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Obama asks Pentagon for responsible Iraq drawdown (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:38 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama, in a meeting with his top national security advisers Wednesday, asked the Pentagon to do whatever additional planning is necessary to "execute a responsible military drawdown from Iraq."

Obama asks military to plan for withdrawal from Iraq (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:05 PM CST AFP - President Barack Obama said he asked top military commanders to draw up plans needed for a "responsible" withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

Obama tells military to plan for Iraq drawdown (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:45 PM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama told military leaders on Wednesday to make additional arrangements to execute a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,229 (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:11 PM CST AP - As of Wednesday, Jan. 21, 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.

Iraq religious parties may face election backlash (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:37 PM CST Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -When Iraqis last voted in 2005, some in Washington feared the mainly Muslim nation would veer in the direction of Iran, an Islamic theocracy, instead of becoming the moderate democracy they envisioned for post-Saddam Iraq.

Canadian accused of work for Iraq appears in court (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:41 PM CST AP - A Canadian citizen accused of working for Saddam Hussein's intelligence service made an initial appearance Wednesday in federal court in Baltimore.

Obama's whirlwind first day: economy, war and more (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:35 PM CST AP - In a first-day whirlwind, President Barack Obama showcased efforts to revive the economy on Wednesday, summoned top military officials to the White House to chart a new course in Iraq and eased into the daunting thicket of Middle East diplomacy. "What an opportunity we have to change this country," said the 47-year-old chief executive, who also issued new ethics rules for his administration and hosted a reception at the presidential mansion for 200 inauguration volunteers and guests selected by an Internet lottery.

Odierno: Peaceful Iraq elections could bring irreversible progress (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:08 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — One day after President Barack Obama pledged that America would begin to "responsibly leave Iraq to its people," Gen. Ray Odierno, the commanding U.S. general in Iraq, said that if the country held peaceful elections this year, the relative calm that had settled on Iraq would be "irreversible."

Iraqi accuses Iranian exiles of planning attack (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:42 PM CST AP - A senior Iraqi official has accused an Iraq-based Iranian opposition group of planning a suicide attack against Iraqi security forces, raising concern that the government in Baghdad may try to expel the exiles from the country.

Saddam's luxury yacht heads home to Iraq (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 12:12 PM CST AFP - A luxury yacht kitted out for Saddam Hussein with swimming pools, a mosque and a missile launcher will return to Iraq because the global economic crisis has thwarted attempts to sell it.

Iraqi PM calls for strong central government (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 12:09 PM CST AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday called for an amendment of Iraq's constitution to strengthen the central government, as an opinion poll showed a high level of opposition to federalism.

Obama to ask generals for 16-month Iraq withdrawal plan (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 12:05 PM CST AFP - President Barack Obama will meet top military brass on Wednesday in a bid to follow through on his key campaign pledge to order US troops home from Iraq within 16 months, aides said.

Four students killed in Iraqi violence ahead of polls (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:56 AM CST AFP - A car bomb attack targeting a Sunni politician who heads a Baghdad Islamic university killed four students on Wednesday, underscoring a recent surge of violence here, officials said.

Iraq to bring unwanted Saddam yacht home (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:42 AM CST Reuters - The Iraqi government has decided to bring home a yacht once owned by ousted dictator Saddam Hussein after failing to find a buyer for it in Europe because of the world economic crisis, a spokesman said Wednesday.

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