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ACLU: Mich. funeral protest law unconstitutional (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 04:23 PM PDT AP - A lawsuit challenging Michigan's law restricting funeral protests was filed Wednesday on behalf of a couple who were pulled over and arrested during a procession for a friend killed in Iraq because their van bore signs critical of then-President George W. Bush.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,264 (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at least 4,264 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Vote on new US envoy to Iraq delayed (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - A Senate confirmation vote on President Barack Obama's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq will likely be delayed due objections of at least one lawmaker, congressional aides said Wednesday.

Army: Officer reprimanded after friendly fire (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - The Army says a 101st Airborne Division officer who killed one of his soldiers in a friendly fire incident hasn't been charged, but the family of the man who died is angry no one has been held accountable.

Iraq: Many Baghdad mutineers escaped with weapons (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 02:01 PM PDT AP - At least 25 percent of the Sunni paramilitaries who staged an uprising last weekend in central Baghdad after their leader was arrested escaped with their weapons, two Iraqi security officers said Wednesday.

US awards new security contract to replace Blackwater (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 01:54 PM PDT AFP - The State Department said Wednesday it has awarded a contract to a new security firm to protect US diplomats on the ground in Baghdad after dropping the controversial Blackwater Worldwide, renamed Xe.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Iraq to reopen Ur to public after US pullback (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:12 AM PDT AFP - Iraq will reopen ancient Ur, the Biblical birthplace of Abraham, to the public after the US military hands back the archaeological site next month, the government said on Wednesday.

Maliki poised to run provinces with Sadr as ally (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 10:43 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is to join forces with radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in several provincial councils, leaving a key ally out in the cold, political sources said Wednesday.

US replaces Blackwater for some Iraq security (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 10:16 AM PDT AP - The State Department said Wednesday it has signed the Virginia-based private security firm Triple Canopy to take over protecting U.S. diplomats on the ground in Iraq from Blackwater Worldwide, now known as Xe.

March violence claims 252 Iraqi lives (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 09:59 AM PDT AFP - A total of 252 Iraqis were killed in violence in March, almost the same as the previous month, official figures showed on Wednesday, but the number of US soldiers who died was the lowest in six years.

Iraq blames neighbors for water shortage (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 09:24 AM PDT AP - An Iraqi minister blamed Iran and Turkey as well as a dry winter for the country's growing water shortage and urged its neighbors on Wednesday to share more water with Baghdad.

US marine charged for killing unarmed Iraqi (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:34 AM PDT AFP - A US Marine sergeant claimed he killed an Iraqi detainee in self-defense, but a prosecutor has charged that he ignored basic procedures and killed an unarmed man.

Iraq govt in talks with kidnappers of Britons (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 05:54 AM PDT AFP - An Iraqi government committee set up to encourage insurgent groups to abandon violence announced on Wednesday it was holding talks with Shiite dissidents who claimed the abduction of five Britons.

No forensic match for ammo in Blackwater shooting (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 04:24 AM PDT AP - FBI scientists were unable to match bullets from a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting to guns carried by Blackwater Worldwide security guards, according to laboratory reports that leave open the possibility that insurgents also fired in the crowded intersection.

As US pulls back in Iraq, lost urban footholds (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The cavernous, bland industrial building in the downtown of this central Iraqi city may not have been a glamorous home for the roughly 100 American soldiers based here. But when it closed in February, saying goodbye was bittersweet for US Army Capt. Terry Brown.

Monthly U.S. death toll in Iraq lowest since beginning of war (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 01:41 AM PDT Reuters - The number of U.S. troops killed by hostile action in Iraq fell in March to the lowest level since the 2003 invasion, but total civilian deaths remained above January's low point.

Key Senate panel backs Iraq, Afghan envoys (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2009 11:10 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama's picks for ambassadors to Iraq and Afghanistan cleared an important hurdle when a key committee approved their nominations for full Senate consideration.

Senate panel backs Obama Iraq, Afghanistan envoys (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2009 08:05 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama's choices to be ambassadors to Iraq and Afghanistan cleared an important hurdle when a key Senate committee approved the nominations for full Senate consideration.

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