| Shell agrees landmark $4 bln gas deal with Iraq (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:32 AM CDT  AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a gas joint venture with Iraq worth up to four billion dollars, the Iraqi oil ministry and the Financial Times said on Tuesday.
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| U.S. frees cameraman working for Baghdad TV station (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:19 AM CDT  Reuters - The U.S. military has released an Iraqi cameraman who works for a television station in Baghdad after detaining him in a raid last week.
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| Bush to pull out 8,000 troops from Iraq by Feb. (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:42 AM CDT  AP - President Bush plans to pull 8,000 more combat and support troops out of Iraq by February, a measured drawdown that will leave nearly the same level of U.S. forces in the war zone for the rest of the year.
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| Bush orders limited Iraq drawdown, Afghan ramp-up (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:09 PM CDT  AFP - With less than five months left in his term, President George W. Bush was to announce Tuesday he is ordering a modest US troop withdrawal from Iraq and ramping up force levels in Afghanistan.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155 (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 08:43 PM CDT AP - As of Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. |
| Bush to order 8,000 troops out of Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 07:13 PM CDT  Reuters - President George W. Bush will cut U.S. force levels in Iraq only modestly over the rest of his term, pulling 8,000 troops out by February, when his successor will have taken over as commander in chief.
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| Bush: Pakistan has 'responsibility' to battle extremists (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 06:29 PM CDT  AFP - US President George W. Bush was to describe Pakistan Tuesday as a major war on terrorism battleground, like Afghanistan or Iraq, and urged Islamabad to shoulder its "responsibility" to fight extremists.
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| Bush: 8,000 US troops to leave Iraq (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 06:06 PM CDT  AFP - US President George W. Bush was to say Tuesday he will bring home 8,000 of the 144,000 US troops now in Iraq over the coming months, with about half that number out by the time his term ends in January.
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| Pentagon IG reviewing 18 possible electrocutions (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 05:24 PM CDT AP - The number of U.S. troops and contractors electrocuted in Iraq is higher than previously reported, and now stands at 18, a senator said Monday. |
| Bush: US troop levels steady in Iraq until January (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:59 PM CDT AFP - President George W. Bush will say in a speech Tuesday that he will keep US force levels in Iraq steady for the rest of his time in office but bring roughly 8,000 troops home in the coming months. |
| Bush to unveil Iraq troop plans as soon as Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 02:57 PM CDT  Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush could announce as soon as Tuesday that he wants to withdraw one combat brigade of about 4,000 troops from Iraq early next year, leaving force levels largely unchanged until he leaves office.
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| Iraq will pay Sunni volunteers (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 02:33 PM CDT  AP - Iraq's Shiite-led government promised Monday to continue paying salaries of thousands of mostly Sunni fighters who have turned against al-Qaida but said the U.S. figure on their numbers was too high.
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| US finds clues in bakery to foil Iraqi terror plot (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:45 PM CDT  AP - Lt. Christopher Hanes knew something was wrong as soon as he stepped into the Friends bakery. The oven was unused, the water tank was empty and a large concrete bin was full of dirt that the two employees claimed was used to cool cakes.
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| Six killed in Iraq attacks (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:24 PM CDT  AFP - At least six people were killed in Iraq on Monday, including a woman caught in crossfire in an attack on a government minister's convoy in Baghdad, security officials told AFP.
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| Kurds fear Iraqi arms purchases (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 09:35 AM CDT  AFP - The speaker of northern Iraq's regional parliament warned Baghdad on Monday about the purchase of high-tech US military hardware, amid concerns the weapons could be used against them.
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| Iraqi province on alert for cholera outbreak (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 07:11 AM CDT  AFP - The central Iraqi province of Babel went on alert on Monday after four people were killed by cholera and 200 others were suspected of suffering from the disease, local officials told AFP.
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