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Bush's Iraq assailant has broken arm, ribs: brother (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST AFP - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush has a broken arm and ribs after being struck by Iraqi security agents, his brother told AFP on Tuesday.

Iraqi police: Bomb in downtown Baghdad wounds 6 (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:07 AM CST AP - Iraqi police say a bomb blast in central Baghdad has wounded three officers and three civilians.

Official: Shoe-thrower in Iraqi military custody (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2008 01:21 AM CST AP - An Iraqi government official says the journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush has been handed over to the Iraqi military command in Baghdad.

Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:59 AM CST AP - The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military. Over time, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a 28-year-old unmarried Shiite, came to hate both the U.S. military occupation and Iran's interference in Iraq, his family told The Associated Press on Monday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 06:35 PM CST AP - As of Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Bush shoe incident catches Secret Service flatfooted (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:56 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Although the Secret Service put everyone who attended President George W. Bush's Baghdad news conference through several layers of security Sunday, the agency appeared to be caught off guard when an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the president.

U.S. costs of Iraq, Afghan wars top $900 billion: report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:15 PM CST Reuters - U.S. military operations, including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, have cost $904 billion since 2001 and could top $1.7 trillion by 2018, even with big cuts in overseas troop deployments, a report said on Monday.

Marine pleads not guilty to killing Iraq detainee (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:14 PM CST AP - A Marine sergeant has pleaded not guilty to murdering an unarmed detainee in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.

Rights group: Iraqi court falls short on fairness (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 04:13 PM CST AP - A human rights group said Monday that Iraq's main court fails to meet international fairness standards, saying judges rely on evidence from secret informants and confessions that are probably coerced.

AP Interview: Rice says Iran scaling back in Iraq (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 04:10 PM CST AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday Iran has chosen to scale back much of its most troubling interference in Iraq, and she credits the strength of U.S. pressure. "I don't think it's goodwill," Rice told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview covering two wars, the fight against pirates, Mideast peace prospects and more.

Iraqis doubt U.S. can, or will, honor withdrawal dates (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 04:05 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The deadlines sound clear enough in the security agreement: U.S. combat troops must be out of Iraqi urban areas by June, and all Americans should withdraw from the country by Dec. 31, 2011.

The Iraqi Shoe Assault: Worst Foot Forward (Time.com) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 02:55 PM CST Time.com - Shoes are the chief weapon of disrespect in the middle east. The Iraqis used it against Saddam and now one has wielded it against the visiting U.S. president

18 killed in Iraq attacks after Bush visit (AFP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 02:40 PM CST AFP - Seven members of a single family from the ancient Yazidi religious sect were gunned down in their home as violence killed 18 people in Iraq on Monday in the wake of US President George W. Bush's farewell visit.

Across Mideast, Arabs hail shoe-hurling journalist (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 02:34 PM CST AP - Iraqis and other Arabs erupted in glee Monday at the shoe attack on George W. Bush. Far from a joke, many in the Mideast saw the act by an Iraqi journalist as heroic, expressing the deep, personal contempt many feel for the American leader they blame for years of bloodshed, chaos and the suffering of civilians.

Iraqi shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 10:46 AM CST Reuters - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush has become the talk of Iraq, hailed by marchers as a national hero but blasted by the government as a barbarian.

US: Detainee dies in US custody in Iraq (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 08:07 AM CST AP - The U.S. military says a detainee has died of an apparent heart attack while in custody at a U.S. detention facility in Baghdad.

Japan begins withdrawing Iraq airlift mission (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 07:26 AM CST AP - Japan withdrew one of three planes involved in airlift operations to Iraq on Monday, as it neared the close of its nearly five-year noncombat mission in the region, the Defense Ministry said.

Iraqi police: suicide bomber kills 5 near Baghdad (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:04 AM CST AP - Iraqi police say a suicide truck bomber has killed at least five people at a checkpoint west of Baghdad.

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