Military: US Troops Killed Iraqi Newspaper Editor's Son


	Military: US Troops Killed Iraqi Newspaper Editor's Son

ratilfar

7-26-2008 8:22 AM

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iraq, war, mosul, kurdistan, military, u.s.

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Tensions have been rising in Kirkuk as minority Kurds step up efforts to incorporate the diverse city into their semiautonomous territory in northern Iraq despite objections from Arab and Turkomen factions.

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				People gather next to a site of a bomb explosion in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 25, 2008. Iraqi authorities say a bomb explosion aboard a minibus has wounded nine civilians in the Shiite holy city. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Alhussainey)
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