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Group claims 3 GIs killed over rape-murders
Jul 10 2006 11:44PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An al-Qaida-linked group claims it killed three U.S. soldiers last month and mutilated two of their bodies to avenge the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by troops of the same unit, an institute which monitors extremists Web sites said Tuesday.
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Israeli leaders OK new Gaza incursions
Jul 10 2006 11:38PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli leaders approved new incursions into Gaza, security officials said Tuesday, after the Israeli premier and Hamas leader showed no flexibility toward ending a bloody 13-day confrontation over a captured Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants.
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Israeli inquiry faults army in abduction
Jul 10 2006 10:20PM (CT)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Despite warnings of a planned attack, Israeli forces reacted slowly to a Palestinian raid that captured an soldier, failing to note he was missing for 90 minutes, the head of an inquiry said Monday.
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Relatives defend soldiers in rape case
Jul 10 2006 10:15PM (CT)
HUFFMAN, Texas (AP) - Relatives came to the defense Monday of three U.S. soldiers named in the suspected rape-murder of a young Iraqi woman and the killing of three members of her family.
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Iraqis turn to fake IDs for safety
Jul 10 2006 9:24PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bookstore in eastern Baghdad is getting more customers these days, but they aren't looking for something to read. The owner sells fake IDs, a booming business as Iraqis try to hide their identities in hopes of staying alive.
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Car bombs kill 8 in Shiite slum in Baghdad
Jul 10 2006 9:24PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Car bombs killed eight people in a Shiite slum and gunmen mounted a deadly ambush on a bus in a Sunni area of the capital Monday as Iraq's sectarian violence showed no sign of easing.
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Letters reveal Einstein's personal life
Jul 10 2006 7:15PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Albert Einstein letter decrying the attentions of a Berlin socialite is among newly unsealed documents that promise to shed light on the private life of the 20th century's greatest physicist.
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General: Security better in northern Iraq
Jul 10 2006 11:44AM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - While Baghdad erupts in sectarian violence, the general in charge of U.S. forces in northern Iraq believes security has improved enough here for soldiers to think about a day when the attacks stop.
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Saddam, lawyers will boycott rest of trial
Jul 10 2006 11:41AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein and his lawyers announced they would boycott his trial even as its final phase began Monday, saying the court was unfair and demanding better security after the slaying of a senior member of the defense team.
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Saddam, lawyers will boycott rest of trial
Jul 10 2006 11:33AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein and his lawyers announced they would boycott his trial even as its final phase began Monday, saying the court was unfair and demanding better security after the slaying of a senior member of the defense team.
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2 militants killed in Israeli strike
Jul 10 2006 6:22AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli aircraft fired missiles at a car in southern Gaza on Monday, killing two Islamic Jihad militants, hospital officials and members of the group said. Israel confirmed it launched an airstrike, but did not say who was targeted.
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Hamas leader insists on prisoner swap
Jul 10 2006 6:15AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal on Monday insisted that Israel must free Palestinian prisoners to win the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas-linked Palestinian militants.
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4 more charged with rape, murder in Iraq
Jul 10 2006 6:15AM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - Four more U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman and the killings of her relatives in Mahmoudiya, the military said Sunday.
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Car and truck bombs kill 12 in Iraq
Jul 10 2006 4:00AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight and wounding dozens, police and hospital officials said.
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