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Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA secretary (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 01:52 AM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy.

Blackwater guards: Mercenaries or decorated vets? (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:18 PM CST AP - Defense attorneys on Saturday lambasted U.S. indictments against decorated war veterans for deadly 2007 shootings as Iraqis welcomed the charges against five Blackwater guards in a case that fueled anti-Americanism and roiled diplomacy with Baghdad.

Obama picks Shinseki for veterans affairs (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 07:39 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:42 PM CST AP - As of Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Five Blackwater security guards charged in the United States (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:43 PM CST AFP - Five guards in Iraq with the US security firm Blackwater who were accused of killing 17 Iraqis in 2007 were charged last week, US media reported Saturday.

Bush urges 'new perspective' on Iraq (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:02 PM CST AFP - US President George W. Bush called Saturday for "a new perspective here at home" on the divisive war in Iraq, urging the public to unite in support of the fledgling government in Baghdad.

Anti-Qaeda militiamen, policeman killed in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:34 PM CST AFP - Three anti Al-Qaeda militiamen and a policeman were killed in two separate incidents in northern Iraq on Saturday, a senior army officer said.

Iran shells remote area of northern Iraq: mayor (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:26 PM CST Reuters - Iran shelled a remote area of northeastern Iraq for a second day on Saturday, a regional official said, but there were no details of casualties or material damage.

Bio sketches of 5 indicted Blackwater guards (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 12:59 PM CST AP - The Justice Department is expected to unseal indictments Monday against five Blackwater Worldwide security contractors for their roles in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad. A look at the contractors and summaries of their military service records.

Referendum seen as way to "correct" U.S.: Iraq pact (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:32 AM CST Reuters - A referendum next year on a newly minted U.S.-Iraqi security pact will give Iraqis the chance to "correct and reform" an agreement that has stirred controversy, a senior official in Baghdad said on Saturday.

Iraq to resume oil sales to South Korean firm SK (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:26 AM CST AP - Iraq's Oil Ministry has agreed to resume oil sales to the South Korean company SK Energy after the company withdraws from a contract with the Kurds, an official said Saturday.

Bush: war in Iraq on its way to being won (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:25 AM CST AP - President George W. Bush said Saturday the U.S.-Iraqi security pact approved this week calls for 150,000 American troops to be withdrawn from Iraq in two stages — all by the end of 2011.

Bush Says Iraq War Entering ‘New Stage’ With Security Agreement (Bloomberg) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:06 AM CST Bloomberg - Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said the war in Iraq is entering a “new stage” now that the country has approved a security agreement that gives American forces three years to leave the country.

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