Iraqi

Military says US troops killed Iraqi editor's son (AP via Yahoo! News)

26 Jul 2008

The U.S. military said Friday that bullets fired by American soldiers killed the 14-year-old son of the chief editor of a U.S.-sponsored newspaper during a gunbattle this week in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

U.S. military admits troops accidentally killed Iraqi (USA Today)

25 Jul 2008

The U.S. military admitted Friday that American troops accidentally killed the son of the chief editor of a local newspaper during a gunbattle in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Glimmer of hope fails to cheer banned Iraqi athletes (AFP via Yahoo! News)

25 Jul 2008

A glimmer of hope that Iraqi athletes could be reinstated for the Beijing Olympics after their nation was banned from the August Games did little to cheer Iraq's seven member squad Friday.