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Iraq attacks kill 26 as Shiites mark Eid (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 04:11 AM CDT AFP - Twin suicide bombings near Shiite mosques in Iraq's capital on Thursday killed at least 20 people as worshippers celebrated Al-Fitr feast which follows the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.

US policy change reduces flow of Iraqis to Mich. (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:29 AM CDT AP - The U.S. government has been sending fewer Iraqis to Michigan because of its struggling economy, though some expect the refugees will make their way here anyway, costing the cash-strapped state more in the long run.

Iraqi police: Bombs kill 16 near Shiite mosques (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:19 AM CDT AP - Bombs targeted Shiite worshippers as they left morning prayers Thursday at two Baghdad mosques, killing 16 people and injuring more than 30 others, police said.

Suicide bombers kill 13 at Baghdad mosques (Reuters) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:07 AM CDT Reuters - Suicide bombers struck Shi'ite worshippers as they gathered at two prayer halls in Baghdad to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month on Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding about 50, officials said.

US soldier faces court-martial in Iraq killings (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:24 AM CDT AP - U.S. Army Spc. Steven Ribordy was part of a patrol accused of killing four Iraqi prisoners in spring 2007 who were bound, blindfolded and shot before being dumped in a canal.

Islamabad After the Marriott Bombing: The Baghdad Effect (Time.com) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:15 AM CDT Time.com - With security heightened after the Sept. 20 bombing, the city resembles the Iraqi capital of 2003

Suicide bombers kill 12 at Baghdad mosques (Reuters) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:24 AM CDT Reuters - Suicide bombers struck two Shi'ite mosques in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers marked the end of the Ramadan fasting month, killing 12 people and wounding 31, police said.

Iraq car bomb kills four at Eid celebrations (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:08 AM CDT AFP - Four people were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb attack at a mosque north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad during celebrations marking Eid, the end of Ramadan, the US military said Thursday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,176 (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:47 PM CDT AP - As of Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at least 4,176 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US combat hospital saving more wounded Iraqis (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:14 PM CDT AP - The U.S. military's main combat hospital in Iraq has increasingly switched to helping Iraqis. As the numbers of wounded American soldiers have fallen, the hospital is now saving the lives of a remarkable 93 percent of Iraqis who come with devastating injuries.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 02:07 PM CDT AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

A look at the Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:55 PM CDT AP - A look at the U.S. military's premier trauma center in Iraq, the Air Force Theater Hospital on Balad Air Base:

US troops in Iraq urged to vote (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 12:11 PM CDT AFP - American troops in Iraq have been urged to vote in the November general election by officials inspecting voting facilities for overseas servicemen, the US military said Wednesday.

Iraqi anti-Qaeda fighters wary of their new masters (Reuters) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:47 AM CDT Reuters - Eyed with suspicion by the state but credited with dealing al Qaeda a heavy blow, Iraq's largely Sunni Arab neighborhood guards cautiously welcomed their transfer from U.S. to government control on Wednesday.

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