April 9th Morning Readbook

PTSD - The war within 




Al-Qaeda in Iraq group claims embassy bombings
A militant group linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq has said it was behind Sunday's triple bombings in Baghdad which killed 40 people near foreign embassies.


Let me go home: US prisoner Private Bowe Bergdahl's plea in video from Taliban
Private Bowe Bergdahl, 23, the only US soldier currently held in Afghanistan, was seized last June - and his captors say they will only free him in a prisoner exchange.


Troops kill 15 militants in NW Pakistan: officials
Pakistani troops killed at least 15 militants in a gunfight after an attack on a checkpoint in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said Friday. The clash took place in Bezot Khel village in Orakzai tribal district overnight, where troops are hunting Taliban insurgents.


Iran minister: US hikers 'had intelligence links'
Iran's intelligence minister has said there is evidence that three US hikers it is holding had links to intelligence agencies, according to Iran's Press TV.


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