WCBD | Thirteen Killed in Jailbreak in Western Iraq Washington Post, United States - Iraqi security forces launched a manhunt for the three escapees, who included a top leader of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq. ... Iraq prison riot leaves 13 dead Iraq militants in police battle Police: 13 killed in jailbreak in Ramadi, Iraq |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Iraq to replace martial monuments with peace art Reuters - By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Nearly six years after Iraqis and US soldiers toppled grandiose monuments erected by Saddam Hussein, Iraq plans to ... Iraq's boy band stars US to hand former Saddam palace to Iraqis by year-end Saddam’s favourite singer back on stage |
Troops in Iraq mark time, holiday USA Today - By Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP/Getty Images By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY COMBAT OUTPOST VIKING, Iraq — For the US troops living behind sandbagged windows and in ... Video: Soldiers Come Home On Christmas Christian refugees from Iraq pack pews in Lebanon In Mosul, Iraqi Christians Brave the Violence to Celebrate Christmas |
ABC News | FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 26 Reuters - RAMADI - Three senior Islamist militants escaped from their cells in clashes overnight at a police station in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad. ... Attacks kill five in Iraq Two car bombs kill seven people in Iraq on Christmas Six die in Iraq violence |
Hürriyet | Obama Aides Dismiss Reports of Upcoming Trip to Iraq Washington Post, United States - By Philip Rucker KAILUA, Hawaii -- President-elect Barack Obama's aides on Friday dismissed reports that Obama may visit Iraq in coming weeks. ... News Analysis Political Power Plays Unsettle Iraq Iraq Press Roundup Obama has no plans to visit Iraq before inauguration, say aides |
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4217 Kentucky.com, KY - 26, 2008, at least 4217 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. ... Correction: Iraq-US-Deaths stories |
Telegraph.co.uk | Borrowed money, interest and Iraq Examiner.com - A new study from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has concluded the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will total $1.7T by 2017, ... Study Criticizes Bush Approach to War Funding, Calls for Changes George W Bush: winning the war on terror National Briefing |
WWJ | 2 Mich. soldiers die in vehicle crash in Iraq Chicago Tribune, United States - By AP The military says three soldiers, two of them from Michigan, died when their vehicle crashed on Christmas Eve in Iraq. The Department of Defense on ... Two Michigan soldiers among 3 killed in Iraq Christmas Eve 3 Fort Carson soldiers killed in rollover in Iraq • Grand Rapids soldier in Iraq among three killed in vehicle-rollover |
BBC News | Iraq OKs security deal allowing British troops to stay Los Angeles Times, CA - The date fits with the announcement made last week by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that British military operations in southern Iraq would end by May ... Video: Raw Video: Troops in Iraq Celebrate Christmas Iraq Parliament Allows British Troops to Stay Iraq OKs continued presence of foreign troops |
BBC News | Shoe-Hurler Raises Up Iraq’s Reputation Abroad New York Times, United States - By Mohammed Hussein BAGHDAD — When traveling outside Iraq, I would sometimes hide my nationality by refraining from speaking in an Iraqi dialect. ... Video: Scores of Shoes Thrown at Bush Caricature The Shoe-Thrower Becomes an Issue in Iraq Election Iranians join Bush shoe protest |