Post by Moses on Nov 8, 2005 6:31:35 GMT -5
Four US soldiers die in Iraq checkpoint suicide bombing
FOUR US soldiers were killed near Baghdad after a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle at a checkpoint.
The military has released limited details about the deaths, but has said they were assigned to the army's Task Force Baghdad.
The deaths brought the number of US military personnel who have died since the Iraq war started in 2003 to 2051. At least 24 have died this month - most in roadside bombings.
Meanwhile five more American soldiers, from an elite unit, were charged with kicking and punching Iraqi detainees.
The soldiers from the army's 75th Ranger Regiment were charged on Saturday with assault, maltreatment and dereliction of duty during a September 7 incident.
According to a statement "three detainees were allegedly punched and kicked while awaiting movement to a detention facility".
All five men have been reassigned to administrative duties.
US and Iraqi troops have also been battling al-Qaida-led militants for a third day in Husaybah, a town on the Syrian border that the military describes as a major entry point for foreign fighters. One Marine has died there.
Al-Qaida in Iraq warned the Iraqi government to halt the offensive in Husaybah within 24 hours or see "the earth ... shake beneath their feet."
"Let them know that the price will be very heavy," said an internet statement purportedly issued by al-Qaida, which has been blamed for some of Iraq's worst terror bombings. The warning's authenticity has not be confirmed.
This article:
www.scotsman.com/?id=2211092005
Iraq:
news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=404
Websites:
UN Assistance Mission in Iraq
www.uniraq.org/
Baghdad Burning (Weblog)
riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
Al Jazeera (English)
english.aljazeera.net/
Humanitarian Centre for Iraq
www.hiciraq.org/
Iraq Today
www.iraq-today.com/
US Dept of Commerce: "Doing Business in Iraq"
www.export.gov/iraq/
Christian Aid report - The missing billions
www.christianaid.org.uk/indepth/310iraqoil/index.htm
Electronic Iraq
electroniciraq.net/news/
Iraq Daily (World News Network)
www.iraqdaily.com/
Red Cross / Red Crescent
www.ifrc.org/
US Embassy in Baghdad
iraq.usembassy.gov/
FOUR US soldiers were killed near Baghdad after a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle at a checkpoint.
The military has released limited details about the deaths, but has said they were assigned to the army's Task Force Baghdad.
The deaths brought the number of US military personnel who have died since the Iraq war started in 2003 to 2051. At least 24 have died this month - most in roadside bombings.
Meanwhile five more American soldiers, from an elite unit, were charged with kicking and punching Iraqi detainees.
The soldiers from the army's 75th Ranger Regiment were charged on Saturday with assault, maltreatment and dereliction of duty during a September 7 incident.
According to a statement "three detainees were allegedly punched and kicked while awaiting movement to a detention facility".
All five men have been reassigned to administrative duties.
US and Iraqi troops have also been battling al-Qaida-led militants for a third day in Husaybah, a town on the Syrian border that the military describes as a major entry point for foreign fighters. One Marine has died there.
Al-Qaida in Iraq warned the Iraqi government to halt the offensive in Husaybah within 24 hours or see "the earth ... shake beneath their feet."
"Let them know that the price will be very heavy," said an internet statement purportedly issued by al-Qaida, which has been blamed for some of Iraq's worst terror bombings. The warning's authenticity has not be confirmed.
This article:
www.scotsman.com/?id=2211092005
Iraq:
news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=404
Websites:
UN Assistance Mission in Iraq
www.uniraq.org/
Baghdad Burning (Weblog)
riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
Al Jazeera (English)
english.aljazeera.net/
Humanitarian Centre for Iraq
www.hiciraq.org/
Iraq Today
www.iraq-today.com/
US Dept of Commerce: "Doing Business in Iraq"
www.export.gov/iraq/
Christian Aid report - The missing billions
www.christianaid.org.uk/indepth/310iraqoil/index.htm
Electronic Iraq
electroniciraq.net/news/
Iraq Daily (World News Network)
www.iraqdaily.com/
Red Cross / Red Crescent
www.ifrc.org/
US Embassy in Baghdad
iraq.usembassy.gov/