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Senior Al-Qaeda member killed in Iraq: US (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:36 AM CST AFP - US and Iraqi forces killed a senior Al-Qaeda leader allegedly responsible for organising car bombs and suicide attacks in a firefight outside Baghdad, the US military said on Saturday.

Insurgents to Obama: Pull troops from Iraq (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 10:26 PM CST AP - Two Iraqi insurgent groups called on President-elect Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and abandon the war on terror, an Internet monitoring service reported Friday.

US says al-Qaida regional leader killed (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 09:15 PM CST AP - The U.S. military says U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader in the Tarmiyah area north of Baghdad.

New hotel rises on hopes for Iraqi business boom (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 07:49 PM CST AFP - Investing in Iraq is still considered by many to be wildly risky, but Tad Robinette, the project director of a newly built hotel-office complex in Baghdad, says it just requires a leap of faith.

Iraqi forces kill senior al Qaeda leader (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 07:25 PM CST Reuters - Iraqi security forces supported by U.S. firepower killed a senior al Qaeda leader who made car bombs and ran Islamist militant cells throughout northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Friday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,191 (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 06:19 PM CST AP - As of Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, at least 4,191 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi Shiite clerics warn against US security pact (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:42 PM CST AP - Shiite clerics warned the government Friday not to sign a security pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq until 2012, as the prime minister studied what U.S. officials described as the final draft of the agreement.

Iraqi jihadists say Obama will offer nothing positive (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 01:59 PM CST AFP - Al-Qaeda in Iraq has urged US president-elect Barack Obama to adopt a policy of neutrality in the war-torn country and to withdraw US troops from there and other Muslim countries.

Analysis: Obama faces early test in Iraq (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 01:03 PM CST AP - Iraq will serve as an early test of Barack Obama's skill in weighing options and measuring risks. The next few months should give an indication whether he can end the Iraq war without risking new violence that could threaten U.S. interests throughout the Middle East.

Shiite preachers warn against Iraq-US troop deal (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:52 AM CST AFP - Several prominent Shiite preachers in Iraq gave fiery Friday sermons warning against the signing of a new security agreement which would keep US forces in the country for up to another three years.

Alarm over growing use of "sticky bombs" in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 07:00 AM CST Reuters - Iraqi and U.S. officials are concerned about an apparent surge in "sticky bombs," explosives fixed to vehicles with magnets or glue, as a tactic for assassinating Iraqi officials.

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