| On Saddam anniversary, Iraq readies macabre museum (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:36 AM CST  Reuters - The man putting together Iraq's newest museum doesn't like to be alone in his office, where he keeps bloodied nooses, a medieval-looking torture device and boxes of documents chronicling atrocities under Saddam Hussein.
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| US charges second man for secretly aiding Saddam (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:32 PM CST  AFP - Federal authorities have charged an Iraqi-born Canadian citizen with conspiring to spy for the former regime of Saddam Hussein while allegedly working at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, in the second such case to emerge in a week.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,219 (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:06 PM CST  AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at least 4,219 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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| Iraq signs military accords with Britain, Australia (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:25 PM CST  AFP - Baghdad signed on Tuesday military accords with Britain and Australia that give their troops a legal basis to stay in Iraq after the expiry of the UN mandate on December 31, the Iraqi government said.
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| Iraq and UK agree to let troops stay until July (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:49 PM CST Reuters - Iraq signed agreements with Britain and Australia on Tuesday for their troops to stay in Iraq for seven months after a U.N. mandate authorizing their presence expires on January 1, Iraq's Defense Ministry said. |
| Amid political change, troops prepare for Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 02:03 PM CST  AP - Over his holiday leave, 1st Sgt. Lewis Walls will put a ring on his new bride's finger, hold their baby boy one last time, and then report back to deploy to Iraq.
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| Britain keen to finalise Iraq troop deal (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 12:29 PM CST AFP - Britain's defence ministry said on Tuesday it is keen to finalise a deal that will make legal its military presence in Iraq and prevent a halt to its operations when a UN mandate expires this week. |
| Iraq, Air France-KLM sign cooperation deal (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 12:23 PM CST  AFP - Air France-KLM and Iraq's transport ministry have signed a preliminary accord which will see Iraqi Airways taking off for European destinations and Baghdad's airport being renovated, an official statement said Tuesday.
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| Eight alleged Islamic militants held in Iraq: police (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 12:20 PM CST  AFP - Eight alleged Islamic militants planning to launch attacks in northern Iraq have been arrested in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniyah, a top security official told reporters on Tuesday.
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| Trial delayed for Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 11:14 AM CST  Reuters - The trial of an Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad has been postponed pending an appeal over whether the incident amounted to an assault, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
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| U.S. pull-back from Iraq will hit private contractors (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:28 AM CST  Reuters - In Iraq, tens of thousands of private contractors from poor countries like Nepal, Pakistan or Peru keep the U.S. military on its feet, driving trucks, scrubbing floors, and ladling out food at sprawling U.S. bases.
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| Iraq shoe-thrower trial postponed (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST  AFP - Iraq's Central Criminal Court decided on Tuesday to postpone the trial of an Iraqi journalist who won global fame for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush, a court spokesman said.
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