| 8ballrollin |
11-05-2008 09:49 PM |
Meanwhile over in the sandbox...
Couple of interesting articles:
First ever conviction in death of US troops in Iraq
Quote:
BAGHDAD — In the first case of its kind, an Iraqi judge on Tuesday convicted an Iraqi man of abducting, torturing and killing two American soldiers in the summer of 2006.
Ibrahim Karim Muhammed Salih al-Qaraghuli was found guilty and sentenced to death, after expert testimony that his fingerprints matched photos of bloody prints found on the front panel of the pickup truck used to drag the soldiers, Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and Pfc. Thomas Tucker.
|
http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Sto...1&LinkFrom=RSS
Car bombing numbers way down
Quote:
There were 598 car bombings in the capital between 2006 and 2008: 415 in 2006, 122 in 2007 and 61 in 2008," said Major General Qasim Atta, spokesman for the Baghdad security plan.
|
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081105...d-3cd7efd.html |
