Updated at 7:17 p.m. EDT, Sept. 27, 2009
At least five Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded in the latest violence. Police are also searching for a kidnapped doctor.
read moreSaturday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 3 Wounded; US Drone Crashes Into Builiding
Updated at 10:13 p.m. EDT, Sept. 26, 2009
Light violence left three Iraqis dead and three wounded. Meanwhile, an unmanned U.S. drone crashed into a building in Mosul.
read moreFriday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 7 Wounded
Updated at 8:45 p.m. EDT, Sept. 25, 2009
At least 20 Iraqis were killed and seven wounded in the latest violence. Also, the entire staff of a Tikrit jail was arrested in connection with a major jailbreak.
read moreThursday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 8 Wounded
Updated at 6:16 p.m. EDT. Sept. 24, 2009
At least four Iraqis were killed and eight more were wounded in light violence. The most significant news items today were the escape of 11 detainees in Tikrit and the foiled assassination attempt on a major political leader. Meanwhile, the Iraqi Ministry of Immigration has plans to help 30,000 displaced families return to Ninewa province. Also, Kuwait is considering reinvesting any war reparations back into Iraq in hopes it will end any issues preventing payment.
read moreWednesday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
Updated at 8:15 p.m. EDT, Sept. 23, 2009
With the Eid holiday over, news reporting out of Iraq resumed today. At least 13 Iraqis were killed and 19 more were wounded in the latest violence. Meanwhile, the policeman father of an Iraqi man beaten to death by British troops testified at a public inquiry that he believes the attack was in revenge for his reporting on the theft of money by British soldiers.
read moreTuesday: 2 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 5:51 p.m. EDT, Sept. 22, 2009
Due the Eid al-Fitr holiday, news out of Iraq has been scant. Only two people were reported wounded today. Back in the United States, a U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in the death of a U.S. contractor on Sept. 13 in Tikrit, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is in New York to ask the United Nations to drop any Saddam-era debts Iraq still owes.
read moreMonday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 2 Wounded
At least four Iraqis were killed and two more were wounded in light Eid al-Fitr holiday violence. Meanwhile, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-U.S. President George Bush last year, has requested Swiss asylum. Also, a public inquiry in Britain has learned that British troops repeatedly abused Iraqi detainees.
read moreSunday: 1 US Soldier, 2 Iraqis Killed; 17 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 8:58 p.m. EDT, Sept. 20, 2009
One American soldier was killed and 12 more where injured when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed at the Balad Air Base during bad weather. At least two Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded in other violence.
read moreSaturday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 3 Wounded
Light violence left at least eight Iraqis killed and three more wounded. Meanwhile, U.S. forces have promised to hand over two prisons to their Iraqi counterparts. Also, Turkey and Iraq agreed to sign 40 cooperative agreements soon, just as Turkey also promised to release more river water to Iraq.
read moreFriday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 28 Wounded, 11 Kidnapped
Updated at 7:40 p.m. EDT, Sept. 18, 2009
At least eight Iraqis were killed and 26 more were wounded in the latest attacks. Another 11 were kidnapped. Meanwhile, the U.S. military is training upper and lower level prison employees, hoping the Iraqis will avoid Abu Ghraib-like scandals now that the final U.S. detainees are being transferred over to the Iraqi authorities.
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