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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,255 (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2009 04:35 PM PST AP - As of Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at least 4,255 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US soldier killed in attack on base in Iraq (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PST AP - Insurgents attacked a main U.S.-Iraqi base Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul, killing one American soldier and striking directly at the Iraqi command center for an offensive against the militants.

US commanders hone battlefield diplomacy in Iraq (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2009 11:39 AM PST AP - Sheik Sabah Mutasher appreciated the U.S. Army's efforts to build a school for his tribe. But he didn't embrace the American mission until Col. Walt Piatt showed up in a dusty pickup truck for a spur-of-the-moment courtesy call.

AP count: Iraqi deaths hover near lowest level (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2009 11:34 AM PST AP - Casualties among Iraqi civilians and security forces last month hit their second-lowest level in nearly four years with 283 deaths linked to war-related violence, according to an Associated Press tally.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2009 06:43 AM PST AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Iraq tribal leader killed resisting son's kidnap (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2009 06:12 AM PST AFP - An Iraqi tribal leader from the northern oil city of Kirkuk was shot dead on Tuesday as he stopped gunmen from kidnapping his son from the family home, police said.

Americans' lasting mark on Iraq: colorful, complex tattoos (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Mar 2009 12:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Before US troops rolled into Iraq, Robert Eagle, an Iraqi, had seen his fair share of tattoos. There were lots of traditional Bedouin designs – simple patterns of lines and dots – and prisoners who scrawled loved ones' names using ink and a sewing needle, but nothing more complicated than this.

Iraq panel tries to right Saddam's land grabs (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:01 PM PST AFP - When it came to property grabs, the regime of executed dictator Saddam Hussein was more than fair: it took what it could from the people, no matter what their religious persuasion or ethnic origins.

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