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US Soldiers Court Martialed for Murder
Following an investigation, Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner of the 101st Airborne Division refers murder charges against the soldiers for the alleged crimes that occurred in Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad, in March. Four U.S. soldiers are accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old girl and slaying her sister and their parents.
The commander of the 101st Airborne Division has referred murder charges against the soldiers for the alleged crimes that occurred in Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad, in March. Two of the soldiers could face the death penalty if convicted. |
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British Army Head Calls with Withdrawal
In a Daily Mail interview, General Sir Richard Dannat, who took on his role as head of the British Army in August, states that UK troops should "get ourselves out sometime soon because our presence exacerbates the security problems". |
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US Iraq Death Toll: 2715
Total US military fatalities in Operation Iraqi Freedom for the month of September 2006 is 73, bringing the total US dead in the conflict to 2715. |
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60 Tortured Bodies Found
Iraqi police find 60 bodies, all showing signs of torture, dumped around Iraq's capital city. This drives the total number of bodies discovered in the week commencing 9/24 to 122. The day prior, U.S. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell notes a "tough week" and that murders and executions are now the leading cause of death in Baghdad. |
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Iraqi Citizens Firmly Against US
A University of Maryland survey is released showing that most Iraqis think the US presence in their country is doing more harm than good. 71 percent favor a commitment by U.S.-led forces in Iraq to withdraw in a year. It also indicates that six out of 10 Iraqis now actually favor attacks on U.S. forces. |
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NIE Conclusions Declassified
Key conclusions of the National Intelligence Estimate are released after President Bush orders its declassification. One assessment is that Iraq is shaping a new generation of terror leaders. Another is that success in Iraq is crucial to defeating terrorism. |
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Thai Political Meetings Banned
Thailand's new leaders ban all meetings and other activities by political parties, two days after taking power in a military coup. Coup leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin has proposed a year-long transitional period as a constitution is drafted, but opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva challenges this timeframe and calls instead for elections in six months. |
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Chavez Calls Bush "The Devil"
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez denounces President Bush from the podium of the UN General Assembly, calling him ``the devil himself" and ``a world dictator" in an impassioned speech that drew both laughter and applause. |
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Thai Troops Overthrow Govt
While Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is at the UN in New York, Thai soldiers under the leadership of Lieutenant General Sonthi Boonyaratglin enter Government House and tanks move into position around the building. |
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Tortured Suspect Exonerated
A commission of the Canadian Government exonerates Canadian computer engineer Maher Arar of any ties to terrorism and issued a scathing report faulting both Canada and the United States for his deportation four years ago to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured. The report said that American officials had apparently acted on inaccurate information from Canadian investigators and then misled Canadian authorities about their plans for Mr. Arar before transporting him to Syria. |
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US Embassy Attacked in Damascus
Syrian security forces repel an attack by several gunmen on the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. |
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Al Qaeda Leader Calls for Resistance
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Muslims to step up their resistance to the United States. |
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Fox Journalists Freed
After two weeks of negotiations, Islamic militants freed Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig in the Gaza Strip. One of the former captives said they were forced at gunpoint to make statements, including that they had converted to Islam. |
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Baghdad Bomb Kills 6
A bomb planted in a mini van detonates outside the Palestine Hotel in downtown Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 16. A bomb also explodes in the town of al-Khalis, on the outskirts of Baqouba just north of Baghdad, killing six and wounding more than a dozen. |
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600 Protest in Kennebunkport
600 Protestors march through Kennebunkport, Maine and rally near the Bush family compound calling for an end to US involvement in the Iraq conflict. |
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British Base Looted
Looters ransack the former British base near the southern Iraqi city of Amarah one day following the pullout of the remaining British troops. Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr hail the abrupt exits as a victory over the "occupiers." |
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US Wiretapping Ruled Unconsitutional
A federal judge has ruled that the federal government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately. |
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Rockets Reach Hadera
Israeli police confirm two or three rockets hit the Hadera area, the furthest point yet south of the Lebanese border. |
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US Generals See Iraq Civil War
General John Abizaid tells the US Congress that "Iraq could move toward civil war" if the raging sectarian violence in Baghdad is not stopped. Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed this likelihood when he also told the panel, "We do have the possibility of that devolving into civil war." He added that this need not happen and stressed that ultimately it depends on the Iraqis more than on the U.S. military. President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld have refused to call the situation in Iraq a civil war, although Rumsfeld at a news conference on August 2nd acknowledged that the violence is actually increasing. |
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Baghdad Bombing Leaves 9 Dead
A bomb strapped to a motorbike kills nine people and injures more than 20 near the busy al-Rashid shopping area. Iraq is presently suffering under a surge of violence with 100 people being killed daily. UK Ambassador William Patey and US General John Abizaid have suggested that civil war is a more likely outcome in Iraq than a stable "democracy." |
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200 Hezbollah Rockets
Hezbollah guerrillas fire the largest number of rockets to date into Israel as thousands of Israeli troops seek to establish a buffer zone under their control. |
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Israel Operates Near Syrian Border
Israeli forces operate in the Baalbeck area of northeast Lebanon which is about 50 miles from Lebanese capital, Beirut and near the Syrian border. |
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Israel Suspends Air Ops
The US State Department announces that Israel has agreed to suspend air operations over southern Lebanon for 48 hours to investigate the strike on Qana, Lebanon which caused numerous civilian casulties. |
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Bush Backs Multinational Force
US President Bush declares his support for a U.N. resolution that would deploy a multinational force to end the crisis in Lebanon. |
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