| Obama poised to put imprint on Iraq, Afghan wars (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 03:02 AM CST  AP - President Barack Obama will begin to put his imprint on the nation's war strategy in his first full day in office, gathering his top military and national security advisers at the White House for what is expected to be the start of the new commander in chief's shift in emphasis from Iraq to Afghanistan.
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| Iraq willing to see US troops leave early (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:13 AM CST  AP - Iraq is willing to have the U.S. withdraw its troops and assume security for the country before the end of 2011, the departure date agreed to by former President George W. Bush, the Iraqi prime minister's spokesman said.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,229 (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 07:12 PM CST  AP - As of Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at least 4,229 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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| Women may win seats, not rights, in Iraqi poll (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 06:46 PM CST  Reuters - More than a quarter of the 14,431 candidates registered for Iraq's provincial council elections are women, but college student Fatma Imad sees few women's faces on the posters plastered across her neighborhood.
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| Iraq attacks kill seven, wound 22 (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:24 PM CST  AFP - Seven people died and at least 22 were wounded in a string of attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, highlighting the continuing violence as new US President Barack Obama pledged to "leave Iraq to its people."
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| Tears, cheers for new president (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:19 PM CST  AP - Army Sgt. James Bishop wiped away tears while he watched Barack Obama take the presidential oath Tuesday and wished his mother had lived to see a fellow black assume their nation's highest office.
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| Descendants of Iraq's black rebels celebrate Obama inauguration (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:16 PM CST  AFP - The Iraqi descendants of black slaves celebrated Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday, calling it a victory for equality and democracy.
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| US troops in Iraq shed tears of joy for Obama (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:10 PM CST  AFP - US Sergeant Carla Bruce cried tears of joy and beamed with pride as she watched Barack Obama take office as America's first black president from Iraq's Camp Liberty.
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| Iraq bringing home Saddam yacht (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:32 PM CST  AP - Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht will be towed from Greece to a port in southern Iraq after the resolution of a legal dispute over its ownership, the Iraqi government said Tuesday.
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| Obama vows responsible end to Iraq war (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 01:36 PM CST  AP - Barack Obama is vowing to "responsibly leave Iraq to its people" and also to build what he calls a "hard-earned peace in Afghanistan."
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| Obama says US to begin to responsibly leave Iraq (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 11:42 AM CST  AFP - New US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States will "begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan."
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| Obama to discuss Iraq troop drawdown on Wednesday (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 09:53 AM CST  Reuters - Barack Obama on Wednesday will meet top defense and military officials for the first time as president to discuss the possibility of accelerating the drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq, officials said.
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| Arab ministers fail to reach consensus on Gaza: Iraqi minister (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 05:58 AM CST  AFP - Arab foreign ministers meeting on the sidelines of an Arab economic summit failed on Tuesday to reach consensus on a final statement on Israel's war on Gaza, Iraq's foreign minister said.
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| Meeting of Arab leaders on Gaza ends in discord (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 11:59 AM CST  AP - Arab leaders trying to come up with a plan to rebuild Gaza ended their meeting Tuesday in discord, unable to agree on whether to back Egyptian peace efforts or even set up a joint reconstruction fund for the devastated Palestinian territory.
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| Iraqis eager for first polls since 2005 (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2009 04:15 AM CST  Reuters - In the years since Iraqis last brandished fingers stained with purple ink to show the world they had voted in a free election, their country has plunged deeper into, and slowly climbed out of, brutal sectarian war.
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