Iraq PM claims US raid violated SOFA
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki denounced a US military raid as violating the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), and demanded the soldiers involved be turned over to Iraqi authorities.
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki denounced a US military raid as violating the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), and demanded the soldiers involved be turned over to Iraqi authorities.
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases that will determine whether Iraq has sovereign immunity in suits involving Saddam-era misdeeds. Meanwhile, a DC court sentenced an insurgent to 25 years.
The New England Journal of Medicine is releasing a new study by the University of London, finding that sectarian militias were responsible for a full third of killings in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.
US Army Sgt.John Hatley was convicted of murder and conspiracy in court-martial proceedings for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners, and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
US Army Sgt. John Hatley entered a plea of not guilty to murder charges at his court-martial for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007.
An appeals court in Baghdad reduced the sentence for Muntadar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist accused of throwing his shoe at former US president George W. Bush, from three years to one year.
A jury of US Marines acquitted Sgt. Ryan Weemer of murder and dereliction for his involvement in the shooting death of a detained Iraqi during a November 2004 offensive in Fallujah.
Union leaders from around the world gathered for the First International Iraqi Labor Conference in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, pledging to support workers’ struggles in Iraq, and fight privatization.
President Barack Obama says he won’t consider speeding up the troop pullout from Iraq—as Baghdad clashes between Sunni Guardians and security forces left three dead and several detained.
US Army Sgt. First Class Joseph Mayo was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007.
Kuwait’s Arab Times speculates that with the deadly suicide blast in the contested city of Jalawla, al-Qaeda in Iraq is trying to spark an Arab-Kurdish war.
The US Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a military judge’s dismissal of charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani in the killing of 24 Iraqis in at Haditha.