Iraq War Headlines, March 19, 2003 to December 31, 2009, Q Madp, IraqWarHeroes.org - Website by Q Madp

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American fighter jet crashes in Iraq 6/15/2007, 7:26 p.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Friday during a close air support mission for ground forces — a rare loss in Iraq of the workhorse aircraft. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates came to Baghdad on an unannounced visit, and the U.S. military said five soldiers had died.

An `ominous' feeling — then a blast 6/15/2007, 2:08 p.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Men packed on a sidewalk outside a Sunni mosque for Friday prayers glared as we passed. The Humvee driver said he had an ominous feeling.

Journalists criticize Iraqi detentions 6/15/2007, 1:51 p.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to free 11 people detained by authorities for providing Al-Jazeera television with a videotape of an interview of a woman accusing three security officers of raping her.

American fighter jet crashes in Iraq 6/15/2007, 1:47 p.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — An F-16 fighter jet crashed Friday in Iraq, the Air Force reported, in the first such loss in more than six months. The statement said the crash was an accident, but did not say where the plane went down or what happened to the pilot.

Viet Cong were executed, too 6/15/2007, 1:29 p.m. PDT
(AP) — Four decades ago in Vietnam, anti-U.S. fighters were also put on trial and put to death, as in Iraq today. But U.S. forces didn't help for long.

Iraqis face noose in U.S. attacks 6/15/2007, 1:29 p.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — In a northern corner of this baking hot city, inside a broad bend of the Tigris River, dozens of men, and a few women, sit in prison cells and await a rendezvous with Baghdad's hangmen.

Air Force reports F-16 crash in Iraq 6/15/2007, 11:37 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed early Friday morning in Iraq while supporting a ground forces operation, the Air Force reported.

5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq 6/15/2007, 3:59 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Five U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, the U.S. military announced Friday, a day after extremists fired shells into Baghdad's Green Zone during a visit by the State Department's No. 2 official.

5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq 6/15/2007, 1:25 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Five U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, the U.S. military announced Friday, including three who were killed in an explosion near their vehicle.

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