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Iraqi shoe-thrower to go on trial Dec 31 (AFP) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:53 AM CST AFP - The Iraqi journalist thrust to instant fame when he threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush will go on trial this month on charges that risk up to 15 years in jail, a judge said on Monday.

At Iraqi border outpost, signs of improving ties with Iran (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - The Iraqi general could not be a less likely guardian angel – a benevolent watcher of travel-worn Iranian pilgrims crossing his remote border outpost.

Iraq parliament may vote on British troop presence (Reuters) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 01:58 AM CST Reuters - Iraq's parliament may vote on Monday on a proposal giving troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other countries permission to stay on after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year, parliamentary sources said.

Iraq MPs to vote on fate of non-US foreign troops (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 11:24 PM CST AFP - Iraqi lawmakers are set to vote Monday on a resolution that will determine the fate of non-US foreign troops in the country, mainly British forces, when a UN mandate expires in 10 days.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,211 (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 06:04 PM CST AP - As of Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, at least 4,211 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

New "Chemical Ali" trial for Iraq gas massacre begins (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 04:25 PM CST Reuters - Hundreds of Iraqi minority Kurds demanded on Sunday the execution of a Saddam-era official known as "Chemical Ali" for the killing of 5,000 Kurds in a 1988 gas attack.

Top US general in Iraq prepares for troop decision (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 03:31 PM CST AP - The top U.S. general in Iraq said he will make a decision about the future role of American troops in early spring, to allow enough time to address any violence that may arise from January's provincial elections.

Cheney Gives Vigorous Defense of Bush Record and His Own (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:02 PM CST CQPolitics.com - Vice President Richard Cheney on Sunday staunchly defended the Bush administration's record in Iraq, its authorization of electronic surveillance programs, and the use of a "robust" interrogation program as legitimate exercises of presidential power in fighting the war on terrorism.

Iraq vows to expel Iranian opposition group (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 12:00 PM CST AFP - Iraq vowed on Sunday to oust members of the main armed Iranian opposition group from its soil, just days before Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is due on a trip to Tehran.

PKK frets about Turkish pressure on Iraq Kurds (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 10:31 AM CST AFP - The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) expressed concern on Sunday about Turkish pressure on the Iraqi Kurdish authorities to rein in its activities in northern Iraq.

Iraq forces stronger, but not standing alone yet (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 04:20 AM CST Reuters - Iraq faces a major test next year when its unseasoned forces cast off U.S. military primacy to defend a fragile peace in a country that only recently stood at the brink of sectarian civil war.

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