08-08-2006, 06:07 AM
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Secretary of Defense
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Member Since: May 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
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Re: Meanwhile, in Iraq....
... the killing continues throughout the country.
Iraq attacks leave at least 30 dead Tuesday, CNN.com, Aug. 8, 2006:
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Gunfire and bombs left at least 30 people dead Tuesday across Iraq.
Gunmen stormed a bank in northern Baghdad's Raghiba Khaton neighborhood, killing five people and stealing about $5,000 before fleeing, an emergency police official said.
Elsewhere in the capital, a pair of roadside bombs exploded in the Arabi market Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people and wounding 69 others, according to police.
Earlier Tuesday, three roadside bombs exploded in central Baghdad's Nahdha district, killing nine people and wounding eight others, including three police.
At least two of the bombs targeted Iraqi police patrols, an official said.
Gunmen killed 10 people in Iraq's Diyala province during the past 24 hours, according to a Diyala Joint Coordination Center official.
Attackers shot dead three people Tuesday in two incidents in Muqdadiya, north of the Diyala provincial capital of Baquba. One of the victims was a teacher.
In Baquba, gunmen killed two people in drive-by shootings.
On Monday night, gunmen attacked an Iraqi army patrol in Muqdadiya, killing five people, including four soldiers and a civilian, a Baquba police official said.
In the north-central town of Tikrit, a police officer was killed and eight others wounded in two roadside bombings Tuesday, said an official with the Salaheddin Joint Coordination Center.
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The number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war stands at 2,585. Seven American contractors also have died in the conflict.
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Investigator: U.S. soldier poured kerosene on raped, slain Iraqi, CNN.com, Aug. 7, 2006:
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One of the U.S. soldiers accused of raping and killing an Iraqi and slaying her family told investigators that after the killings he poured kerosene on the girl's bullet-ridden body, according to testimony Monday in a military hearing.
In an interview with the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division in June, Spec. James P. Barker, 23, said that he held the girl down while she was raped by another soldier, Sgt. Paul Cortez, during an incident in March in Mahmoudiya, according to testimony from CID Special Agent Benjamin Bierce.
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Using the Reuters doctored photo example, how far up the chain of command should heads roll for this?
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