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Iraqi cabinet discusses changes to U.S. security deal (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:14 AM CDT

Reuters - Iraq's cabinet discussed changes to a hard-fought security pact with the United States on Tuesday, as political opposition to the pact grows in Baghdad and U.S. officials warn time is running short for agreement.

Analysis: Raid into Syria complicates Iraq's ties (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:56 AM CDT

AP - The deadly U.S. raid into Syria may complicate efforts to win approval for a new U.S.-Iraqi security deal by drawing attention to a fact many Iraqis detest that they can't control everything American forces might do.

4 policemen killed in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:48 AM CDT

AP - Police say four officers have been killed and four others wounded in a drive-by shooting in the turbulent Iraqi city of Mosul.

US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 11:34 PM CDT

AP - A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, an American counterterrorism official said Monday. Blood stained the earth in this border village as anguished Syrians buried relatives they said were killed in the U.S. helicopter attack Sunday. Some shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading "Down with Bush and the American enemy."

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,188 (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:24 PM CDT

AP - As of Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, at least 4,188 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

U.S. spells out warning to Iraq if troop pact fails (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 05:26 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, informed Iraqi officials last week that if their country doesn't agree to a new agreement governing American forces in Iraq, it would lose $6.3 billion in aid for construction, security forces and economic activity and another $10 billion a year in foreign military sales.

Syrians 'Clearly Have Harbored' Al Qaeda in Iraq, Says U.S. General (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 05:12 PM CDT

U.S. News & World Report - The U.S. military launched its first known raid into Syria on Sunday after several years of frustration over Damascus's unwillingness--or inability--to shut down a regular flow of militants into Iraqi territory.

US warns Iraq of problems if security pact fails (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:43 PM CDT

AP - The U.S. military has advised Iraqi authorities that it will have to shut down security and service operations in Iraq if the year ends without a security agreement or a renewed U.N. mandate for American forces, Iraqi officials said Monday.

U.S. officials say Syria raid killed terrorist leader (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:29 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON A CIA-led raid on a compound in eastern Syria killed an al Qaida in Iraq commander who oversaw the smuggling into Iraq of foreign fighters whose attacks claimed thousands of Iraqi and American lives, three U.S. officials said Monday.

Rare US raid into Syria marks shift in Iraq tactics (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:09 PM CDT

AFP - The United States mounted a rare cross-border raid into Syria to kill the head of a smuggling network feeding arms and foreign fighters to Iraq, a US official said Monday, signaling a more aggressive approach to insurgent sanctuaries.

U.S. speeding up releases of Iraqi detainees (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 01:30 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD In recent months, the American military has begun freeing many of the Iraqi prisoners it's been holding without charges and aims to release all of them by December 2009, according to U.S. military data and interviews with military officials.

Syrian minister accuses U.S. of "terrorist aggression" (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:34 AM CDT

Reuters - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem accused the United States on Monday of carrying out a "terrorist aggression" on Syria after a deadly raid which Damascus said killed eight civilians.

US says Syria raid 'successful' as Damascus fumes (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:45 PM CDT

AFP - US forces in Iraq staged a "successful" raid into Syria against foreign fighters, an American official said on Monday, as a furious Damascus accused Washington of "terrorist aggression."

UN proposes more representation for Iraqi minorities (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 07:07 AM CDT

AFP - The United Nations on Monday proposed that 12 seats be reserved on Iraqi provincial councils for minority communities in elections to be held by the end of January, an Iraqi official said.