Other Iraq developments

Last update: November 6, 2007 - 5:41 PM

Tens of thousands of Turkish troops were poised Tuesday on the border with Iraq awaiting the order to attack Kurdish fighters, and President Abdullah Gul said the country will do "what it believes to be right" to tame the rebels. But with winter approaching in the region, experts said Turkey likely will be looking at limited raids and aerial assaults.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., allowed a lawsuit to proceed against private defense firm CACI International Inc., whose interrogators are accused of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003. A similar civil suit against a second contracting company, Titan Corp., was dismissed by U.S. District Judge James Robertson, who said Titan's interpreters generally were under military control -- thereby freeing the company of blame. But he found that "CACI retained significant authority to manage its employees," and he allowed the lawsuit.

A Marine Corps drill instructor pleaded not guilty to a reduced number of charges alleging that he abused recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Sgt. Jerrod Glass faces two counts of assault, two counts of failure to obey a lawful order, two counts of cruelty and maltreatment, and four counts of destruction of personal property.

A federal panel has sided with a Defense Department whistleblower, ruling that he was improperly suspended from his job after he cited overcharges on Lockheed Martin military contracts. Ken Pedeleose, 46, an engineer and 13-year employee of the Pentagon's Defense Contract Management Agency, will receive back pay plus interest.

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