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• Contractor accused of human trafficking in Iraq
LOS ANGELES - The families of 12 Nepali men killed by Iraqi insurgents have filed a federal lawsuit accusing defense contractor KBR Inc. and a Jordanian subcontractor of human trafficking, saying the men were sent to work in Iraq against their will ...
• Top Marine eyes shift from Iraq to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al-Qaida stronghold of Iraq’s Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan. Marine ...
• Iraq says U.S. sought troop presence to 2015
BAGHDAD - The United States asked Iraq for permission to keep its troops there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to limit their authorization to 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said. "It was a U.S. proposal for the date which is ...
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,148
As of Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at least 4,148 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,371 ...
• DNC gives local Denver band a boost
When the music ended midafternoon Wednesday, thousands poured onto the streets to march nearly four miles with Iraq Veterans Against the War to the Pepsi Center.