BAGHDAD — Suicide bombers killed 17 people — including two American soldiers — and wounded more than 100 in a string of blasts in two Iraqi cities Thursday as a timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops won final government approval.
WASHINGTON — As the Justice Department prepares indictments, Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an anti-drug law, said people close to the case.