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Al-Sadr Throws Down the Gauntlet on US-Iraq Talks (Time.com) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:05 AM CST Time.com - The radical Shi'ite cleric threatens renewed attacks on U.S. forces if they're not entirely withdrawn. But does his militia have the power to revive a military campaign?

Iraq asks Philippines to lift ban on sending workers (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 12:35 AM CST AFP - Iraq is asking the Philippines to lift a ban on the deployment of Filipino workers there because it needs as many as 10 million foreign workers for infrastructure projects, a diplomat said Saturday.

Philippines will not lift ban on workers in Iraq (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:02 PM CST AP - The Philippines has no immediate plan to lift a ban on its citizens working in Iraq, the labor secretary said Saturday after a plea from an Iraqi diplomat for more foreign laborers to help with the war-torn country's reconstruction.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,197 (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 07:40 PM CST AP - As of Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, at least 4,197 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq stabilizing, but vigilance urged before 2009 elections: UN (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 05:02 PM CST AFP - The UN special representative in Iraq said Friday the situation in the embattled country is improving, but warned against overconfidence ahead of a series of elections in 2009.

Iraqi envoy sees US remaining ally under Obama (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:54 PM CST AP - Iraqi leaders are certain their country will retain its alliance with the United States when Barack Obama becomes president, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Friday.

Syria heartened by Obama's plan for Iraq: envoy (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:52 PM CST Reuters - Syria said on Friday it was heartened by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plan to pull U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office since it reflects the desire of Iraq and its neighbors.

Feds draft indictment against Blackwater guards (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:58 PM CST AP - More than a year after Blackwater Worldwide security guards opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square, top Justice Department prosecutors are reviewing a draft indictment against six of the contractors, people close to the investigation said.

Key Shiite clerics warn Iraqi gov't about US pact (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 01:24 PM CST AP - Iraq's two most powerful Shiite clerics on Friday challenged the government's planned security pact with the United States, undercutting efforts to reach a deal before the U.N. mandate for American troops in Iraq expires Dec. 31.

Top Iraq official upbeat over US, British pull-out pacts (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:58 PM CST AFP - Iraq is likely to approve a military pact with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 and British troops will leave by the end of next year, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.

Counting the dead gets more complicated in Iraq (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:33 PM CST AP - This much is agreed — a double bombing in Baghdad struck a school bus and those responding to the first blast. But the difference in casualty figures was stark. Iraqi officials said 31 people died; the U.S. military put the death toll at five.

Iraqi prime minister now backs U.S. security accord (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:26 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has informed Iraq's presidency council that he now supports a security agreement with the United States, a Shiite Muslim legislator who's close to the premier said Friday.

White House endorses text of US-Iraq military pact (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:07 PM CST AFP - The White House said on Friday the text of an accord on the future of US forces in Iraq was a "good agreement," shortly before the Baghdad cabinet was set to weigh in on the deal.

Iraq improving but al Qaeda, Iran still threats: U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:38 AM CST Reuters - Violence in Iraq has decreased sharply but al Qaeda, Iranian-backed fighters and other militants remain a serious threat, as this week's bomb attacks showed, Washington's U.N. envoy said on Friday.

British troops out of Iraq by end of 2009: Iraqi official (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:01 AM CST AFP - All British troops will be out of Iraq by the end of next year and a controversial Iraq-US security pact is likely to be approved by Baghdad this weekend, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.

Iraq's top Shiite cleric to let govt decide on US pact (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 09:12 AM CST AFP - Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric will leave it to the government to decide on a controversial US military pact, but associates of the reclusive leader said it must respect Iraqi sovereignty.

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