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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,230 (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 07:48 PM CST AP - As of Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at least 4,230 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Layers of graffiti on walls tell history of Iraq war (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 05:21 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq is a nation of walls: Tall concrete blast walls built during the past six years, ancient mud-brick barricades that date to antiquity and walls built of various materials from the centuries in between. The newest walls protect Iraqis from one another, but they also divide families. They separate the government from the people, and foreigners from Iraqis.

Iraqi candidates stumping for Jan. 31 provincial elections (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 04:01 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — If any single image can capture Iraq's precarious position, suspended between dictatorship and democracy, it's the campaign posters that are pasted on towering concrete blast walls throughout Baghdad and in the provinces, reflecting the country's brutal past and its hopes for a different future.

Iraqi government struggles to win Sunnis' trust (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:54 PM CST AP - With warm praise and tough talk, the retired Iraqi army general urged the powerful Sunni sheiks sitting across the table to do what was once unthinkable — work for the Shiite-led government.

Iraq repeats pledge to close Iran opposition camp (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:39 PM CST AP - A senior Iraqi official said his government's decision to close a camp for members of an Iranian opposition group was "irreversible" because authorities do not tolerate anti-Iranian activities on their soil.

Marine commandant wants his troops out of Iraq (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 01:42 PM CST AP - Iraq is stable enough to allow the roughly 22,000 U.S. Marines there to withdraw, the service's top general said Friday.

Turkey, US, Iraq to set up joint centre to curb Kurd rebels: Zebari (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 11:51 AM CST AFP - Turkey, the United States and Iraq will set up a joint centre in northern Iraq to curb Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge in the region, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Friday.

Iraq PM urges big poll turnout despite violence (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 11:49 AM CST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed on Friday for a big turnout in next week's provincial elections as the gunning down of a Sunni family of nine highlighted the fragile security situation.

Iraq's Zebari sees no dramatic U.S. disengagement in '09 (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 11:44 AM CST Reuters - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Friday he did not expect a dramatic U.S. troop disengagement from Iraq this year given the country will hold a series of elections that will test its gains in security.

Marine commander: 'Time is right' for Marines to leave Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 11:43 AM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The top Marine commander said Friday that his forces already had begun pulling equipment out of Iraq and that nearly all of his troops could be out in as little as six months.

Turkey, Iraq, U.S. step up efforts to fight PKK (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 09:55 AM CST Reuters - Turkey, Iraq and the United States have agreed to set up a joint command center in northern Iraq to gather intelligence to fight Kurdish PKK rebels in the region, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Friday.

Gunmen in Iraq kill family (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 06:29 AM CST Reuters - Gunmen shot dead eight members of a family, including a 12-year-old girl and five women, in an overnight raid on their home in Iraq's volatile northern Diyala province, police said.

US soldier dies when vehicle rolls over in Iraq (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 04:08 AM CST AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

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