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May 19, 2012
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, concerned by his portrayal in U.S. media as an autocratic leader intent on consolidating power, has invited several influential Washington scholars to Baghdad to meet his team next week.
Soldier Faces Murder Charges For 2009 Iraq Base Shooting
May 18, 2012
Military families take solace in the presumption that their deployed loved one is safe while on a U.S. military base, even in the most dangerous of combat zones.
Soldier to face court martial for Iraq shooting
May 18, 2012
File picture: A U.S. soldier accused of shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military clinic in Baghdad in 2009 has been referred to stand trial by military court martial, Joint Base Lewis-McChord said on Friday.
Soldier to face court martial for Iraq shooting
May 18, 2012
File picture: A U.S. soldier accused of shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military clinic in Baghdad in 2009 has been referred to stand trial by military court martial, Joint Base Lewis-McChord said on Friday.
Iran may seek “tactical gain” with U.N. nuc…
May 18, 2012
Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog are making headway towards a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about its atomic activity, diplomats say, a potential bargaining chip for Tehran in next week’s negotiations with world powers.
Iraq Bomb Blasts: Explosions At Baghdad Bird Market Kill At Least 5
May 18, 2012
Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a blast after a bomb ripped through a group of workers in Sadr City in Baghdad on January 24, 2012.
Five killed, 24 hurt in Iraq restaurant bombing: officials
May 18, 2012
“A bomb exploded in a restaurant in a popular market in Jisr Diyala, southeast of Baghdad, at around 8:00pm ,” an interior ministry source said, saying five people died and 24 were wounded.
Wife of slain U.S. Army captain stunned that husband’s killer will be freed in Iraq
May 18, 2012
The wife of a U.S. Army captain who was killed while deployed in Iraq is stunned that the person named responsible for his death will be freed.
