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Officials: Bush mulls Iraq surge, address likely next week 
CNN.com - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
President Bush is likely to send anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000 additional troops to Iraq as part of his yet-to-be-announced new Iraq strategy, sources with knowledge of his deliberations told CNN Wednesday.Awaiting Bush?s Iraq Plan, Democrats Weigh Replies New York Times - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
Some key Senate Democrats say they could consider supporting a short-term increase in American troop levels in Iraq.New video shows 5 kidnapped in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to The Associated Press.Democrats promise action on ethics, Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Congressional Democrats stepped hungrily to the brink of power on Wednesday, promising immediate action to limit the influence of lobbyists and pledging to constantly prod the Bush administration to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.Pentagon discussed adding troops in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 6:22 PM
One option the Pentagon has presented to President Bush for bolstering U.S. forces in Iraq is an initial infusion of 8,000 to 9,000 troops, mainly to reinforce Baghdad, defense officials said Wednesday.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 3,005 AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 5:06 PM
As of Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at least 3,005 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,407 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Military planners assess options for Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 3:07 PM
U.S. military planners ordered to draft options for a quick boost to troop levels in Iraq are weighing moves to send another Army brigade or delay the departure of Marines already in the war zone, defense officials said this week.Bush seeks backing for agenda on budget, Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 2:48 PM
With Democrats poised to take over Congress, President George W. Bush on Wednesday used a Rose Garden ceremony and a newspaper opinion piece to push for spending cuts and rally support for an Iraq policy he has yet to announce.Bush courts support for Iraq, spending AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 12:53 PM
US President George W. Bush said he was just days from unveiling his new plan for Iraq and urged opposition Democrats poised to take control of the US Congress to back his budget goals.Bush seeks backing for agenda on U.S. budget, Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 11:26 AM
With Democrats poised to take over Congress, President George W. Bush on Wednesday used a Rose Garden ceremony and a newspaper opinion piece to try to salvage his domestic agenda and win support for an Iraq policy he has yet to announce.Paul Abrams: Iraq: Why We Went, Why We Screwed Up, and Why It Matters Now HuffingtonPost - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Summary: Bush invaded Iraq for domestic political reasons, to enlarge Republican majorities. The invasion, they thought, would cause the American people to rally around them, and provide large, lockstep majorities to shove their radical rightwing programs down the throats of the American people who really reject almost every part of their philosophy by large majorities. Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld ...UN rights chief asks Iraq stop executions Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 10:43 AM
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Wednesday appealed to Iraq not to execute two ex-officials from the administration of former president Sadam Hussein.UN appeals to Iraq on executions BBC News - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
The UN rights chief urges Iraq not to execute two officials of Saddam's rule amid reports they are to be hanged soon.Bush narrowing options for new Iraq plan AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 9:40 AM
US President George W. Bush, just days from unveiling his new plan for Iraq, urged opposition Democrats who will control the US Congress until he leaves office in 2009 to back his spending priorities.Soldier Killed by Roadside Bomb in Iraq Washington Post - Jan 03 10:28 AM
The U.S. military announced today that a soldier from the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq was killed Sunday in a roadside bomb attack. U.S. military sees Iraq control, purchases in 2007 Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 9:00 AM
U.S. commanders in Iraq expect to have handed over full control of the country's security and armed forces to the Iraqi authorities by the end of this year, a U.S. general said on Wednesday.Rep. John Murtha: Extensive Hearings on Iraq HuffingtonPost - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
I will be recommending to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that we begin extensive hearings starting on January 17, 2007 that will address accountability, military readiness, intelligence oversight and the activities of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. We will be demanding substantive answers to questions that have gone unanswered for far too long. The war in ...Iraq Should Refrain From Executing Two Hussein Aides, UN Says Bloomberg.com - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq should refrain from carrying out the execution today of two associates of former leader Saddam Hussein, who was hanged Dec. 30, said Louise Arbour, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights.UN rights chief urges Iraq not to execute two Saddam aides AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 8:39 AM
The United Nations top human rights official has called on Iraq not to execute two aides to former president Saddam Hussein, saying concerns over the trial process also applied in their cases.Iraq to hang two Saddam aides Thursday AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 7:27 AM
Iraq will execute two former henchmen of Saddam Hussein on Thursday, five days after the former dictator was himself hanged in Baghdad, an official in prime minister's office has said.Pentagon Prepares For Iraq Troop Surge CBS News - Jan 03 6:07 PM
Military commanders have told President Bush they are prepared to execute a troop surge that would put about 9,000 soldiers and Marines into Iraq with another 11,000 on alert outside the country, reports David Martin .Kurdish struggle for Iraq's oil BBC News - Jan 03 3:48 PM
Iraq has huge oil reserves - but its Kurdish population is having trouble gaining access to it.Germany's Siemens eyed in Iraq probe CNN Money - Jan 03 7:04 AM
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- German industrial conglomerate Siemens is being investigated for possible abuses of the scandal-plagued United Nations oil-for-food program for Iraq, a German prosecutor said on Wednesday.Iraq War Looms Over D.C. Newsweek - Jan 03 3:29 PM
Pelosi, Murtha & Co. have so far steered clear of end-it-now rhetoric, but the time is coming where Democrats can no longer avoid making some calls on the Iraq war. Democrats Promise Action on Ethics, Iraq ABC News - Jan 03 4:07 PM
Dems Promise to Limit Lobbyists' Influence, Urge President Bush to Bring Troops Home From IraqVideo Shows 4 Americans Kidnapped In Iraq CBS News - Jan 03 3:53 PM
Four American security contractors and an Austrian colleague who were kidnapped in a deadly ambush in Iraq in November appear uninjured in a video thought to be recorded just before Christmas.Bush promises new Iraq policy in the coming days AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 3:27 AM
US President George W. Bush has promised to unveil a new Iraq policy within days amid signs that even members of his own Republican party oppose escalating the unpopular war.Arianna Huffington: D.C. Notes: Murtha Again Taking the Lead on Iraq HuffingtonPost - Jan 03 4:10 PM
Arriving on the Hill, Melinda and I made a beeline for the office of Rep. Jack Murtha, the man most responsible for the Democrats seizing control of the 110th Congress (other than George Bush, that is). His office is filled with military memorabilia and reminders of the troops serving in Iraq: a civil war hat worn by his grandfather, who lost an arm in the war; dog tags from a soldier wounded ...Iraq PM moves to find source of Saddam hanging video AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 2:51 AM
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has moved to track down those responsible for an unofficial video of Saddam Hussein's execution that has inflamed sectarian tensions in Iraq.NBC: Bush set to announce Iraq troop surge MSNBC - Jan 03 1:46 PM
Nothing is final until President Bush puts his stamp on it, but administration officials say the White House has all but decided on a temporary surge of additional American forces into Iraq in an effort to bring sectarian violence under control. NBC News Jim Miklaszewski reports. Iraq PM worried Saddam would avoid hanging Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 2:40 AM
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki was concerned that if Saddam Hussein was not hanged quickly he would somehow avoid the gallows, a senior U.S. official in Baghdad was quoted as saying on Wednesday.Iraq War Protesters Break Up Democrats' Press Conference Fox News - Jan 03 12:26 PM
Protesters led by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan broke up a press conference by House Democrats on Wednesday, chanting demands to bring troops home from Iraq.Vigils, Rallies Commemorate 3000 U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 1:44 AM
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 3 (OneWorld) - Peace groups across the United States marked the 3,000th U.S. military death in Iraq with protests and vigils this weekend and promised to continue to press to end the war.Specter reluctant to add troops in Iraq Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 4 minutes ago
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said yesterday that he would be reluctant to support an increase in U.S. troop strength in Iraq but added that he is willing to give the administration a chance to change his mind.Siemens Probed in Suspected Iraq Bribery AP via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 03 12:54 PM
German prosecutors said Wednesday they are investigating whether the technology and engineering conglomerate Siemens AG paid bribes to win contracts in Iraq while the country was ruled by Saddam Hussein.U.S. raids in western Iraq capture 23 suspects Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 1:41 AM
U.S. forces conducted a string of raids in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's restive western province of Anbar, on Wednesday, and detained 23 suspects with ties to senior al Qaeda leaders, the U.S. military said.New Video Shows 5 Kidnapped in Iraq ABC News - Jan 03 11:56 AM
New Video Shows 5 Security Contractors Who Were Kidnapped in Southern IraqDemocrats vow quick action on ethics, Iraq The State - 30 minutes ago
WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats stepped hungrily to the brink of power Wednesday, promising immediate action to limit the influence of lobbyists and prod the Bush administration to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.Obituary: Thomas Vandling / Soldier from Bellevue killed in Iraq Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 26 minutes ago
A 26-year-old soldier from Bellevue has died in the war in Iraq. Administrators at Northgate High School yesterday identified him as Thomas Vandling. He graduated in 1998 from Northgate, where he was a solid student and a center and defensive end on the football team.Iraq PM orders probe of Saddam execution AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 11:14 PM
Iraq's prime minister ordered an investigation Tuesday into Saddam Hussein's execution to try to uncover who taunted the former dictator in the last minutes of his life, and who leaked inflammatory footage taken by camera phone of the hanging.Democrats promise action on ethics, Iraq Boston Globe - Jan 03 3:31 PM
Congressional Democrats stepped hungrily to the brink of power on Wednesday, promising immediate action to limit the influence of lobbyists and constant prodding of the Bush administration to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.U.S. troops detain 23 suspects in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 11:57 PM
U.S. troops detained 23 people suspected of ties to senior al-Qaida leaders in raids Wednesday morning in western Iraq, the military said.Papers fear mounting Iraq tensions BBC News - Jan 03 7:33 AM
Papers in the Middle East warn of intensified sectarian tensions in Iraq as controversy rages over the death of Saddam Hussein.White House watch: Six weeks in the works, no snap decision on Iraq Houston Chronicle - Jan 03 2:22 PM
The last week of 2006 marked the point when President Bush, the self-declared "decider," went into what the White House called a "non-decisional" mode on Iraq. Jane Smiley: How Is the Iraq War Like a Frontal Lobotomy? HuffingtonPost - Jan 03 9:10 AM
You may have been so disheartened by yesterday's article in the New York Times about the Bush "strategy" in Iraq being "overtaken" by the insurgency that you didn't finish it, but I bravely soldiered to the very end, where I came upon the following mind blowing paragraph: "Mr. Bush still insists on talking about victory, even if his own advisers differ about how to define it. "It's a ...Bush considering smaller-than-expected increase in U.S. troops for Iraq Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jan 03 4:38 PM
WASHINGTON President Bush plans to order extra U.S. troops to Iraq as part of a new push to secure Baghdad, but in smaller numbers than previously reported, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The president, who is completing a lengthy review of Iraq policy, is considering dispatching three to four U.S. combat brigades to Iraq, or no more than 15,000 to 20,000 U.S. troops, the officials said. Bush is ...Two Civilians Answer Return Call to Duty in Iraq Washington Post - Jan 02 8:29 PM
A reminder that federal employees are regularly heading to Iraq for duty: Iraq option said to include troop surge WIS News 10 Columbia - 21 minutes ago
Defense officials say an increase of 8,000 to 9,000 troops is among the options offered to President Bush for changes in Iraq.Soldier killed in Iraq day before son s birth, Tenn. family says Denver Daily News - 15 minutes ago
HIXSON, Tenn. (AP) A soldier killed in Iraq the day before his son s birth was remembered by his mother as always smiling. Iraq option said to include troop surge WHNT-TV Huntsville - 30 minutes ago
PENTAGON Defense officials say an increase of eight to nine thousand troops is among the options offered to President Bush for changes in Iraq. The officials, who asked...Words show Iraq fraying 'code of silence' USA Today - Jan 02 8:00 PM
The tradition of what historian Robert Dallek calls "a code of silence" among presidents has been strained by the escalating violence in Iraq. The war has divided the international community, the American public, members of Congress. Gerald Ford joined that debate, albeit after his death.Iraq probes Hussein execution CNN.com - Jan 02 8:34 PM
Iraq has launched an investigation into who recorded and distributed images of the execution of Saddam Hussein, as well as the taunting of the former leader just prior to his death, according to a government spokesman.Iraq: 12,000 civilians killed in '06 AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 8:03 PM
Iraq reported Tuesday that more than 12,000 civilians were killed last year the third full year since the U.S.-led invasion with a dramatic rise in the last three months, when 5,000 died. Only about half as many Iraqi soldiers died in 2006 as American troops.Iraq to hang two Saddam aides Thursday The Nation - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Iraq was set to execute two former henchmen of Saddam Hussein at dawn on Thursday, as the controversy continued over the hanging of the ex-dictator five days earlier.Brown camp say Iraq policy is 'in a rut' Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
Gordon Brown will seek to rid the government of the political stain from the war in Iraq by making free universal education and combating climate change two pillars of Labour's foreign policy if he becomes prime minister this year, it emerged today.Local Guardsmen Coming Home From Iraq CBS 6 Richmond - 24 minutes ago
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - One hundred fifty-five Virginia National Guard troops are on their way back from Iraq to Virginia.Iraq option said to include troop surge WTVM 9 Columbus - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
PENTAGON Defense officials say an increase of eight to nine thousand troops is among the options offered to President Bush for changes in Iraq. The officials, who asked to remain anonymous, say about seven thousand Army soldiers would be sent to Baghdad under the option.Iraq victim wanted to quit forces BBC News - Jan 03 5:37 AM
A Cornish victim of a helicopter crash at the start of the Iraq war wanted to leave the Royal Navy, an inquest hears.U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 3,005 AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 03 4:21 PM
As of Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at least 3,005 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.Shiite cleric now seen as the gravest Iraq threat Baltimore Sun - Jan 03 3:23 PM
Al-Sadr trumps Sunnis, al-Qaida in defense study Armed militiamen affiliated with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr now pose the gravest danger to the security of Iraq, surpassing Sunni extremists and even al-Qaida as the greatest obstacle to stability, according to a Defense Department report to Congress. UN Head Backs Appeal To Iraq Not To Execute Saddam Cohorts Nasdaq - Jan 03 3:42 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon backs the U.N. human rights chief's appeal to Iraq's president to refrain from executing two co-defendants of Saddam Hussein and believes the U.N. should move toward the abolition of capital punishment, the U.N. spokeswoman said Wednesday.An American university for Iraq but not in Baghdad International Herald Tribune - Jan 02 11:41 PM
With doctors, engineers, businesspeople, academics and students among the hundreds of thousands fleeing, a plan to build an American-style university in Iraq raises hopes of stanching the country's enormous brain drain and pushing Iraq forward.Officials: Bush 'driving toward' new Iraq plan CNN.com - Jan 02 7:34 PM
President Bush is expected to announce his new Iraq strategy in an address to the nation early next week, several sources in Washington told CNN Tuesday.Failure in Iraq was not inevitable Financial Times - Jan 03 3:21 PM
That the war in Iraq has been a vast mistake virtually everyone now agrees. But what, exactly, is the nature of that mistake?Iraq to Examine Abusive Conduct Toward Hussein New York Times - Jan 02 6:47 PM
Iraq?s Shiite-led government said that it had ordered an investigation into the abusive behavior at Saddam Hussein?s execution that has caused outrage among Mr. Hussein?s Sunni Arab loyalists.New video shows 5 security contractors who were kidnapped in southern Iraq CNews - Jan 03 6:43 PM
BAGHDAD (AP) - Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered to The Associated Press.New video shows 5 contractors who were kidnapped in southern Iraq Fox 6 News San Diego - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
A newly released video shows five contractors, including one California man, who were kidnapped in southern Iraq in November.Navy air controller did not warn Iraq collision-path pilots Guardian Unlimited - Jan 03 6:10 PM
A Royal Navy air traffic controller did not warn the pilots of two Sea King helicopters they were on a collision course because he thought they could see each other, an inquest into the worst accident involving British service personnel in the Iraq war was told yesterday.Iraq bombing kills Hawthorne Marine North County Times - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan Mayhan survived his first eight-month deployment in Iraq last year despite fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.Walz Promises Hard Look At Bush's Iraq Budget Plan WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
On the eve of his swearing-in, Rep.-elect Tim Walz said Wednesday that he will review President Bush's $100 billion-plus request to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with a skeptical eye. More Political News U.N. rights chief asks Iraq to stop executions Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Jan 03 2:45 PM
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Wednesday appealed to Iraq not to execute two ex-officials from the administration of former president Saddam Hussein.PHOTO: Iraq War Protesters Rally in N.J. 1010 WINS New York - Jan 03 1:34 PM
Following speeches, the names of the 52 members of the military from New Jersey who died in Iraq were each read and a bell rang in their honor. Media can t capture full picture in Iraq, Snow says Air Force Times - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
Senior White House spokesman Tony Snow said Wednesday that media accounts of the situation in Iraq don t give the full picture, but added he does not blame the media itself.Video Shows 5 Held In Iraq, Including NorCal Man CBS 5 Bay Area - Jan 03 6:17 PM
Four Americans -- including a Northern California man -- and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to The Associated Press. Inside: See The Iraq Hostage Video Bush set to announce Iraq troop surge: NBC People's Daily - Jan 03 6:26 PM
U.S. President George W. Bush has decided on a temporary surge of additional forces into Iraq in an effort to bring sectarian violence in Baghdad under control, NBC News reported on Wednesday.Iran wants reparations for 1980s Iraq war IranMania.com - 25 minutes ago
LONDON, January 4 (IranMania) - Iran said it plans to take legal action against Iraq seeking damages for the 1980s US-backed war triggered by late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, UPI reported.Video shows 5 security contractors who were kidnapped in southern Iraq Boston Herald - Jan 03 2:00 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday...As Sunni furor mounts, Iraq to probe scene at execution Chicago Tribune - Jan 03 5:00 AM
As thousands of Saddam Hussein's supporters protested in Sunni Arab enclaves across Iraq, the Shiite-led government said it had launched an investigation into the chaotic scene at his execution, which has deepened the nation's sectarian rift and sparked condemnation around the world. Soldier killed in Iraq day before son's birth Denver Post - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
A soldier killed in Iraq the day before his son's birth was remembered by his mother as "always smiling.DOING MY DUTY IN IRAQ HAS LEFT ME CRIPPLED BY PAIN AND POVERTY Daily Record - 17 minutes ago
A SOLDIER told yesterday how serving in Iraq had plunged him into a world of pain and poverty. Dad-of-four John Horsman, 33, went to war as part of a Territorial Army unit.Mobile phone captures Iraq's cruelty BBC News - Jan 03 1:38 AM
Dramatic video of Saddam's hanging brings home the power of the mobile phone as a medium in the struggle for Iraq.S.E. Iowa soldier killed by roadside bomb in Iraq KTVO-TV Kirksville - Jan 03 5:25 PM
(OTTUMWA) An Ottumwa native has been killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. The Iowa National Guard say 20-year-old Corporal Jonathan Schiller, son of Liz and Bill Schiller, died Sunday, December 31st south of Baqubah, Iraq.US military planners assess surge options for Iraq AlertNet - Jan 03 3:05 PM
Source: Reuters By Kristin Roberts WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.S. military planners ordered to draft options for a quick boost to troop levels in Iraq are weighing moves to send another Army brigade or delay ... Pentagon Prepares For Iraq Troop Surge WCBS-TV New York - Jan 03 4:44 PM
Military commanders have told President Bush they are prepared to execute a troop surge that would put about 9,000 soldiers and Marines into Iraq with another 11,000 on alert outside the country, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.New video shows 5 contractors who were kidnapped in southern Iraq KESQ - Jan 03 5:34 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq A newly released video shows five contractors, including one California man, who were kidnapped in southern Iraq in November. In the video, the four Americans and one Austrian speak briefly and appear uninjured.Inflaming tensions in Iraq The Herald - Jan 03 5:20 PM
The Prime Minister wants to quit the post before his term ends. He will not seek another period in office. He has done what he did in Iraq in the national interest. No, not Tony Blair speaking yesterday but Nuri al Maliki, his Iraqi counterpart.Gates to Be Called By Senate Panel After Bush Reveals Iraq Plan Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 3:42 PM
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be asked to testify about the Bush administration's approach to Iraq once President George W. Bush announces his new course, an aide to incoming Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said.In Harm's Way: 180th Members Headed to Iraq NBC 24 Toledo - 33 minutes ago
(Swanton, OH) --- Dozens of the 180th Fighter Wing Civil Engineering Squadron said goodbye to their families Wednesday as they prepared for deployment to Iraq.Democrats pledge action on ethics, Iraq war KBCI Boise - Jan 03 4:51 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress ional Democrats stepped hungrily to the brink of power on Wednesday, promising immediate action to limit the influence of lobbyists and pledging to constantly prod the Bush administration to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.Iraq's PM longs to leave office BBC News - Jan 02 11:56 PM
Iraq's PM Nouri Maliki rules out seeking a second term in office and says he wishes his tenure was over.Hearing set for soldier accused in Iraq 'fragging' The Herald-Sun - Jan 03 3:39 PM
A hearing has been scheduled Friday for Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez, a New York National Guard soldier accused of killing two superior officers in Iraq.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 3,004 AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 3:16 PM
As of Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, at least 3,004 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,397 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.New video shows five security contractors who were kidnapped in southern Iraq KWQC-TV 6 Davenport - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq Five men who've been held hostage since mid-November have turned up on a video. The four Americans and one Austrian were captured in southern Iraq. All worked as security contractors.In a video given to The Associated Press, each appears separately in edited footage.Redding Man Among Security Workers Abducted in Iraq News10 Sacramento - Jan 03 3:57 PM
A 23-year-old man from Redding is among five men who were abducted in southern Iraq in November. Joshua Mark Munns appears on video obtained by The Associated Press.Evansville Gives Soldiers Coming Home From Iraq A Hero's Welcome News 25 Evansville - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
EVANSVILLE - Wednesday several Tri-State heroes were reunited with their families. After one year of combat in Iraq, some of the 406th Core Support Battalion were hoisted up on a fire engine as they entered town.'I wish my term was over', admits Iraq PM Times Online - Jan 03 10:53 AM
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq s Prime Minister, has admitted that he wishes his time in office was complete and that he has no desire to serve a second term heading the violence-plagued nation.More Than 150 Soldiers Return Home from Iraq News 25 Evansville - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
INDIANAPOLIS - After spending more than a year in Iraq more than one hundred and fifty soldiers return to the US Sunday. The soldiers are in the 163rd Field Artillery Unit based in Evansville but were greeted by hundreds of people at the Guard headquarters in Indianapolis.American University to be built in Iraq UPI - Jan 03 3:06 PM
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Iraqi education officials are planning to build a university with instructors from around the world where graduates are prepared for the global job market.Siemens faces Iraq bribery probe Stuff - Jan 03 1:24 PM
BERLIN: German prosecutors said they are investigating whether the technology and engineering conglomerate Siemens AG paid bribes to win contracts in Iraq while the country was ruled by Saddam Hussein.Bush, lawmakers, to discuss Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 2:48 PM
US President George W. Bush will welcome congressional leaders of both major US parties Wednesday for talks on a range of issues including Iraq, an administration official said.