British soldier stole from Iraqi hotel, Baha Mousa inquiry told

A British soldier today told an inquiry into the death of an Iraqi how he helped to break into a hotel safe in Basra, southern Iraq, and take money from it. He then put Iraqi dinar notes into his pocket ‘to make a collage’, he said. Lance Corporal David

‘Let them handle their own business’: Soldier home on R&R from Iraq tells about ongoing transition

“We’re definitely trying to give them the reins,” said Sgt. Thomas Tharrington. “Let them handle their own business.” That’s the word from Iraq where Tharrington is a truck commander in the U.S. Army’s 1/120 Combined Arms Battalion, Bravo Company

‘Baghdad ER’ turns off the lights

BAGHDAD –Army Capt. Amy Prichard took one last look around the room where thousands of war-ravaged soldiers and civilians were treated by U.S. medics in Baghdad’s protected Green Zone. Before turning off the lights, she began to cry. ‘This is the room

About 4,000 U.S. troops to leave Iraq in October

Washington (ANTARA News/Reuters) - The United States will withdraw about 4,000 troops from Iraq by the end of October, the U.S. military commander in Iraq said in testimony prepared for a congressional hearing on Wednesday. In his assessment of the war,

Biden welcomes son home from guard service in Iraq

DOVER, Del. — Vice President Joe Biden has given his eldest son a warm welcome home to Delaware after a yearlong deployment to Iraq with an Army National Guard unit. A crowd of about 1,000 people gathered Wednesday in front of the state capitol building

Odierno: Accelerate Iraq withdrawal

Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, told House lawmakers Wednesday that he expects to accelerate the pace of the militarys withdrawal and bring home another 4,000 soldiers from Iraq by the end of October, leaving 120,000 U.S.

Marine apologizes for killing Iraqi detainee

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine has apologized for killing an unarmed Iraqi detainee during a battle to recapture the city of Fallujah. Sgt. Jermaine Nelson told a military judge at Camp Pendleton on Wednesday that he failed the Marines by following

AGCO Corp. to Pay $1.6 Million in Connection with Payments to the Former Iraqi Government under the U.N. Oil-For-Food Program

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 DOJ-AGCO-Iraq-penalty Coordinated Enforcement Actions by DOJ, SEC and Danish Authorities Result in Penalties of More Than $20 Million WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AGCO Corp., a U.S. corporation based in Duluth,

Iraq Political Groups Find New Pull in National Unity

DHULUIYA, Iraq Iraqi politics has a new catch phrase, the yes we can of the countrys coming parliamentary elections. It is national unity, and while skepticism abounds, it could well signal the decline of the religious and sectarian parties that have

US eying faster pullout from Iraq front

A senior US military commander in Iraq says successful elections in January could help Washington speed up the withdrawal of its troops from the war-torn country. General Ray Odierno said, given a peaceful election, the military would meet its targets

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