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Suicide blast kills 5 US soldiers, 2 Iraqi police (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - A suicide truck driver detonated a ton of explosives near a police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing five American soldiers in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in more than a year.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,271 (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - As of Friday, April 10, 2009, at least 4,271 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

'Last gasp' of Iraq's violent extremists or new beginning? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Midway through a week of mayhem in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised eyebrows when he said the recent resurgence of violence in Baghdad was "a last gasp" of Islamic extremists.

Court revives Iraq currency retread fraud claim (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - A federal appeals court revived a civil fraud case Friday against a military contractor accused of cheating the U.S. government on a contract to replace old Iraqi currency that featured images of Saddam Hussein.

US: Saddam's chrome AK-47 being returned to Iraq (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:46 PM PDT AP - Federal customs agents say a pearl-handled AK-47 that belonged to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and was in the hands of the U.S. Army is being sent back to Iraq.

Iraq PM seeks tight Russia ties on first visit (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:14 PM PDT AFP - Iraq and Russia's leaders on Friday sought to revive political and economic ties disrupted by the US invasion six years ago and to position Moscow for future energy deals in the country.

Suicide attack kills 5 U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:06 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Five U.S. soldiers who were killed in Iraq Friday in the single deadliest assault on American troops in more than a year were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, a U.S. military spokesman said.

Hussein's chrome AK-47 being returned to Iraq (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:30 PM PDT AP - Federal customs agents say a pearl-handled AK-47 that belonged to Saddam Hussein is being sent back to Iraq.

Iraq suicide truck bombing kills five US troops (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:20 PM PDT AFP - Five US troops were killed on Friday in the deadliest attack on American forces in Iraq for more than a year when a suicide truck bomber struck a police compound in the northern city of Mosul.

Congresswoman wants answers on KBR contract (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:16 PM PDT AP - A New Hampshire congresswoman said the Pentagon has failed to justify giving a new, $35 million contract to a company whose electrical work on U.S. facilities in Iraq has been criticized as shoddy and unsafe.

Russia, Iraq aim to revive pre-war deals-minister (Reuters) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - Russia and Iraq have agreed to work on restoring contracts that they signed before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Russia's energy minister said after the two countries' prime ministers met on Friday.

Deadliest attacks on US troops in Iraq since 2008 (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 10:33 AM PDT AP - Some of the deadliest attacks and combat-related air disasters suffered by U.S. troops in Iraq in 2008 and 2009:

Iraqi Sadrist cleric slams 'political' arrests (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 09:52 AM PDT AFP - A senior Iraqi Shiite cleric on Friday condemned a spate of "political" arrests of members of the Sadr movement and warned rivals they could expect similar treatment in the future.

Asian companies the new players in Iraq's oil industry (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 09:49 AM PDT AFP - The predominance of Asian operators among bidders for a chunk of Iraq's vast oilfields shows the rising power of small and flexible state-run companies prepared to take risks, analysts say.

Suicide truck bomb kills 5 U.S. troops (Reuters) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - Under a hail of gunfire, a suicide bomber charged a checkpoint in northern Iraq on Friday, detonating a truck laden with explosives and killing five U.S. troops and two Iraqi policemen.

Iraqi PM talks business with Russian leaders (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 07:52 AM PDT AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Russia's leaders on Friday to discuss Russia's push for a bigger role in Iraq's oil and gas industry.

Five US soldiers among dead in Iraq truck bombing (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 05:27 AM PDT AFP - Five US soldiers were among those killed in a suicide truck bombing in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Friday, a US army statement said.

Guardsman brings Iraqi boy to Mich. for surgery (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:58 AM PDT AP - Eleven-year-old Mohammed didn't speak much English, but Army Maj. David Howell had no trouble understanding the badly burned Iraqi boy's request last November to take him to America.

Six years after Iraq invasion, Jordan still playing host to thousands of Iraqi refugees (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Raida Ali was holding out hope for things to get better in Baghdad.

Obama seeks $83.4 bln for Iraq, Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:44 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama has formally asked lawmakers for another 83.4 billion dollars to pay for the immediate needs of his revamped strategy for Afghanistan and for the war in Iraq.

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