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Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' condemned to death again (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:18 AM CST AFP - An Iraqi court on Tuesday condemned Iraq's notorious "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid to death over his role in Saddam Hussein's brutal crushing of a 1991 Shiite uprising, his second death sentence.

'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:15 AM CST AP - A special Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" al-Majid to death for his role in the 1991 suppression of a Shiite uprising.

Iraq's "Chemical Ali" gets second death sentence (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:00 AM CST Reuters - An Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" to death on Tuesday for crushing a Shi'ite revolt after the 1991 Gulf War, Judge Mohammad al-Uraibi said.

'Chemical Ali' to learn fate in trial over Iraq Shiite uprising (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:21 AM CST AFP - An Iraqi court is to decide on Tuesday the fate of Saddam Hussein's notorious hatchet-man "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid and 14 others accused of committing war crimes during the 1991 Shiite uprising.

America's diminishing role in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - A surprising development has emerged in this city's streets and its corridors of power – the United States and its 140,000 troops have become increasingly irrelevant.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,207 (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 07:56 PM CST AP - As of Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at least 4,207 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Dozens killed, scores wounded in spate of Iraq attacks (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 04:32 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — As many as 38 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded Monday in multiple attacks across Iraq, including one in which a man detonated a suicide vest near a convoy of coalition vehicles in Mosul, killing up to 16.

Obama taps Clinton, Gates for US 'new dawn' abroad (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 05:56 PM CST AP - Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush.

Bush: Iraq intelligence failure 'biggest regret' (AFP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:31 PM CST AFP - US President George W. Bush said in an interview set for broadcast Monday that he came to office "unprepared for war" and that his "biggest regret" was the US "intelligence failure" on Iraq.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:27 PM CST AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:08 PM CST AP - A suicide bombing tore through a line of recruits waiting to enter a police academy as multiple blasts struck Iraqi security forces Monday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens including four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi general.

Bombs kill 30 people in two Iraqi cities (AFP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 01:41 PM CST AFP - A spate of attacks targeting security forces in the heart of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul killed around 30 people on Monday -- the bloodiest day in Iraq in three weeks.

US deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq in 2008 (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 01:41 PM CST AP - November saw the fewest number of U.S. deaths in Afghanistan since February. The one death follows six months of high tolls, including two months when U.S. deaths in Afghanistan surpassed those in Iraq. Numbers are based on information from Defense Department.

Turkey strikes Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq: army (AFP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST AFP - Turkish warplanes on Monday bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the general staff said.

Bush calls flawed Iraq intelligence biggest regret (Reuters) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 01:00 PM CST Reuters - President George W. Bush said the biggest regret of his presidency was flawed intelligence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and told ABC "World News" in an interview airing on Monday that he was unprepared for war when he took office.

U.S. troops may be out of Iraq in 16 months: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 10:39 AM CST Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama said on Monday he believed U.S. combat troops should leave Iraq within 16 months of his taking office but he would listen to advice from military commanders.

Obama still looks for Iraq pullout in 16 months (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 10:39 AM CST AP - Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq's parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide path" toward reducing forces there.

Obama vows 'new mission' to end Iraq war (AFP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 10:08 AM CST AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama on Monday said he would give Defense Secretary Robert Gates a "new mission" to end the Iraq war and hand over control of the country to the Iraqis.

Iraq blasts kill 30 people (Reuters) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 09:41 AM CST Reuters - Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 30 people and wounded dozens more on Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi official, police said.

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