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Iraq's cabinet meets to debate U.S. troops pact (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:58 AM CST Reuters - Iraq's cabinet met on Sunday, and officials said it could approve a long-delayed pact allowing U.S. forces to remain in the country for the next three years.

Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:36 AM CST Reuters - Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb.

Iraqi cabinet expected to approve US military pact (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:29 AM CST AFP - Iraq's cabinet was expected to defy fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners on Sunday and approve a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.

US helicopters in SKorea move to Iraq, Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 12:19 AM CST AP - The United States will withdraw 20 Apache attack helicopters from South Korea for redeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, the U.S. military said Sunday.

Al-Sadr Throws Down the Gauntlet on US-Iraq Talks (Time.com) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:20 PM CST Time.com - The radical Shi'ite cleric threatens renewed attacks on U.S. forces if they're not entirely withdrawn.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?

A New Twist in Iraq's Shi'ite Power Struggle (Time.com) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:20 PM CST Time.com - With regional elections approaching, a move to win autonomy for Basra could force a showdown among Shi'ites

Iraq's Cabinet to vote on security pact with US (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:07 PM CST AP - Iraq's Cabinet will vote Sunday on a security pact with Washington that would keep U.S. forces in the country for another three years, a major step in efforts to balance Iraqi demands for national sovereignty with the security concerns of the two allies.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200 (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:32 PM CST AP - As of Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at least 4,200 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. helicopter down in Mosul, two dead (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:45 PM CST Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter accident in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday, a military spokeswoman said.

Music returns to Baghdad as vice squad enforcers retreat (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:38 PM CST AFP - After years on the run from Shiite and Sunni militias and morality police, Iraqi musicians are slowly returning to the streets of Baghdad, looking to fill the silence left by the fading civil war.

EU wants to work with Obama on Iraq, other key issues: report (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:25 PM CST AFP - The European Union plans to propose working with US president-elect Barack Obama on key issues including Iraq and to pledge participation in foreign military operations, German media reported.

Thousands of Iraqi Arabs attend anti-Kurdish protests (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:21 PM CST AFP - Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Arabs took to the streets across Iraq Saturday to defend Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against criticism from leaders of the country's Kurdish minority.

Iraq car bombs kill 10 (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 09:21 AM CST AFP - At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured in a series of bomb attacks across Iraq on Saturday, Iraqi police said.

Car bomb kills 10 in northern Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:30 AM CST Reuters - A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded around 30 others when it exploded outside a car dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said Saturday.

Car bomb in northern Iraq kills at least seven (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:25 AM CST AFP - At least seven people were killed and more than two dozen wounded Saturday when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said.

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