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Some Headlines Of Today
Thursday June 14, 2007
Remains of Brazilian found in Iraq 6/14/2007, 5:52 p.m. PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The remains of a Brazilian engineer who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2005 have been found and positively identified, the Brazilian foreign ministry said Thursday. |
Baghdad curfew empties streets 6/14/2007, 4:08 p.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A citywide clampdown emptied Baghdad's streets of all vehicles Thursday in attempts to hold off what authorities dread: a storm of Shiite attacks in revenge for the bombing of one of their main shrines. The tactic appeared to keep a lid on widespread violence, but extremists fired shells into the city's protected Green Zone during a visit by the State Department's No. 2 official. |
Militants claim to abort bombing 6/14/2007, 4:08 p.m. PDT CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Iraq released a videotape Thursday showing the execution-style deaths of 14 Iraqi soldiers and policemen after the expiration of a 72-hour deadline for the Iraqi government to meet the militants' demands. |
Firebrand cleric faces political test 6/14/2007, 1:23 p.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The second bombing at the Samarra shrine will test Muqtada al-Sadr's political skills and clarify what control he has over his feared Mahdi Army militia. |
Baghdad crackdown seeks Sunni help 6/14/2007, 12:27 p.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The struggle to regain control of Baghdad crossed into its fifth month Thursday with the last of 30,000 additional U.S. soldiers about to join an increasingly bitter fight. The security operation has failed to curb violence nationwide, and the number of American troops killed in the capital is on the rise. |
Several Sunni mosques in Iraq attacked 6/14/2007, 10:35 a.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A handful of Sunni mosques were attacked or burned Thursday, but curfews and increased troop levels kept Iraq in relative calm a day after suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of a prized Shiite shrine. |
U.S. Army officer charged in Iraq 6/14/2007, 10:15 a.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. lieutenant colonel has been referred to a court-martial on charges he "aided the enemy" by allowing detainees at an Iraqi prison to use his cell phone to make unmonitored calls, the military said Thursday. The offense could carry the death penalty. |
Several Sunni mosques in Iraq attacked 6/14/2007, 3:25 a.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A handful of Sunni mosques were attacked or burned Thursday, but curfews and increased troop levels kept Iraq in relative calm a day after suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of a prized Shiite shrine. |
U.N. supports U.S troops staying in Iraq 6/14/2007, 12:19 a.m. PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council agreed Wednesday to an Iraqi request to extend the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force after the country's foreign minister said the troops were "vitally necessary." |
The Above Headlines were gathered from various news sites. |
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