US moves to defuse crisis in Iraq slayings
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WASHINGTON - The State Department moved quickly yesterday to tamp down anger and possible repercussions after the alleged killing of eight Iraqi civilians by a private security firm hired to protect US diplomats in Iraq.
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killing of an American diplomat in Iraq since last year&#39;s US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. militants that it killed 48 &quot;apostates&quot; in the attack.
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U.S. investigators have asked Iraqi authorities to help them navigate cultural sensitivities to exhume the body of a teenager allegedly raped and murdered with her family by American soldiers, a military official said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi officials recovered a decapitated corpse in western Baghdad on Wednesday and turned it over to the United States, which was investigating if it was the body of kidnapped American Jack Hensley - purportedly slain the day before by al-Qaida-linked militants.    The discovery came as Iraq's Justice Ministry promised to release one of two high-profile women prisoners...
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Developments in Iraq on Saturday:
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Hassan al-Jarrah in Najaf, Nadeem Majeed in Baghdad and Tribune news services contributed to this report. BAGHDAD -- In a move intended to free US forces for an expected
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The United States on Wednesday joined a rights group in calling for a full investigation into the death of a Kurdish law student in Iran after he was detained in the western city of Sanandaj.
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U.S. officials in Iraq will use lessons from last year's bombing of a Shiite shrine to try to contain a new wave of violence following a new bombing of the mosque, the White House said Wednesday.
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The US military stepped up efforts to check Iraq&#39;s destabilising insurgency yesterday by pounding the restive city of Falluja, killing dozens of people, with children reported to be among the injured.
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The White House on Wednesday called the New Year's day slaying of a US diplomat and his driver in Sudan "a tragic situation" and that the killer's motives were not yet known.
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America&#039;s two top officials in Iraq on Thursday sought to calm Iraqi anger over allegations that U.S. soldiers were involved in the rape-murder of a girl, promising an open investigation and calling such acts &quot;absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable.&quot;
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President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq's transformation to a self-sustaining democracy.
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US teams tried to rescue two Americans and a Briton held hostage in Iraq before they were killed, sources say.
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In Iraq, the number of deaths is rising for both Iraq and the United States since insurgents have increased attacks. The violence is one reason why some of Iraqi&#39;s political leaders say the country&#39;s upcoming elections should be delayed.
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Along with a recent spike in deadly violence in Iraq, a classified US government report paints a bleak picture of Iraq&#39;s immediate future.
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Two US soldiers in Iraq have been charged with murder for the deaths of three Iraqis. Military officials are saying little about what they call an ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the case.
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Bombs exploded on a soccer field Wednesday killing 11 young people, and at least 42 other people &#151; two of them Americans &#151; died elsewhere in sectarian or political violence. Still, the president said plans are on track for Iraqis to take over security.