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US: Soldiers shoot, wound woman in Baghdad (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2009 05:39 AM CST AP - American soldiers shot and wounded a woman — identified by an Iraqi television station as one of its producers — after she failed to heed warnings to stop near a Baghdad checkpoint recently targeted by suicide and car bombs, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said Saturday.

Iraqi premier visits Iran to discuss US-Iraq pact (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2009 05:04 AM CST AP - Iraq's prime minister is visiting Iran where the newly implemented security deal between the United States and Baghdad is expected to top his agenda.

Iraq won't be used to threaten neighbors: Maliki (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2009 05:02 AM CST Reuters - Iraq's prime minister, who started a visit to Iran on Saturday, told Iranian state television his government would not allow Iraq to be used as a base to threaten its neighbors.

Iraqi PM Maliki begins Iran visit (AFP) Posted: 03 Jan 2009 04:37 AM CST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a two-day visit during which he will meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

Record US deaths in Afghanistan in 2008, lowest in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 09:11 PM CST AFP - American troops suffered the most losses in 2008 since the start of the Afghanistan war due to a resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda, while witnessing the lowest US death toll in six years in Iraq, which saw a relatively improved security.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,221 (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 07:23 PM CST AP - As of Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at least 4,221 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

With its air industry growing, Iraq needs air traffic controllers (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 05:20 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq officially began to govern its skies this week, but it has enough trained air traffic controllers only to manage the highest heights above the country.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:29 PM CST AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Suicide bomber kills 23 near Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 01:57 PM CST AFP - A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people and wounded 72 others on Friday at a tribal meeting near the Iraqi capital, officials said, one day after the United States handed back part of the security brief to Iraq.

Baghdad greets 1st European passenger flight in 18 yrs (AFP) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 01:51 PM CST AFP - The first passenger flight from Europe in 18 years landed at Baghdad airport on Friday, when a Swedish charter aircraft touched down.

Iraqi preachers slam Israel's attacks on Gaza (AFP) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 12:34 PM CST AFP - Iraqi preachers speaking at Friday prayers slammed Israel's deadly air strikes on the Gaza Strip and urged international leaders to try to make the Jewish state call a halt to the blitz.

Iraq's transport network on road to recovery but needs help (AFP) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 12:31 PM CST AFP - Iraq's dilapidated transport infrastructure is on the road to recovery after decades of neglect but funding is inadequate and the new transport minister is seeking outside investors.

Iraq bomb kills 23 at election campaign feast (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 12:28 PM CST Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people and wounded 72 on Friday at a feast for Sunni Arab electoral candidates and tribal leaders in a town near Baghdad.

Suicide bomber kills 30 at Sunni tribal parley (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Jan 2009 12:02 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A man wearing a suicide vest attacked an informal reconciliation meeting hosted by a Sunni tribal leader south of Baghdad Friday, killing up to 30 people and injuring as many as 110, police said.

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