Rebels Fire Rockets Into Baghdad Hotel Complexes
Guerrillas using a makeshift launcher fired rockets into central Baghdad hitting the Sheraton and Baghdad Hotel compounds, causing minor damage. One vehicle hit. the launcher fell over as a third round misfired. Separately, U S forces clashed with insurgents in Beji while a Marine was killed in Anbar and another wounded.
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Iraq
Beji
Anbar
U.S
Firdous Square
Saddam Hussein
Sheraton Hotel
Two Iowa soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq blasts
Pfc. Jeremy Kretz of Dubuque and Sgt. Russell Aldrich of Delhi were wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq respectively. Kretz suffered facial lacerations and a concussion after an explosion, while Aldrich endured a knee wound and ear and leg injuries. Both are in military care. Aldrich was airlifted to Germany and may move to Texas for further knee treatment.
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Iowa
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Iraq
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Russell “Rusty” Aldrich
Delhi
Kretz
Iowa Army National Guard
Jamie Kretz
Aldrich
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Landstuhl Regional
Germany
Texas
Maquoketa Valley High School
Bagram
133Rd Infantry
1/168th Infantry
Task Force 168
Jeremy
Fort Hood
Dubuque Senior High School
Car bomb kills three in eastern Turkey
A remote controlled car bomb rocked a busy street in Van, killing three bystanders including a 12 year old and wounding 24. Governor Hikmet Tan blamed Kurdish rebels, who denied involvement, as authorities defused another bomb nearby. Turkey vows to continue the fight against terrorism.
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Turkey
Hikmet Tan
Van
Tan
Abdullah Gul
Cent
Lawyers file suits for nine men at Guantanamo
Human rights lawyers filed court challenges for nine Guantanamo detainees in Cuba. They urged a federal court to rule the prisoners are unlawfully held and demand justification or release, the first cases since the Supreme Court allowed detainees to use U S courts to contest detention.
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Guantanamo Bay
Washington
Supreme Court
Cuba
U.S
Five U.S. soldiers charged in Iraqi detainee drownings
Five Fort Carson soldiers face involuntary manslaughter and assault charges over the Jan 3 drowning of Iraqi detainees in the Tigris near Samarra and Baghdad. Three men allegedly shoved into the river and a fourth accused of pushing a second civilian.
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Tigris
Samarra
Ate
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Saville
Perkins
Martinez
Mr. Fadhil
Mr. Fadel
Bowman
Balad
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