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Solder held in contractor's death in Iraq

Source: Chicago Tribune

Baghdad : Iraq | 2 months ago

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A U.S. soldier was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting today of a civilian contractor on an American military base in the northern Iraq city of Tikrit, the military said. The shooting occurred at 8:30 a.m. and the civilian died of his wounds later in the day. "We can confirm that a soldier has...

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@timobriennyt TimOBrienNYT: Iraqi shoe thrower released; says he was tortured http://bit.ly/wNpps
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@markknoller Iraqi punishment for throwing shoes at the US President? Nine months. The Iraqi who did that to Pres. Bush last Dec is out of jail.
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@charlesarthur George BushGeorge Bush wasn't there to chuck the guy's shoes back to him? It's not as if he's got other stuff to do, is it?
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