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.
At the first International Labor Conference ever held in Iraq, three of the country’s major labor organizations signed a pact in Irbil, announcing formation of a new labor confederation.
Iraq’s Central Criminal Court sentenced Muntadar al-Zaidi, the journalist accused of throwing his shoes at George W. Bush, to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign leader.
President Obama will not replace two US brigades now departing Iraq—leaving 128,000 US troops there. But nine bombings over the weekend demonstrate the survival of a Sunni insurgency.
