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US soldier dies in Baghdad (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:28 AM CDT AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of wounds suffered in a roadside bombing in northeast Baghdad.

Iraq says U.S. sought troop presence to 2015 (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:56 AM CDT Reuters - The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to limit their authorization to 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said.

Iraq urges 2011 deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:00 AM CDT The Christian Science Monitor - Presidential candidates, take note. In recent days the US has seen what it's like to deal with an increasingly assertive Iraqi government a key foreign policy problem with which the next occupant of the Oval Office will likely have to deal.

Iraq veterans make some noise at convention (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:19 AM CDT AP - Iraq war veterans are playing an active role at the Democratic convention, where they've marched, staged mock foot patrols on downtown sidewalks and met with a former first lady to discuss veterans' health care.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,147 (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 07:54 PM CDT AP - As of Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, at least 4,147 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Former Marine testifies in Iraqi detainee killings (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 07:52 PM CDT AP - A former Marine sergeant testified Tuesday at the civilian trial of a former squad leader accused of manslaughter that he saw the body of an Iraqi man on the floor and his colleague preparing his gun as two Iraqi detainees watched.

Kurdish journalists under assault in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 07:12 PM CDT Reuters - Iraq's northern Kurdish enclave may be a haven of relative peace and serenity but independent journalists there say challenges to the political establishment are being met with intimidation and threats.

Iraqi adviser says he quit to speak against Iran (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 05:05 PM CDT AP - A former security adviser to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in comments published Tuesday that he had quit his job so he can freely speak about what he called the danger Iran poses in the Middle East.

Judge upholds Iraq charges against former soldier (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 04:54 PM CDT AP - A federal judge in Kentucky has upheld civilian charges against a former 101st Airborne Division soldier accused in the sexual assault of an Iraqi teenager and the slayings of her and her family.

25 die as suicide bomber hits Iraq police recruits (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 01:43 PM CDT AP - A suicide bomber with explosives hidden beneath his traditional robe blew himself up Tuesday in a crowd of Iraqis trying to join the police force, killing at least 25 people in the second major bombing in Iraq this week.

Iraq suicide bomber kills 25 at police recruiting office (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 10:37 AM CDT AFP - A suicide bomber thwarted a security check at a police recruiting centre in Iraq on Tuesday and blew himself up, killing at least 25 young people, the local police chief said.

Car bomb kills at least 25 in Diyala province (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 10:14 AM CDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 25 people were killed and 45 injured Tuesday morning when a car bomber detonated his vehicle at a police recruitment center in Jalula, northeast of Baqouba in Diyala province, Iraqi police said.

Suicide bomber kills 28 police recruits in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 10:04 AM CDT Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of police recruits in northern Iraq on Tuesday killing 28 people, in an attack that showed that parts of Iraq have yet to see the security gains felt elsewhere.

Suicide blast at Iraq police recruiting centre kills 25 (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 06:18 AM CDT AFP - A suicide bomber on Tuesday rushed into a crowd of police recruits in central Iraq and detonated his explosives-laden vest, killing at least 25 people and wounding 40, the local police chief said.

Suicide bomber kills 28 in strike on Iraq recruits (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 05:40 AM CDT Reuters - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowd of Iraqi police recruits on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 45, police said.

Car bomb injures 13 in Saddam's home town (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2008 04:41 AM CDT AFP - A car bomb in Tikrit, the central Iraq hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, injured 13 people including four policemen on Tuesday, police said.

Pennsylvania House Race Measures Voter Weariness With Iraq War (Bloomberg) Posted: 25 Aug 2008 11:01 PM CDT Bloomberg - Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Patrick Murphy is the only Iraq War veteran in Congress, so when he argues for a swift withdrawal of U.S. troops, people tend to listen.

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