MSNBC.com: Conflict in IraqMSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism.Iraq to pay Sunni fighters- September 22, 2008 The Iraqi government will begin paying the salaries of about 54,000 of the mostly Sunni fighters in Baghdad Province who joined the fight against al-Qaida, the No. 2 U.S. commander there said Monday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26838250/ U.S. soldier accused of abusing and killing Iraqi- September 21, 2008 Military prosecutors accused a U.S. soldier Sunday of taking an Iraqi detainee to a remote desert location, stripping him naked, shooting him in the head and chest and then watching as another soldier set fire to the body with an incendiary grenade.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26824194/ U.S. military targets al-Qaida in Iraq- September 21, 2008 U.S.-led forces arrested 25 people during operations against al-Qaida in Iraq this weekend, the American military said Sunday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26820543/ U.S.: Raid kills 7 north of Baghdad- September 19, 2008 The U.S. military says seven Iraqis have been killed in a raid by American troops backed by attack aircraft targeting al-Qaida in Iraq.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26787684/ GI gets 7-month sentence in Iraq killings- September 18, 2008 A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and was sentenced to seven months in prison Thursday in the deaths of four Iraqis, saying he stood guard while the blindfolded prisoners were shot.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26773682/ 7 GIs die in Iraq helicopter crash- September 18, 2008 Seven American soldiers were killed in southern Iraq early Thursday when their helicopter crashed as it was flying into the country from Kuwait, the U.S. military said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26764416/ |