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US soldier goes on trial for murdering Iraq detainee (AFP) Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:41 AM CDT AFP - The trial of a US soldier charged with the murder of an Iraqi detainee began on Saturday at a military base near executed dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the US military said.

US soldier charged with killing Iraqi has hearing (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:17 AM CDT AP - The U.S. military says a pretrial hearing has started for one of two U.S. soldiers charged with killing an Iraqi detainee and lying about it earlier this year.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155 (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 07:19 PM CDT AP - As of Friday, Sept. 12, 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.

Tens of thousands of Iraqis may come to U.S. in '09 (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 06:11 PM CDT Reuters - The United States has surpassed its goal of admitting 12,000 Iraqi refugees this year and expects more, perhaps tens of thousands, next year, the State Department said on Friday.

Car bomb in Iraq kills at least 32, wounds 43 (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 05:34 PM CDT AP - A car bomb ripped through a crowded commercial district in a mainly Shiite town on Friday, killing at least 32 people, Iraqi officials said — the latest attack north of Baghdad where violence has been slower to decline than elsewhere in the country.

Bush to attend final UN General Assembly (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT AFP - US President George W. Bush will visit the United Nations September 22-24, looking to thank countries that backed the Iraq war and push for trade pacts with Latin America, the White House said Friday.

Suicide bomber kills 31 in attack on Iraq police station (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:51 PM CDT AFP - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled truck near the police station of the central Iraqi Shiite town of Dujail on Friday, killing at least 31 people, officials said.

Some deadly bombings in Baghdad this year (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:32 PM CDT AP - Some deadly bombings in Baghdad this year:

Car bomb kills 30 north of Baghdad: police (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:14 PM CDT Reuters - A car bomb killed 30 people and wounded 47 others outside a police station in a predominantly Shi'ite town north of Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi police said.

2 US soldiers to face court-martial in Iraq deaths (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 01:49 PM CDT AP - Two American soldiers will face a court-martial in Germany for the alleged slaying of four prisoners in Iraq, the Army announced Friday.

UN: 4 new cholera cases confirmed in Iraq (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 01:39 PM CDT AP - Iraqi and U.N. officials say four cholera cases have been confirmed in Karbala, a holy Shiite city south of Baghdad that draws masses of pilgrims.

US passes Iraqi refugee admissions goal (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 01:31 PM CDT AP - The Bush administration said Friday it has surpassed its goal of allowing 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the United States this year and will try to admit at least 17,000 next year.

Will Iraq squander the gains of the surge? (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 01:07 PM CDT AP - The U.S. troop surge did what it aimed: Calm Iraq down. But now, an increasing number of U.S. officials are worried that the hard-won drop in violence may be only temporary.

Sadrists oppose anti-Qaeda fighters joining Iraqi forces (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2008 06:55 AM CDT AFP - Loyalists of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr condemned on Friday a government plan to merge members of the Sunni groups fighting Al-Qaeda into Iraqi security forces.

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