Todany's News from Iraq -
08/11/07 Reuters: 2 Insurgents killed,10 arrested
U.S. forces killed two suspected insurgents and arrested 10 others in operations on Friday and Saturday in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.
08/11/07 Reuters: Four dismembered bodies found in Ishaqi
The dismembered bodies of four people were found in Ishaqi, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
08/11/07 AP: Iraq contractors avoid legal restraints
There are now nearly as many private contractors in Iraq as there are U.S. soldiers — and about half of them are private security guards equipped with automatic weapons, body armor, helicopters and bullet-proof trucks.
08/11/07 VOA: Iraqi Provincial Governor, Police Chief Killed in Roadside Bomb Attack
Officials say a roadside bomb has killed the governor and police chief of Iraq's southern Diwaniyah province. The bomb Saturday struck a convoy carrying Governor Khalil Jalil Hamza and police chief Khalid Hassan, killing the two men...
08/11/07 independent: 18-year-old soldier back on his feet
The youngest soldier injured in Iraq's back on his feet, after being told he'd never walk again. Jamie Cooper, who's eighteen, was warned he faced a lifetime in a wheelchair. He was hit by shrapnel when his regiment, the Royal Green Jackets...
08/11/07 UPI: Curfew lifted in Baghda
The streets of Baghdad bustled Saturday after the lifting of a mandatory three-day curfew that brought the city to a halt. The curfew, imposed Wednesday, banned vehicles from the streets to protect Shiite processions en route to...
08/11/07 MNF: Task Force Lightning Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
A Task Force Lightning Soldier died Friday in a non-combat related incident, which is currently under investigation. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.
08/11/07 Reuters: 6 bodies found in Baghdad
Six bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Friday, police said.
08/11/07 Reuters: Two bodies found south of Kirkuk
The bodies of two Kurdish Yazidis were found near the small town of Rashad, 30 km (18 miles) south of the northern city of Kirkuk, on Friday, police said. The reason for their killing was not known.
08/11/07 Reuters: Insurgents bomb civil defence building
More than 20 insurgents forced staff from a civil defence building in Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, on Friday and then destroyed the building with a bomb, police said. Two people were wounded by flying debris.
08/11/07 CNBC: U.S. farmers vie for aid contracts
It’s wheat harvesting season in Iraq right now. But with a war on, no one is in the fields. Instead, Iraqis are waiting for emergency food aid, and U.S. farmers are eager to send it to them — some say, too eager.
08/11/07 chicagotribune: She followed him to U.S., only to be left behind
The romance between the young Iraqi beautician and the U.S. Army officer started at a heady time in Baghdad—a brief respite in the days of chaos after the fall of Saddam Hussein when many Iraqis were still hopeful about what lay ahead.
08/11/07 Reuters: U.S. commander claims success in key Iraq province
U.S. forces claimed success on Saturday in establishing their influence and denying al Qaeda fighters control of Iraq's Diyala River valley, one of the main targets of an American offensive over the past several months.
08/11/07 thisisplymouth: Former Soldier Haunted By War Smashed Police Station
A former soldier said to be haunted by the horrors he saw while serving in Iraq couldn't remember smashing numerous doors and windows at Plymouth's Charles Cross police station, a court heard.
08/11/07 dpa: US air attack kills eight electricity workers in Iraq - report
At least eight Iraqi electricity workers were killed and two others were wounded when a US aircraft fired at their vehicle, local news reports said Saturday. According to the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI), an Iraqi police source...
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