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Iraqi police hunt down Qaeda escapees (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2008 02:46 AM CST AFP - Iraqi police on a desperate manhunt for Al-Qaeda leaders who broke out of jail after a deadly firefight surrounded two former insurgent strongholds in the western city of Ramadi on Saturday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,217 (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:24 PM CST AP - As of Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at least 4,217 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Top Iraq cleric urges people to vote in provincial poll (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 10:56 AM CST AFP - Iraq's supreme Shiite religious authority Ali Husseini al-Sistani called on Iraqis on Friday to make sure they vote in provincial elections in January.

Police: 13 killed in jailbreak in Ramadi, Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:11 AM CST AP - Four suspected al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents broke out of jail during a riot Friday that killed six police officers and seven prisoners in the western city of Ramadi, police said.

Iraq militants escape jail, at least 14 dead (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 05:46 AM CST Reuters - Three senior Islamist militants escaped from their cells in clashes overnight at a police station in Iraq's western city of Ramadi, which killed at least seven police and seven militants, officials said.

Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected (Time.com) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 03:30 AM CST Time.com - Three new studies show the cost of the Administration's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been far higher than the White House predicted

The Shoe-Thrower Becomes an Issue in Iraq Election (Time.com) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 03:20 AM CST Time.com - Going easy on Bush-bashing journalist Muntader al-Zaidi could help Prime Minister Maliki at the polls. Some of his other election tactics may be less benign

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