| Obama not seen abandoning Iraq: Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST  AFP - Iraq on Wednesday ruled out a "quick disengagement" policy by Washington in the country following Barack Obama's victory, dispelling hopes of many Iraqis of a rapid withdrawal of US troops.
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| Iraq says will cooperate 'sincerely' with Obama (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:44 AM CST AFP - The Iraqi government on Wednesday said it will cooperate "sincerely" with US president-elect Barack Obama to achieve the joint interests of the two countries. |
| Troops hope Obama brings them home responsibly (Reuters) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:16 AM CST  Reuters - Breakfast was already being served in Baghdad on Wednesday morning when Tuesday's polls closed back home, and at Forward Operating Base Prosperity all eyes were on the dining hall's giant TVs.
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| Iran warns U.S. not to violate Iranian airspace (Reuters) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 12:52 AM CST  Reuters - Iran's military has warned U.S. forces in Iraq that U.S. helicopters had been spotted flying close to the Iranian border and that Tehran would respond to any violation of its airspace, state radio reported on Wednesday.
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| US troops on front lines of war track election (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 08:13 PM CST  AP - U.S. soldiers on the front lines tuned in Tuesday to CNN and the Internet to track the presidential election that will decide the future of their mission. But for many, the day was spent like so many others on patrols, repairing equipment and other mundane tasks of war.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,190 (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 07:35 PM CST  AP - As of Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, at least 4,190 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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| Blacks, youth among those new to polls this year (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 05:59 PM CST  AP - Barack Obama was the overwhelming choice of the one in 10 voters who went to the polls for their first time Tuesday a racially diverse group of mostly twentysomethings, half of whom call themselves Democrats.
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| 15 dead in Baghdad blasts, violence rising (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 01:07 PM CST  AP - Bombs exploded at a bus station and a small market in Baghdad, killing 15 people Tuesday in an increase in bloodshed in the Iraqi capital after a week of relative calm, police and hospital officials said.
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| Iraq receives 'positive' signs from US on security deal: MP (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 12:46 PM CST  AFP - A top Shiite lawmaker said on Tuesday that Iraq has received "positive" signals from Washington for the changes which Baghdad proposed to the draft security deal between the two countries.
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| US troops in Iraq become citizens on election day (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 12:31 PM CST  AP - Almost 200 U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq celebrated Tuesday's elections in a special way and were sworn in as U.S. citizens.
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| Iraqi views mixed on US presidential contest (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 12:13 PM CST  AP - Wasan Salah hopes Barack Obama will win the presidency because "he wants to withdraw the troops." An Iraqi Christian woman thinks he will too and so she's rooting for John McCain.
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| Blasts rock Baghdad, at least 13 killed (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 11:26 AM CST  Reuters - Explosions killed at least 13 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, with one blast targeting a Shi'ite member of the first U.S.-backed Iraqi governing body.
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| String of Baghdad bombings kill 14 (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 06:14 AM CST  AFP - Insurgents killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, including seven who lost their lives in a bomb attack on a bus depot, security officials said.
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| Iraq VP proposes referendum on U.S. security pact (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 04:22 AM CST  Reuters - An agreement allowing U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three years should be put to the public in a referendum, Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president said on Tuesday.
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