A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a first-of-its-kind federal trial that ended with some of the jurors shaking hands and hugging the defendant and his sobbing mother.
By CHELSEA J. CARTER
China and Iraq have signed a $3 billion deal revising a prewar agreement for China's biggest oil company to help develop the Ahdab oil field, an official at the Iraq's Oil Ministry said Thursday.
Senior Iraqi official suspected of militia linksA senior official in Nouri al-Maliki's government was in custody Thursday suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans, Iraqi authorities said.
By ROBERT H. REID
01:29:22 PM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
US Army hearing on death of 4 Iraqis endsDefense lawyers for two U.S. soldiers told a military court Thursday that their clients did not participate in the killings of four Iraqis last year and had little, if any, knowledge of them.
By GEORGE FREY
09:14:59 AM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
Iraqi forces starting to lead but need US aidThe Iraqi battalion leader huddled over the map with his American advisers, showing them how he planned to surround a Sunni enclave where al-Qaida militants were believed hiding.
By KIM GAMEL
06:53:28 AM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
Top Iraqi official detained at Baghdad airportAmerican forces arrested a top Iraqi Shiite government official as he stepped off a plane at Baghdad's airport, a political ally said Thursday. The U.S. said the man arrested was a leader of Iranian-backed militias and was behind a bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans.
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
09:10:09 AM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
Fewer Marines needed in Iraq's western provinceConditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over responsibility for security in the Sunni stronghold to Iraq within days. Troops freed up in Iraq could shift to Afghanistan.
By ROBERT BURNS
04:49:27 AM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
Iraq veterans endorse ObamaIraq war veterans brought their military credibility to the podium on Wednesday and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the best candidate to lead the military and help veterans.
By KIMBERLY HEFLING
07:05:20 PM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008
SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deathsA federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in which civilians will decide whether the actions of a military service member during combat were criminal.
By CHELSEA J. CARTER
02:36:28 PM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
US military says Baghdad bombing suspect detained02:31:57 PM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008
Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel12:38:10 PM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008
Iraq's holy city of Najaf witnessing a boom04:37:51 PM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008
US soldier dies in Baghdad11:20:15 AM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008
Judge upholds Iraq charges against former soldier03:34:43 PM Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008
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