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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,255 (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PST AP - As of Friday, March 6, 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.

Iraqi pilgrims visit Samarra's bombed mosque once again (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 11:41 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — For the first time since bombs ripped apart the sacred golden dome of the ancient mosque in Samarra in 2006, millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims returned to worship Friday.

Iraq withdrawal raises concerns for elite forces (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 11:21 AM PST AP - As the U.S. readies the pullout of its major combat units from Iraq, officials are concerned that the Pentagon's Green Berets and other elite anti-terror warriors staying behind won't have the helicopters, equipment and other logistical support they need.

Iraqi PM reaches out to Saddam supporters (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 10:38 AM PST AP - In an overture to Sunnis, Iraq's prime minister called on Iraqis on Friday to reconcile with former supporters of Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime who have been shunned by the Shiite government that rose to power after the U.S. invasion.

375 Kurds killed, hurt in Iraq raids since October: Turkish report (AFP) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 09:56 AM PST AFP - About 375 Kurdish militants were either killed or wounded in Turkish cross-border military action in neighbouring Iraq since October, Anatolia news agency quoted an army spokesman as saying Friday.

Baghdad roadside bomb kills policeman (AFP) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 07:19 AM PST AFP - A roadside bomb targeting a security patrol killed one policeman and injured two others in a northern Baghdad suburb on Friday, police said.

Iraq Maliki calls for forgiveness of Saddam allies (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 06:59 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, growing in strength as violence fades and Iraq tries to embrace political unity, called for forgiveness Friday for allies of Saddam Hussein. "We must reconcile with those who committed mistakes, who were obliged in that difficult era to side with the past regime. Today they are again sons of Iraq," Maliki told a meeting of tribal leaders in Baghdad.

A million Iraqi Shiites pray in Sunni stronghold (AFP) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 05:56 AM PST AFP - As many as one million pilgrims prayed in the Iraqi holy city of Samarra on Friday in a show of force called by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, reports said.

Why 10,000 Ugandans are eagerly serving in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Mar 2009 12:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Under a relentless equatorial sun and the gaze of her Zimbabwean instructor, Juliet Kituye quickly reassembles her AK-47. Next to her, a young man in a ripped red T-shirt discharges imaginary rounds at an invisible target.

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