June 1, 2006:


1) A key U.S. general in Iraq has ordered American commanders to conduct core values training on moral and ethical standards on the battlefield. The order came as the military investigates if U.S. Marines intentionally killed unarmed Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha on November 19. (CBS News)


2) The Iraqi government announced Thursday its own investigation into reports that U.S. Marines killed unarmed civilians last year. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


3) A bomb struck a group of construction workers seeking jobs in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least two and wounding 18 amid an increasingly random cycle of violence in Iraq. (AP via Yahoo! News)


4) Iraq's prime minister declared a state of emergency Wednesday in once peaceful and oil-rich Basra, as the sectarian and militia violence engulfing the country's capital spread to its southern economic heartland. (AP via Yahoo! News)


June 2, 2006:


1) A proposed deal to end Iran's disputed nuclear program highlights a new reality facing the United States: American intercessions overseas will be seen through the prism of an Iraq war that is highly unpopular around the globe. (AP via Yahoo! News)


2) Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday declared his vote against the Iraq war the best he has cast since being elected in 1962. (AP via Yahoo! News)


3) U.S. commanders used appropriate force in taking down a safe house in Iraq during a March 15 military raid that led to the deaths of as many as a dozen civilians, according to the results of an investigation announced in Baghdad yesterday. (Washington Post)


4) Iraq's most prominent insurgent leader issued a call Friday for war between Shiites and Sunni Arabs. (Washington Post)


5) US leaders have admitted they are worried by mounting accusations of the US military killing civilians in Iraq, but expressed confidence that they would be thoroughly investigated. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


June 3, 2006:


1) A US military probe has cleared troops of wrongdoing in one of three cases of alleged killings of civilians in Iraq, which have raised worldwide concern over US conduct in the war-torn country. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


2) Iraq's government believes the U.S. military's exoneration of U.S. troops accused of killing civilians in the town of Ishaqi in March was unfair and will press on with its own investigation, an aide to the prime minister said on Saturday. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)


3) U.S. soldiers need to begin leaving Iraq this year and the fledgling Iraqi government must take on more responsibility, a Vermont state senator said in the Democrats' weekly radio address. (AP via yahoo! News)




Regards,
angelfalls!!

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