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Reuters: Iraq students freed after mass kidnapping

April 5, 2008 - 7:00pm
A group of at least 40 students kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday near the northern city of Mosul have been freed by Iraqi security forces, police said. "The kidnapped students have been freed by the Iraqi army and police,"....
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CNN: Students kidnapped by Iraqi gunmen

April 5, 2008 - 7:00pm
Gunmen took at least 42 college students hostage in northern Iraq Sunday, according to police in Iraq's Nineveh police province. The gunmen stopped two buses loaded with students who were on their way to their college, but one bus managed to escape...
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AP: Iraqi Contractor Charged Under New Law

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
A civilian contractor working for the U.S. military in Iraq was charged with aggravated assault under military law, the first such prosecution since the Vietnam War, the U.S. command said Saturday.
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KUNA: 38 Palestinian refugees fleeing from Iraq deported to Chile

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Saturday said that it had deported 38 Palestinians refugees out of 117 to Chile after they were trapped at the Syrian-Iraqi border for almost two months.
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AFP: Suspected Qaeda hideout found on Iraq island

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
A suspected Al-Qaeda hideout has been uncovered on an island on the Tigris river in central Iraq, by a group of Sunni Arabs fighting the Islamist militants, their leader said on Saturday.
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usatoday: Spike in violence raises questions on eve of critical Iraq report

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
The recent flare-up of violence in Iraq's Shiite regions was relatively brief. But it has raised some critical questions Army Gen. David Petraeus, top commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are sure to face as they make their second...
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AFP: Iran keeps mum on Sadr

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
Iran on Saturday declined to confirm reports that Iraqi Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr had taken refuge in the Islamic republic. "No, I do not confirm these reports. These things are said to divert attention from the occupying forces..."
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Reuters: U.S. forces kill two suspected insurgents

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
U.S. forces killed two suspected insurgents on Friday west of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad during an operation targeting al Qaeda, the U.S. military said.
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AP: Iraqi priest killed in drive-by shooting in central Baghdad

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
Iraqi officials say a priest has been killed in a drive-by shooting in central Baghdad. An official with the Interior Ministry and a local police officer have identified the slain priest as Youssef Adel and say he was killed Saturday by gunmen ...
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aap: Civilian contractor in Iraq charged

April 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
The United States military has announced it had charged a civilian contractor in Iraq under US military law for the first time. Alaa Mohammad Ali is accused of stabbing another contractor, the military said in a statement.
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PE: Wounded Iraq veteran from Menifee says his sacrifice was worth it

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
His left leg is shattered, amputated below the knee from a rocket-propelled grenade that slammed into him while on patrol in Iraq three weeks ago...Army Pvt. Jesus "Jesse" De La Cruz said he considers his sacrifice worth the cost
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WaPo: U.S. Military Investigates 3 Civilian Deaths

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
The U.S. military has launched an investigation into the shooting deaths of three Iraqi civilians, including a 2-year-old girl, after numerous witnesses reported that they were killed by gunfire from American soldiers.
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AP: Govt. plans to cut Army war tours

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers' combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning later this summer, The Associated Press has learned.
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DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
Staff Sgt. Travis L. Griffin, 28, of Dover, Del., died April 3 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 377th Security Forces Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
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DoD Identifies Army Casualty

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
Spc. Charles A. Jankowski, 24, of Panama City, Fla., died March 28, in Arab Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Troops Battalion...
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AP: State extends Blackwater's deal a year

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
Amid investigations into fatal shootings of civilians and allegations of tax violations, Blackwater USA's multimillion-dollar contract to protect diplomats in Baghdad has been renewed, the State Department said Friday.
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AP: US Soldiers Move Into Sadr City

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
U.S. forces are pushing Shiite militias farther from the Green Zone in an attempt to put the area out of range for rockets and mortars that have recently pounded the diplomatic and government enclave.
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AP: US soldier's remains found after 'painstaking' search

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
The U.S. soldiers fanned out with search dogs and shovels in a dangerous swath of desert territory on Baghdad's northwestern outskirts. The remains of Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin were found hours later as dusk fell — about 20 kilometers...
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620ktar: Airman Receives Purple Heart

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
Tech. Sgt. Jerome Baker, a member of the Multinational Forces unit attached to the embassy in Baghdad, was injured when a rocket struck a vehicle at the embassy. Shrapnel hit Baker in the upper left leg as he ran for cover.
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Reuters: Gunmen attack Iraqi convoy in Basra

April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm
Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades at a convoy carrying senior Iraqi commanders in Basra, a Reuters correspondent in the convoy said. Nobody was hurt.
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