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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,285 (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 05:16 PM PDT AP - As of Friday, May 8, 2009, at least 4,285 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US on track to exit Iraqi cities by end June: commander (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2009 01:36 PM PDT AFP - US forces are on track to pull out of all Iraqi cities by the end of June in line with a deal struck with Iraq, Washington's top commander in the country said on Friday.

Top US general: Mosul exit date still unclear (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 01:14 PM PDT AP - The top U.S. general in Iraq hedged his bets Friday about whether U.S. combat troops will pull out of the tumultuous city of Mosul on schedule next month, a milestone in the handover of Iraq's security to its own troops.

Ex-soldier could get death in Iraq rape, slayings (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 09:48 AM PDT AP - A former soldier's life will be in the hands of a Kentucky jury after the panel convicted him of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl and killing her family in Iraq.

Iraqis demand death for rape-murder US soldier (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2009 06:35 AM PDT AFP - Iraqis called on Friday for the execution of former US soldier Steven Dale Green, who faces the death penalty after being convicted of raping an Iraqi teenager and murdering the girl and her family.

Ex-contractor given probation in slaying of Afghan (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 09:01 AM PDT AP - A former military contractor avoided jail Friday for the revenge killing of a handcuffed Afghan detainee who had doused one of the contractor's colleagues with gasoline and set her on fire.

New threat to Iraq's antiquities - tourism (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2009 02:31 AM PDT AFP - When Ayad Tariq paces the dusty ruins of the ancient citadel towering over the disputed city of Kirkuk he sees a dazzling new tourist attraction just waiting to rise from the ruins.

Stability lets Basra, a city of poets, return to its roots (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - At Al Rasheed radio, poet Khalid al-Mayahi leans into the microphone and pours out his heart to the city, using words that could have gotten him killed before Iraqi forces took back Basra last year from Shiite extremists.

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