An agreement signed in summer 2008 by Jordan with Iraq to import oil at preferential prices has come into effect, according to PetrolWorld which has quoted a weekly report by the Al-Hilal Oil Company.

Charges filed against a U.S. Marine officer for failing to report the Haditha killings in Iraq were dismissed Tuesday on grounds of unlawful command influence. Lt. Col.

By Robert Moran, The Philadelphia Inquirer Apr.

The U.S. Marine Corps Friday dropped all charges against an enlisted man alleged to have been involved in the 2005 deaths of civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The Corps said Lance Cpl.

The highest-ranking U.S. serviceman to face court-martial involving combat since Vietnam was ordered to trial Friday for failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis, including women and children, in Haditha two years ago.