The US Marine Corps has dropped charges against the Marine corporal responsible for shooting a wounded and unarmed Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque last November in an incident caught on a dramatic videotape aired on...
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Yahoo complies with court order, releases e-mail of deceased Marine
One day after a Michigan probate court ordered Yahoo! to release the contents of an e-mail account belonging to deceased Marine Justin Ellsworth , the company complied Thursday by delivering a CD of the private documents...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Shiite group first in Iraq vote, turnout low in insurgent area
Reuters is reporting that the Iraqi election commission has just issued final results from the January 30 vote and that the Shiite Alliance, a grouping of Islamic parties, has come out on top, garnering 47.5% of the vote. Meanwhile,...
Iraqi voters turned out in their millions Sunday, braving threats of a bloodbath at the polls to cast their ballots in the first democratic elections in the country in more than half a century. One official with the Independent...
A US general speaking from Baghdad Tuesday said that Iraqis would be able to vote in the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi , both scenes of repeated insurgent attacks against Iraqi and US targets, but that...
Iraq implements new voter registration plan in troubled provinces
Due to security concerns surrounding the upcoming January 30 elections, authorities in Iraq have agreed to let voters register and cast ballots on the same day in the troubled provinces of Anbar and Ninawa . The...
Iraq regional elections board resigns but UN insists vote must go on
The entire 13-member regional election commission for the Iraqi province of Anbar, west of Baghdad in the so-called "Sunni triangle", has resigned and gone into hiding according to a local newspaper. The head of the commission said it was...
Driver of former French hostages sues US military for torture
The driver of two French journalists who were captured in Iraq by Islamic militants and held for five months until their release in late December is suing the US military for mistreatment and torture, according to the office of...
BREAKING NEWS ~ US soldier pleads guilty to killing wounded Iraqi
AP is reporting that a US soldier has pleaded guilty to killing a severely wounded Iraqi civilian, according to military sources.8:07 AM ET - Staff Sgt. Johnny M. Horne Jr., 30, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was charged with murdering the...
Pentagon cites evidence of international law violations in Fallujah
The US Defense Department says that coalition forces have found evidence that mosques, hospitals and cemeteries were used by insurgents in Fallujah as battlegrounds from which to attack Iraqi and coalition forces, contrary to international law rules. At a...