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US court allows suit against contractor in Abu Ghraib (AFP)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:08:03 GMT

The L3 Communications sign is seen outside their Reston offices in Virginia in 2009. A US court has given approval for a lawsuit to proceed from 72 Iraqi nationals against L3 Communications accused of complicity in the alleged abuse of detainees at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - A US court has given approval for a lawsuit to proceed from 72 Iraqi nationals against a private contractor accused of complicity in the alleged abuse of detainees at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.



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Roadside bomb in Iraq kills 5 members of family (AP)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:44:37 GMT

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro holds up an article with a picture of U.S. Army specialist Bradley Manning during a meeting with youths in Havana on July 30, 2010. The U.S. Army investigation into the release of the documents is focusing on Army specialist Bradley Manning, who was already charged this month with leaking information previously published by WikiLeaks, U.S. defense officials say. Manning, who was moved from a detention facility in Kuwait to one at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia on Thursday ahead of his trial, is charged with leaking a classified video showing a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Iraq, including two Reuters journalists. REUTERS/Revolution Studios/Handout (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Iraqi police say a roadside bomb north of Baghdad has killed five members of a family, including a 4-year-old girl.



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With US drawdown in Iraq, shift from joint ops to training (AFP)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:01:57 GMT

A US soldier stands on an Iraqi military police vehicle at the US army Forward Operating Base (FOB) Constitution West of Baghdad on July 29. AFP - US and Iraqi military police slowly comb a strip of dirt road west of Baghdad, looking for tell-tale signs of hidden improvised explosive devices.



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UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence (Reuters)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:34:36 GMT
Reuters - Britain\'s deputy prime minister at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq said on Friday he had doubts about intelligence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, describing some of it as "tittle tattle."
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UK\'s Iraq inquiry may recall witnesses (AP)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:41 GMT

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro holds up an article with a picture of U.S. Army specialist Bradley Manning during a meeting with youths in Havana on July 30, 2010. The U.S. Army investigation into the release of the documents is focusing on Army specialist Bradley Manning, who was already charged this month with leaking information previously published by WikiLeaks, U.S. defense officials say. Manning, who was moved from a detention facility in Kuwait to one at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia on Thursday ahead of his trial, is charged with leaking a classified video showing a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Iraq, including two Reuters journalists. REUTERS/Revolution Studios/Handout (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Britain\'s Iraq inquiry says it may recall witnesses to offer new testimony — which could see ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair return to face the panel.



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Iraqi minister hurt, two Britons killed in Jordan accident (AFP)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:49:28 GMT

Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi, pictured here in December 2007, was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two Britons, police said.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two British women, police said.



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Spanish Court Seeks Arrest of U.S. Soldiers in Hotel Attack (Time.com)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:55:00 GMT
Time.com - Spain\'s National Court has re-opened its case against three U.S. troops implicated in a 2003 attack on Baghdad\'s Hotel Palestine that killed two journalists
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