BAGHDAD, Iraq - Mortar rounds rained down on a crowded outdoor market south of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens, police said. A bicycle rigged with a bomb tore through the market in Mahmoudiyah first, followed by at least a dozen mortars, said army Capt.

BAGHDAD, Iraq _ The U.S. military has filed charges against four American soldiers who, together with a former private in custody in the United States, are accused of the rape and killing of an Iraqi girl and the murders of her parents and younger sister, American military officials said Sunday.

By Ryan Lenz Associated Press BEIJI, Iraq -- Five U.S. Army soldiers are being investigated for allegedly raping a young woman, then killing her and three members of her family in Iraq, a U.S. military official said Friday.