Iraq transfers American contractors to U.S. custody Two American contractors being held by Iraqi authorities were handed over to U.S. custody on Sunday, the U.S. Embassy said
Iraqi official: U.S. troops shot pilgrims U.S. forces shot two Shiite pilgrims on Saturday night as they walked to Karbala for an upcoming holy day, an Interior Ministry official said. The victims were a man and a woman, and the man later died of his injuries, the official said