan, a former Iraqi vice president known as "Saddam's knuckles" for his ruthlessness against regime enemies, was captured by Kurdish fighters Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and turned over to U.S. forces....Tags: Islam, Iraq, Knesset, Religious Festivals, U.S. Army
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Iraqi tape urges attacks
Chicago TribuneMOSUL, Iraq - U.S. troops hauled away the wreckage of two Black Hawk helicopters yesterday to begin an investigation into a deadly collision over this city in northern Iraq as another audiotape purportedly from ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein warned of...Tags: Iraq, Television Industry, Weaponry, Religious Conflicts, Defense
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U.S. launches biggest airstrikes since major Iraq combat ended
Associated PressBAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets and helicopter gunships launched the biggest air operation in central Iraq since major combat ended, blasting suspected ambush sites and hideouts yesterday with 500-pound bombs. Explosions rocked western Baghdad as American...Tags: Iraq, Bombings, U.S. Military, Transportation Accidents, Emergency Incidents
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Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
The Associated PressA mortar attack killed two American soldiers and wounded four others today at an outpost north of Baghdad, and a third American died in a gunbattle in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said. The mortar attack occurred about noon at a 4th...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Iraq, Prosecution, U.S. Military, Armed Forces
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2 U.S. soldiers killed, 4 injured in Iraq
From Wire ReportsBAGHDAD, Iraq - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in the northern city of Mosul in two attacks yesterday, a day after a suicide bomber injured dozens of soldiers at a base west of the city, military officials said. Here in the capital, a...Tags: Murder, Iraq, Bombings, War Crimes, Religious Conflicts
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Captors behead civilian worker
Sun National StaffA 26-year-old Pennsylvania businessman in Iraq to help with reconstruction was kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants who said they were avenging U.S. soldiers' mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, according to a gruesome video of the murder posted...Tags: Murder, Iraq, Executive Branch, U.S. Military, Arts
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Ex-general voted interim mayor of Mosul; council also is selected
Special To The SunMOSUL, Iraq - A convention of religious, ethnic and tribal leaders chose a former Iraqi army general as Mosul's mayor yesterday, making it the country's first major city with an elected government. About 150 delegates cast ballots to select an interim...Tags: Local Elections, Regional Authority, Iraq, Referenda, U.S. Military
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In north Iraq, an ancient past falls victim to a modern war
Sun Foreign StaffMOSUL, Iraq - In the war against Saddam Hussein, Mosul's rich history was part of the collateral damage. As looters rampaged through the city last week, they broke into its archaeological museum and hauled away hundreds of one-of-a-kind artifacts,...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, Health and Safety at School, Archaeology, Saddam Hussein
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Speed, force marked lethal raid
Times Staff WritersMOSUL, Iraq -- Sheik Nawaf Zaidan had been looking a bit edgy lately, his neighbors say. A well-connected building contractor in his 50s, he had complained to merchants in his affluent area of Mosul that he had been unable to sleep much, only about one...Tags: Iraq, Prosecution, Juvenile Delinquency, U.S. Military, Family
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