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South Korea readies for troop pullout from Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:35:32 GMT

South Korea's Defense Ministry submitted a plan to parliament on Thursday for the complete pullout of its troops from Iraq, ending what once had been the third-largest deployment of foreign troops in that country.


Battlefield breakdown: The full price of war in Iraq (CNN.com)
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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:34:32 GMT

Army Sgt. Chris Tucker is a textbook case of the wear and tear of multiple deployments to Iraq and the strain this remarkably frustrating war has been on the men and women who serve in it.


White House faces tough crowd on Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:07:35 GMT

President Bush is sending his top aide on national security affairs to Capitol Hill on Thursday to confront what has become a tough crowd on the Iraq war.


Senators' dissent over Iraq might trigger a different surge (CNN.com)
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:44:59 GMT

With the election season and a key Iraq war progress report perched on the horizon, more Republicans will start to distance themselves from President Bush's Iraq policy, analysts say.


Iran not keeping its word on stabilizing Iraq: US (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:32:22 GMT

The United States asked Iran to live up to commitments to bring about a stable Iraq, saying it was critical for resuming a dialogue with Tehran on Iraqi security, the State Department said Wednesday.


U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,568 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:28:02 GMT

As of Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at least 3,568 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 2,929 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Iranians still planning attacks in Iraq: U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:00:04 GMT

Iranian operatives are training fighters in Iraq and helping to plan attacks there despite diplomatic pressure on Tehran to halt such interference, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


Iraq bombings, shootings kill 27 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:04:31 GMT

Insurgents killed at least 27 people in bombings and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday, including 10 in a car bomb in a Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood after nightfall, security officials said.


Iran helping to plan attacks in Iraq: U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:07:33 GMT

Iran is training fighters in Iraq and helping to plan attacks there despite diplomatic pressure for change, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, while violence around the Arab state killed at least 19 people.


Iraq bombings, shootings kill 17 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:41:35 GMT

Insurgents killed at least 17 people in bombings and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday, including nine policemen in attacks in northern Samarra town and near Kirkuk, security officials said.