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University brings American-style learning to Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - In a makeshift university classroom in northern Iraq, from the back of the class, Kosar Osman voices what would be a radical goal in the Middle East – a meritocracy.

USA (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she accepted responsibility for the troubled US occupation of Iraq after Saddam Hussein's fall. In comments on "Fox News Sunday," Rice, who was President Bush's national security adviser when the war began in 2003, said former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wasn't at fault for not having the right occupational structure in place.

Venue fight: Blackwater guards plan Utah surrender (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:06 PM CST AP - Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards indicted in Washington for the 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians plan to surrender to the federal authorities Monday in Utah, people close to the case said, setting up a court fight over the trial site.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 06:48 PM CST AP - As of Sunday, Dec. 7, 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.

Iraq will turn out to be 'strategic achievement,' Rice says (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 04:57 PM CST AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Sunday that the US-led war in Iraq will turn out to be a "strategic achievement" for not only President George W. Bush but for the United States.

Kurdish rebels in Iraq declare 9-day cease-fire (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:08 PM CST AP - A Kurdish rebel group on Sunday declared a nine-day holiday cease-fire in their fight against Turkey, a spokesman said, calling it a "first step toward peace."

Obama's choice to lead Veterans Affairs no yes man (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:01 PM CST AP - Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration on its Iraq war strategy, will bring qualities to the job of Veterans Affairs secretary his predecessors sometimes lacked: credibility, experience and sound judgment.

Iraq's oil-rich Basra province seeks autonomy (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:35 PM CST AFP - Iraq's independent electoral commission announced plans on Sunday to collect signatures in support of a referendum to transform the oil-rich province of Basra into an autonomous region.

Iraq to guard historic sites with police commandos (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 01:50 PM CST AP - Iraq will dispatch police commandos to safeguard its archaeological heritage, the government said Sunday, announcing plans to protect sites such as the ancient city of Babylon that were left vulnerable to looting after the U.S. invasion in 2003.

Rice regrets bad Iraq intelligence; defends war (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 01:38 PM CST AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she regrets the U.S. relied on flawed intelligence as the basis for going to war in Iraq and took partial responsibility for mismanaging the post-invasion occupation.

Iraqi relatives want death for Blackwater guards (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:08 AM CST Reuters - Employees of U.S. security firm Blackwater who shot and killed Iraqi civilians should face the death sentence, relatives of some victims said on Sunday.

Baquba mayor among 34 hurt in roadside bomb (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:49 AM CST AFP - The mayor of the Iraqi city of Baquba was among 34 people wounded in a roadside bombing in the restive provincial capital northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, medical and security sources said.

Bomb targets Iraqi police as they lift barricades (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 07:08 AM CST Reuters - A bomb went off on Sunday, wounding 35 police and neighborhood patrolmen in the volatile northern city of Baquba as they were ceremoniously dismantling security barriers to show that violence was on the decline.

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