Ex-Marine in Fallujah probe hailed as hero
Attorney Paul Hackett says former Marine Corporal Ryan Weemer is an American hero amid a Naval Criminal Investigative Service probe into a November 2004 Fallujah battle. Weemer, 24, helped form a four man fireteam in Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines.
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Death by own action car bomb kills 26 near Iraqi Kurdish village
A car bomber struck a coffee shop in the Kurdish village of Ahmad Maref near the Iranian border, killing 26 and wounding 33. The attack occurred in Diyala province as U S forces press an offensive against Sunni militants. the village houses about 30 Kurdish families. An al Qaida militant was later hanged in Baghdad for involvement in the August 2003 bombing that killed Ayatollah al Hakim.
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Baghdad calm shows gains from security crackdown
Iraqi shop owners on Jadidah Street stay open later as violence eases in Baghdad, thanks to a surge in U.S. and Iraqi patrols. Civilian deaths from major car bombs fall, though fear of kidnapping and sporadic attacks persists, with officials warning the lull may prove fragile amid political wrangling and sectarian tensions.
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