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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4316 - Washington Post Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:47:43 GMT

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4316
Washington Post, United States
By AP AP -- As of Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at least 4316 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4316 guardian.co.uk
US Military Deaths In Iraq War At 4316 WITN
US military: American soldier dies in non-combat related incident ... The Canadian Press
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Gates Calls on Persian Gulf States to Help More in Iraq, Afghanistan - Voice of America Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:19:03 GMT

Washington Post

Gates Calls on Persian Gulf States to Help More in Iraq, Afghanistan
Voice of America
By Al Pessin US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called on Persian Gulf States and other Middle Eastern powers Tuesday to do more to help stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan, and to work together to counter Iranian influence. Gates spoke in Washington to a ...
Gates Urges Gulf States to 'Embrace' Iraq to Put Brakes on Iran Bloomberg
US urges Gulf states to support Iraq, counter Iran AFP
Gates: Gulf Nations Support of Iraq Contains Iran Systems
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Public grilling for Gordon Brown and Tony Blair in Iraq inquiry - guardian.co.uk Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:16:09 GMT

Daily Mail

Public grilling for Gordon Brown and Tony Blair in Iraq inquiry
guardian.co.uk, UK
Gordon Brown and Tony Blair face being questioned in public over their roles in the run-up to the Iraq war after the chairman of the independent inquiry indicated that he is to summon the prime minister and his predecessor to give evidence. ...
Tories urge 'proper Iraq U-turn' BBC News
Head of UK Iraq war inquiry backs some public hearings Reuters
Tony Blair to give evidence in public over Iraq Telegraph.co.uk
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Iraq to mark US pullback from cities with holiday - The Associated Press Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:21:44 GMT

Earthtimes (press release)

Iraq to mark US pullback from cities with holiday
The Associated Press
Separately, an Iraqi civilian was killed and another wounded Tuesday morning when a US vehicle hit their motorcycle that had stalled on a road near the US detention facility Camp Bucca in southern Iraq, the military said. Lt. Col. ...
Iraq to mark US pullout with holiday, ceremonies AFP
Op-Ed Contributor Hide and Seek New York Times
Iraq urges scientists to come home Reuters
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V-22 Osprey aircraft underperformed in Iraq-report - Reuters Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:54:09 GMT

MiamiHerald.com

V-22 Osprey aircraft underperformed in Iraq-report
Reuters
N) underperformed in Iraq, may fall short in Afghanistan and the Pentagon should review whether to buy more, congressional investigators said on Tuesday. The Marine Corps model of the V-22 Osprey "has not performed the full range of missions ...
V-22's Iraq Performance Should Prompt Program Review, GAO Says Bloomberg
GAO: Osprey may not meet challenges of Afghanistan The Associated Press
V-22 is sharply criticized, staunchly defended Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Big Oil Ready for Big Gamble in Iraq - Wall Street Journal Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:28:29 GMT

Gulf Times

Big Oil Ready for Big Gamble in Iraq
Wall Street Journal
By GINA CHON The government intends to auction off oil contracts to foreign companies for the first time since Iraq nationalized its oil industry more than three decades ago. If all goes according to plan in the first round, foreign oil companies will ...
Iraq's North Oil aims to up output to 800000 bpd guardian.co.uk
Iraq oil minister insists strategy is on track AFP
Iraq says energy contracts to be awarded on time Reuters India
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President Obama to sign Iraq/Afghanistan supplemental tomorrow - FOXNews Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:26:45 GMT

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President Obama to sign Iraq/Afghanistan supplemental tomorrow
FOXNews
President Obama will sign the $106 billion supplemental bill funding continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan tomorrow, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tells Fox. The bill also provides more than $7.7 billion for pandemic flu ...
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Bombings and shootings kill more than 30 in Iraq - The Associated Press Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:50:56 GMT

Times Online

Bombings and shootings kill more than 30 in Iraq
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings killed more than 30 people across Iraq on Monday, including high school students on their way to final exams, part of a new round of violence ahead of next week's deadline for US troops to withdraw from urban areas ...
Video: Truck Bomb in Northern Iraq Kills More Than 70 The Associated Press
Laws Lag in Iraq, as Patience Wears Thin New York Times
At Least 26 Killed in Iraq Violence Voice of America
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Fort Lewis chaplain dies of Iraq war injuries - Seattle Times Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:02:46 GMT

Catholic News Agency

Fort Lewis chaplain dies of Iraq war injuries
Seattle Times, United States
A Fort Lewis chaplain who was critically injured by a roadside bomb five years ago in Iraq has died. A Fort Lewis chaplain who was critically injured by a roadside bomb five years ago in Iraq has died. The 49-year-old Catholic priest known as Father ...
Brave Catholic Army chaplain dies from injuries suffered in Iraq Catholic News Agency
Chaplain dies from Iraq war injuries The Olympian
Priest, 1st Army chaplain seriously injured in Iraq, dies at 49 Catholic Culture
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Plea from Iraq hostages' families - BBC News Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:59:28 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Plea from Iraq hostages' families
BBC News, UK
The families of five hostages held in Iraq, two of whom have died, have spoken of their "profound grief" and called for the others to be freed. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has insisted every "conceivable option" had been examined to secure their ...
Video: Bodies of two British hostages identified in Iraq ITN NEWS
Brown Appeals to Iraq's Maliki Over Hostages FOXNews
ID for Slain Britons Taken Hostage in Iraq New York Times
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