A Case of Murder or Exhaustion in Iraq?
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In a politically sensitive trial, an American soldier pleads sleeplessness and overwork in the death of an Iraqi man who breached his squad's hideout
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Were the Iraqi police in on the killing of five American soldiers?
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The bodies of 49 Iraqi army recruits have been found shot dead north-east of Baghdad.  Is the violence in Iraq out of control?
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BAGHDAD, Iraqââ Forty-nine soldiers in IraqÂ´s new army have been found shot to death, police said Sunday. Gen Walid al-Azzawi, commander of the Diyala provincial police, said the bodies were discovered Saturday about 30 miles south of Baqouba.
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British state prosecutors have been asked to consider whether criminal charges should be laid against a group of soldiers for an alleged unlawful killing in Iraq, legal officials said.
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Iraqi officials suspect that about 50 US-trained Iraqi soldiers slain by insurgents many of them execution-style may have been set up by rebel infiltrators in their ranks.
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Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder in the death of an Iraqi near the northern city of Kirkuk last month, the U.S. military said Thursday.
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Iraqi officials expressed outrage today at what they say are civilian deaths in the wake of a massive military operation in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. The U.S. military said its ground forces are "unaware" of civilian deaths in the early morning raid that it said left 49 "criminals" dead. Iraqi officials have put the death toll between 10 and 13, with dozens of others wounded.
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Some of the bodies found in Mosul are thought to have been Iraqi soldiers killed for collaborating with Americans.
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BAGHDAD -- Death squads move with impunity after curfew. Abductions are rampant, but kidnappers are rarely caught. Corruption has poisoned government, yet few have faced criminal charges.
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BAGHDAD  - A US soldier is expected to be sentenced after being found guilty of murder for shooting to death a severely wounded Iraqi civilian, while the US army pressed its sole supplier of armored Humvees to increase production amid a growing
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Which of the following best characterizes the situation in Iraq?
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Today, the Lancet medical journal published a report which concludes that 100,000 civilians died in the US-led invasion of Iraq. This is an incredibly high estimate, and at first may seem too farfetched not to be propaganda. But it cannot easily be dismissed. The report's authors are researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, and Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. The Lancet is a highly-respected, peer-reviewed publication. The report appears to be a serious academic attempt to study the public health consequences of the invasion.  Also, The New Republic magazine has conducted an interview with Prof. Gilbert Burnham, the report's main author.   Excerpts and comments below.
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On Sept. 1, the bullet-riddled bodies of four Iraqi men were found on a Baghdad street. Two days later, a single dead man, with one bullet in his head, was found on a different street. According to the U.S. military in Iraq, the solitary man was a victim of sectarian violence. The first four were...
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QANDIL MOUNTAIN RANGE, Iraq -- Sunrise came to the women's camp in shafts of white light through woven roofs, but Aristan Manzur slept past 10. She had a fever again, and fluid blocked the air in her lungs.
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Add long working days in 110 degree heat with the threat of death at the hands of insurgents. Subtract families, friends and spouses the troops are separated from by thousands of miles. Multiply by a yearlong tour. The result, sometimes, is battle fatigue.
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At least nine Iraqis and four US soldiers are reported to have been killed in renewed violence in Iraq. Hospital sources said clashes between insurgents and US troops saw five Iraqis killed near Falluja and three in neighbouring Ramadi.