Developments in Iraq on Monday:
A car bomb exploded in an upscale shopping district of Baghdad, killing at least six Iraqis and setting fire to an apartment building part of a wave of attacks that killed 23 Iraqis.
A suicide bomber exploded a truck at an Iraqi checkpoint near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, killing eight soldiers and wounding 20, said Iraqi army Capt. Qassem Sharif.
Striking back at the insurgency, U.S. and Iraqi forces have detained 84 suspects in the Baghdad area since Sunday, the U.S. military said. An additional 52 suspects were detained Monday in the Diyarah area, south of the capital.
Incoming Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has filled six of the seven Cabinet seats that were left undecided last week, an aide said. Disputes remained over the Defense Ministry portfolio, which is destined for a Sunni.
Italian investigators have concluded stress and inexperience played a role in the shooting death of an Italian agent by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad. A U.S. report on the killing of Nicola Calipari, who had just freed an Italian hostage, cleared American soldiers of wrongdoing.
Pfc. Lynndie England, who appeared in some of the most graphic photographs depicting physical mistreatment and sexual humiliation of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison, pleaded guilty to charges arising from her role in the abuse scandal.
A Danish army captain and four military police sergeants pleaded innocent in a Danish court to charges of mistreating Iraqi detainees. The charges stem from an interrogation on March 9, 2004, of four Iraqi detainees at Camp Eden in the southern city of Basra.
The U.S. military confirmed that it was a suicide bomber who detonated an ambulance loaded with explosives at Sunday's funeral for a Kurdish Democratic Party official, killing 25 people in Tal Afar, 90 miles east of the Syrian border. U.S. and Iraqi forces imposed a curfew in Tal Afar.
In eastern Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a passport office, killing three Iraqis, including two policemen, and wounding six.
A suicide car bomb and an improvised explosive devise went of in quick succession near an American patrol in the Mosul area. The coordinated attack killed at least two Iraqis and wounded 15, the U.S. military said. Hospital officials, however, said four Iraqis were killed and seven injured.
A roadside bomb killed a British soldier in southern Iraq.
In northern Iraq, four people were killed and seven injured when a car bomb exploded near a U.S. military convoy east of Yarmuk, said Dr. Baha al-Din al-Batri at al-Jamhuri Hospital in nearby Mosul. The U.S. military said it had received reports of an explosion but had no details.
Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer, Ziad al-Khasawneh, accused unidentified Iranian-backed Iraqi politicians of plotting to assassinate the ousted leader in his prison cell. Iraqi national security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie scoffed at the accusations, describing them as a ploy to have Saddam moved to another country to face an international court.
Australia formed a team of diplomats, defense officials and police to work for the release of an Australian-born engineer seized by Iraqi insurgents. But the government had a blunt message for the kidnappers: It will not remove its troops from Iraq or pay ransom.
The British Embassy said a fourth suspect has been detained in the abduction of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was believed slain by her captors last year. The arrest followed a U.S.-Iraqi raid Sunday 20 miles south of Baghdad that netted three other suspects.
A car bomb exploded in an upscale shopping district of Baghdad, killing at least six Iraqis and setting fire to an apartment building part of a wave of attacks that killed 23 Iraqis.
A suicide bomber exploded a truck at an Iraqi checkpoint near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, killing eight soldiers and wounding 20, said Iraqi army Capt. Qassem Sharif.
Striking back at the insurgency, U.S. and Iraqi forces have detained 84 suspects in the Baghdad area since Sunday, the U.S. military said. An additional 52 suspects were detained Monday in the Diyarah area, south of the capital.
Incoming Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has filled six of the seven Cabinet seats that were left undecided last week, an aide said. Disputes remained over the Defense Ministry portfolio, which is destined for a Sunni.
Italian investigators have concluded stress and inexperience played a role in the shooting death of an Italian agent by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad. A U.S. report on the killing of Nicola Calipari, who had just freed an Italian hostage, cleared American soldiers of wrongdoing.
Pfc. Lynndie England, who appeared in some of the most graphic photographs depicting physical mistreatment and sexual humiliation of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison, pleaded guilty to charges arising from her role in the abuse scandal.
A Danish army captain and four military police sergeants pleaded innocent in a Danish court to charges of mistreating Iraqi detainees. The charges stem from an interrogation on March 9, 2004, of four Iraqi detainees at Camp Eden in the southern city of Basra.
The U.S. military confirmed that it was a suicide bomber who detonated an ambulance loaded with explosives at Sunday's funeral for a Kurdish Democratic Party official, killing 25 people in Tal Afar, 90 miles east of the Syrian border. U.S. and Iraqi forces imposed a curfew in Tal Afar.
In eastern Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a passport office, killing three Iraqis, including two policemen, and wounding six.
A suicide car bomb and an improvised explosive devise went of in quick succession near an American patrol in the Mosul area. The coordinated attack killed at least two Iraqis and wounded 15, the U.S. military said. Hospital officials, however, said four Iraqis were killed and seven injured.
A roadside bomb killed a British soldier in southern Iraq.
In northern Iraq, four people were killed and seven injured when a car bomb exploded near a U.S. military convoy east of Yarmuk, said Dr. Baha al-Din al-Batri at al-Jamhuri Hospital in nearby Mosul. The U.S. military said it had received reports of an explosion but had no details.
Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer, Ziad al-Khasawneh, accused unidentified Iranian-backed Iraqi politicians of plotting to assassinate the ousted leader in his prison cell. Iraqi national security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie scoffed at the accusations, describing them as a ploy to have Saddam moved to another country to face an international court.
Australia formed a team of diplomats, defense officials and police to work for the release of an Australian-born engineer seized by Iraqi insurgents. But the government had a blunt message for the kidnappers: It will not remove its troops from Iraq or pay ransom.
The British Embassy said a fourth suspect has been detained in the abduction of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was believed slain by her captors last year. The arrest followed a U.S.-Iraqi raid Sunday 20 miles south of Baghdad that netted three other suspects.
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