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60-year-old is oldest Army soldier killed in Iraq (AP) Posted: 14 May 2009 05:51 PM PDT AP - A 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become the oldest Army soldier to die in that conflict, the military said Thursday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,295 (AP) Posted: 14 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, May 14, 2009, at least 4,295 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

House backs $96.7 billion bill for Iraq, Afghan wars (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2009 01:12 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $96.7 billion measure to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through September 30 as well as rush critical economic and security aid to Pakistan.

In Iraq, an exodus of Christians (AP) Posted: 14 May 2009 11:29 AM PDT AP - Iraq has lost more than half the Christians who once called it home, mostly since the war began, and few who fled have plans to return, The Associated Press has learned.

U.S. targets al Qaeda in Iraq operative (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2009 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - The United States on Thursday moved to block the assets of the head of a group it said had funneled money, weapons and terrorists from Syria to al Qaeda in Iraq.

New mass grave found in central Iraq (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2009 09:37 AM PDT AFP - A mass grave containing the remains of dozens of Kurds thought to have been killed during Saddam Hussein's rule was found on Thursday in central Iraq, a government official said.

Correction: Iraq Shooting-Victims story (AP) Posted: 14 May 2009 09:21 AM PDT AP - In a May 13 story about the shooting spree at a military clinic in Iraq, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Navy Cmdr. Charles K. Springle was a psychologist. Springle had a doctorate in social work.

Treasury targets al-Qaida in Iraq operative (AP) Posted: 14 May 2009 08:42 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on the Syria-based leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.

Sadrist spokesman escapes assassination in Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2009 06:44 AM PDT AFP - A spokesman for the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr narrowly escaped assassination in Baghdad on Thursday but the ensuing gunbattle killed one of his colleagues, officials said.

Bodies of five killed in Iraq return to US (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2009 08:37 PM PDT AFP - The bodies of three soldiers and two medical officers who were allegedly shot dead by a fellow US soldier at a mental health counseling clinic in Baghdad were returned to the United States.

Iraqi archaeologists dig Chicago museum (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2009 06:46 PM PDT AFP - Isolated from their international colleagues first by Saddam Hussein's regime and then by war, Iraqi researchers are anxious to be introduced to modern techniques and trained on equipment they can use to better investigate Iraq's rich cultural heritage.

Winding paths led victims to Iraq stress clinic (AP) Posted: 13 May 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - Keith Springle, who grew up swimming and fishing off the North Carolina coast and seemed destined as a boy to join the Navy, was in Iraq because it was his duty as a military psychologist. Dr. Matthew Houseal, a 54-year-old Army reservist and psychiatrist, was there because he felt he needed to be.

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