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Report: Blackwater OK'd $1M plan to pay off Iraqis
Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,362
As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 4,362 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count....
Rights report criticizes Kurds over minorities
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The ongoing dispute between Iraq's central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities in the country's north threatens to create a "human rights catastrophe" for minority communities in the region, a leading rights watchdog warned in a report Tuesday....
VA pays to settle lawsuit over Mich. vet's death
DETROIT (AP) -- The federal government has agreed to pay $218,500 to settle a lawsuit over the fatal drug overdose of a young Michigan veteran who served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq....
Iraqi PM: Cabinet to discuss Zubair deal next week
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's Cabinet will meet next week to ratify a deal with a consortium led by Italy's Eni SpA to develop a prized southern oil field, the prime minister said Tuesday....
US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait
Army Spc. Paul E. Andersen...
US military: 3 US military personnel die in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two American pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq while a Marine died of noncombat related injuries in a separate incident, the U.S. military said Monday....
Report: Iraqis returning home can't find work
GENEVA (AP) -- The International Organization for Migration says nearly 350,000 displaced Iraqis have returned to their homes but are now suffering from widespread unemployment and lack of resources....
Audit says KBR work force in Iraq needs to be cut
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army's primary support contractor in Iraq has been warned by Pentagon auditors to cut its work force there or face nearly $200 million in penalties for keeping thousands too many on the payroll....
Iraq: Key figures since the war began
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