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| Iraq executes 17 after U.N. rebuke
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Reuters - Iraq executed 17 people on Wednesday, days after U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay criticized Baghdad for carrying out a large number of executions and questioned the fairness of its judicial proceedings.
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| Pentagon's Failure to Handle Iraq's Money Harms America's Reputation
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sara Sorcher of the National Journal reports the Department of Defense cannot account for some $2 billion given to it by the government of Iraq to pay bills on contracts awarded in 2003 and 2004. Auditors claim poor record-keeping led to the inability to track the money, while others insist that acceptable efforts were made and that the money made it to the appropriate recipients.
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| Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq
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 AP - The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's chief policy aide.
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| St. Louis Parade Thanks Iraq War Heroes, Looks to Expand
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ContributorNetwork - The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Gateway City was living up to its reputation Saturday. A homegrown parade honored Iraq War veterans as the first major event of its kind in a large American city. Troops and their families were moved to tears by the support of their neighbors and complete strangers who showed up to honor the sacrifices of troops returning home.
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| Veterans share stories at Iraq War parade in Mo.
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 AP - Veterans who attended the nation's first major Iraq War parade Saturday in St. Louis said they appreciated the welcome home, even though some expected to be redeployed to Afghanistan or elsewhere in the coming months. Here are a few of their stories:
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| Iraq War veteran accused of posing as Ore. officer
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AP - Eugene Police Officer Dan Baker drove a blue SUV and set off sirens to clear cars in front of him at traffic lights. He pulled over motorists — though it's unclear if he ever gave out tickets. And when he stopped by a youth shelter as a volunteer, he came in full uniform.
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| Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack
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 Reuters - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a Shi'ite funeral procession in Baghdad on Friday, killing 31 people and bringing the death toll from violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December to more than 400.
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AP - Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a Baghdad Shiite district has killed 26 people.
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| Official: Iraq will take legal action over US raid
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 AP - Iraq will take legal action to ensure justice for the families of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians killed in a U.S. raid in Haditha seven years ago, a government spokesman said Thursday, after the lone U.S. Marine convicted in the killings reached a deal to escape jail time.
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| U.S. to Iraq: don't "blow this opportunity"
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Reuters - The United States has warned Iraq not to "blow this opportunity" to become a prosperous, unified nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, saying it must start to act like a democracy and embrace compromise.
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| Iraq says to take legal action for Haditha victims
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Reuters - Iraq plans legal action on behalf of families of victims killed by U.S. troops in a 2005 massacre after the last soldier involved was spared jail time by a guilty plea with military authorities, a government spokesman said Thursday.
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