AFP – Immediate commanders of Bradley Manning, the US Army private suspected of passing secret government files to WikiLeaks, defied a mental health expert’s recommendation that he not be deployed to Iraq, The Washington Post reported online Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – An Iraqi soldier gunned down two US troops at a training centre and a third American soldier in Iraq was killed in a separate incident on Saturday, the deadliest day for US forces since July. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Camp Bucca, a military installation in southern Iraq where tens of thousands of detainees were once held by the US military, was transferred to Iraqi control on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The United States’ top military officer was in Baghdad Monday, an American army spokesman said, as US troops enter the final year of their mission in Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – An American soldier in Iraq died of his wounds on Sunday after being shot, the US army said in a statement. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks said Monday it was planning to publish nearly three million more secret documents in its next mass release of confidential material, according to its Twitter feed. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – An American soldier in Iraq died of his wounds on Sunday after being shot, the US army said in a statement. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request. Read the rest of this entry »