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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,278 (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 04:56 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, April 30, 2009, at least 4,278 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

British forces end combat operations in Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - The Iraq war formally ended for British forces on Thursday as America's main battlefield ally handed control of the oil-rich Basra area to U.S. commanders and prepared to ship out most of its remaining 4,000 troops.

Surge in violence won't delay U.S. withdrawal from Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 03:38 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is determined to continue withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq on schedule, despite a surge of violence in two Iraqi cities that shows no signs of abating and could increase in the weeks ahead, administration and military officials said this week.

U.S. Slow to Fulfill 'Promises to the Persecuted' (OneWorld.net) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 01:22 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (OneWorld.net) - Although many have ties to the United States, only one fifth of Iraqi asylum seekers to the United States have been accepted, says a new report examining the progress and problems with the U.S. government's pledge to help Iraqi refugees.

Al-Qaeda behind recent Iraq violence: Gates (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 01:09 PM PDT AFP - Al-Qaeda is behind a recent spate of bombings in Iraq designed to sow sectarian strife and take advantage of a drop in US troops, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.

Iraqi refugees stay put despite relative calm (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 12:25 PM PDT AP - The vast majority of Iraqis who fled their country have no plans to return even though violence is way down, many hoping instead to resettle in the West.

Iraq to kill 3 wild boars at zoo amid flu fears (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 11:31 AM PDT AP - The Iraqi government decided Thursday to kill three wild boars at the Baghdad Zoo amid worldwide fears of swine flu, officials said.

Death toll from twin Iraq car bombs rises to 51 (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 09:29 AM PDT Reuters - The death toll from twin car bomb blasts in a crowded Baghdad market rose to 51 Thursday, police said, and the country's main Sunni political party condemned the attack on a heavily Shi'ite Muslim area.

Britain ends military operations in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 08:45 AM PDT AFP - British forces formally ended combat operations in Iraq on Thursday, one month ahead of schedule, after a solemn ceremony to remember their dead comrades from six years of warfare.

Iraq blames Baghdad bombings on Saddam loyalists (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 08:37 AM PDT AFP - The Iraqi army on Thursday blamed a wave of near-simultaneous bombings that killed more than 50 people in mostly Shiite districts of Baghdad on loyalists of Saddam Hussein's toppled regime.

U.S. hands oil terminal to Iraqi navy in first step (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 05:43 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. and British forces handed over to the Iraqi navy Thursday responsibility for protecting one of the country's crucial floating oil export terminals.

Iraq: US soldier charged in fellow soldier's death (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 05:34 AM PDT AP - An American soldier has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow soldier north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Thursday.

Britain ends combat operations in Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 04:38 AM PDT AP - British troops ended six years of combat operations in Iraq on Thursday, beginning to withdraw from the southern city of Basra after a bloody and costly mission that was deeply unpopular at home.

Iraq war wanes; military families' struggles don't (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 04:16 AM PDT AP - Spc. Jobel Barbosa had spent the past hour with his family in a parking lot after a public ceremony marking his unit's deployment to a war that's coming to an end. It was time to go.

Turkish warplanes hit Kurd rebel targets in Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 01:31 AM PDT AP - Turkey's military says its warplanes struck Kurdish rebel targets overnight in northern Iraq.

Obama says bombings in Iraq cause for concern (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 06:19 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that a string of spectacular deadly bombings in Iraq were a cause for concern, but the political system was functioning and violence was low compared to a year ago.

Obama: Iraq violence flare-ups a cause for concern (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 05:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says recent violence flare-ups in Iraq are a legitimate cause of concern. But he says civilian deaths are lower than in the past.

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