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11/16/08 NYTimes: Shiite Bloc Fails to Go to Meeting on Iraq
Iraq’s political leaders held a high-level meeting on Saturday to gauge support for a security agreement that will determine the future role and presence of American forces in Iraq before crucial votes in the cabinet and Parliament.
11/16/08 LATimes: Female U.S. soldiers' role in Iraq war profiled
"Lioness," showing this week on PBS' "Independent Lens" series, is an up-close look at the evolving role of women in the U.S. military — not just in traditional roles as nurses and support personnel but as weapon-toting frontline troops.
11/16/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraqi people in northern Baghdad
A roadside bomb killed three people including two U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol members and wounded 7, including five patrolmen, in northern Baghdad's Shaab district, police said.
11/16/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 2 people in central Baghdad
A roadside bomb wounded two people in Sinak district, central Baghdad, police said.
11/16/08 AFP: Iraqis want US troops out, but fear for the future
Many Iraqis welcomed the government's decision Sunday to approve a military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops, but feared Iraq will not be able to defend itself without them. Mohammed al-Asadi, a policeman...
11/16/08 Reuters: Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy
Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb.
11/16/08 AFP: Suicide car bomb kills 15 in Iraq
A suicide car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in Iraq's volatile Diyala province Sunday, killing at least 15 people, including seven policemen, a security official said.
11/17/08 Reuters: Situation report on diarrhoea and cholera in Iraq, 13 Nov 2008
The recent report of Iraq Ministry of Health indicates that 853 laboratory-confirmed Cholera cases have been detected and registered in Iraq, up to 13 November 2008.
11/17/08 Reuters: Parked car bomb wounds 17 people in Amara
A parked car bomb wounded 17 people when it blew up near a the headquarters of Iraqi and U.S. forces in Amara, capital of Maysan province, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, said Latif al-Tamimi the head of the security...
11/17/08 Reuters: Five militants killed during last 24
The Iraqi army killed five militants and arrested 26 others during last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
11/17/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills policeman, wounds 3 others in Mosul
A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded three others when it struck their patrol on Sunday in southern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
11/17/08 Reuters: Body found in Iskandariya
Police said they found the body of a member of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad. The body bore gunshot wounds.
11/17/08 Reuters: Man was found shot dead in Numaniya
A man was found shot dead inside his car on Sunday in the town of Numaniya, 120 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
11/17/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 1 person, wounds another in Mussayab
A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded another person in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
11/17/08 BBC: Iraq pact raises withdrawal hopes
Just over three years from now, all US forces could be out of Iraq, if the Iraqi-US security pact finally comes into force. It will also give the Iraqi authorities much greater say over what American forces do in the meantime.
11/17/08 AFP: Hardline Iraqi cleric bids to kill US pact in parliament
Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were to make a bid Monday to kill a controversial Iraq-US military pact passed by the Iraqi cabinet by trying to block it in parliament.
11/17/08 Reuters: 'Gulf War Syndrome' is real, report finds
A report released Monday concluded that "Gulf War Syndrome" is a legitimate condition suffered by more than 175,000 U.S. war veterans who were exposed to chemical toxins in the 1991 Gulf War.
11/17/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (1 of 2)
Chief Warrant Officer Donald V. Clark, 37, of Memphis, Tenn. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force 49, U.S. Army Alaska, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
11/17/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (2 of 2)
Chief Warrant Officer Christian P. Humphreys, 28, of Fallon, Nev. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force 49, U.S. Army Alaska, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
11/17/08 NYTimes: Iraq Quietly Dismisses Its Anticorruption Officials
The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is systematically dismissing Iraqi oversight officials, who were installed to fight corruption in Iraqi ministries by order of the American occupation administration...
11/17/08 BBC: Iraq war 'violated rule of law'
Legal advice given to Tony Blair by the attorney general prior to the Iraq war was fundamentally "flawed," a former law lord has claimed. Lord Bingham said Lord Goldsmith had given Mr Blair "no hard evidence" that Iraq had defied UN resolutions...
11/17/08 USAToday: Banned firms got new U.S. contracts in Iraq
A firm suspended from U.S. government contracts for allegedly bribing Army officers was awarded a new contract in Iraq two days after the suspension was imposed, government investigators found. The Pentagon paid the suspended company...
11/17/08 PBS: Iraqi Lawmakers Evaluate Long-awaited U.S. Security Deal
Iraqi lawmakers began debate Monday over a security agreement that will allow U.S. forces to remain in the country until the end of 2011. Analysts discuss the plan's details and remaining obstacles to its approval.
11/17/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 2 people in Mosul
A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded two Iraqi civilians, police said. The Americans were unhurt.
11/17/08 Reuters: Bomb wounds 3 civilians in Sulaimaniya
A bomb wounded three civilians and destroyed four cars in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya, which normally sees little violence, police said. Police were not able to give details on the type of bomb in the blast.
11/17/08 Reuters: Body found in Kirkuk
The body of a woman was found with gunshot wounds in the northern part of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
11/17/08 Reuters: Bomb kills 1, wounds 2 in western Baghdad
A bomb affixed to a car killed the driver and wounded two others in the Jamiaa district of western Baghdad, police said...A bomb affixed to a car exploded on a highway in eastern Baghdad, wounding two civilians, police said.
11/18/08 radionetherlands: Baghdad revives metro plans
Baghdad city council is inviting tenders from foreign companies for the construction of an underground rail network. Now that security in the Iraqi capital has improved, city centre traffic has ground to a virtual standstill.
11/18/08 AP: Iraqi cleric repeats concerns on US-Iraq pact
Iraq's top Shiite cleric said Tuesday that the U.S.-Iraqi security pact would only be viable if the country's main political groups backed it and it restored the country's full sovereignty.
11/18/08 AP: Iraq set to hold provincial elections Jan. 31
Iraq says it will hold long awaited provincial elections on Jan. 31. They will be the first provincial elections since 2005, when Iraq's insurgency was far stronger than it is now.
11/18/08 LATimes: A guide to the U.S. security agreement with Iraq
Iraq's parliament Monday began considering a security agreement that will determine the future of American forces in the country and, if approved, set Dec. 31, 2011, as the end date for the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The Cabinet approved the pact Sunday.
11/18/08 Reuters: Five militants killed, three others wounded near Samarra
Five militants were killed and three others wounded in a four hour gunbattle between al Qaeda fighters and a U.S.-backed Sunni Arab security patrol near Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad...
11/18/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds son and wife of Electricity Ministry
A roadside bomb planted near the house of general inspector of the Electricity Ministry wounded his son and wife in Qadissiya, southwestern Baghdad, police said.
11/18/08 Reuters: Radside bomb wounds two people in central Baghdad
A roadside bomb wounded two people in the district of Nahda, in central Baghdad, police said.
11/18/08 Reuters: Militant accidentally blows himself up in central Baiji
A militant accidentally blew himself up planting a roadside bomb on Monday in central Baiji, 180 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Two others were wounded.
11/18/08 Reuters: Bomb blast killls 1 person, wounds 13 in Sinjar
One person was killed and 13 others wounded in a bomb blast in Sinjar, 390 km (240 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.
11/18/08 NPR: Black Iraqis In Basra Face Racism
The election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency was celebrated with special fervor by Iraqis of African descent in the southern port city of Basra.
11/18/08 CNN: Fifteen corpses found in Baghdad mass grave
Police in northern Baghdad found a mass grave Tuesday that contained the remains of 15 people, an Interior Ministry official said. The grave was in a house under construction in the Ur neighborhood...
11/18/08 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Cpl. Aaron M. Allen, 24, of Buellton, Calif., died Nov. 14 while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
11/18/08 MCT: Maliki on Iraq TV calls for passage of troop pact with U.S.
Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki on Tuesday urged the Iraqi public to support the new pact that calls for withdrawing American forces as his most determined opponent, radical cleric Muqtada al Sadr...
11/18/08 AFP: Iranian commando 'arrested at Baghdad airport'
Iraqi security forces have arrested an alleged "senior" Iranian commando from the elite Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force at Baghdad International Airport, the US military said.
11/19/08 NYT: Iraqi Premier Defends Security Accord
For the first time since his government approved a three-year security agreement with the United States, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki publicly defended the pact in a televised address on Tuesday night, reassuring Iraqis that representatives fr
11/19/08 NYT: U.S.-Iraqi Agreement Is Getting Mixed Reviews in Iran
Conservative Iranian politicians and newspapers have expressed opposition to the new Iraqi-American security agreement and urged Iraq’s Parliament to reject it. But that view was not unanimous. At least one prominent figure, a senior judicial officia
11/19/08 NYT: Iranian Detained in Iraq
An Iranian described as a senior officer in the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was detained Tuesday by allied forces at Baghdad International Airport on suspicion of smuggling weapons into Iraq, the United States military said in a stateme
11/19/08 Reuters: Iraqi army arrest 92 wanted people
The Iraqi army arrested 92 wanted people during a raid and search operation in towns and villages near the city of Mosul, the defense ministry said in a statement.
11/19/08 Reuters: 3 Iraqi soldiers wounded in separate incidents in Mosul
A suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army patrol, wounding two soldiers in eastern Mosul, police said...A roadside bomb wounded one Iraqi soldier in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
11/19/08 Reuters: Iraqi army kills 3 suspected militants, detains 23 others
The Iraqi army killed 3 suspected militants and detained 23 others in different parts of Iraq during the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said in a statement.
11/19/08 Reuters: Five people wounded by roadside bomb in Baghdad
Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession, wounding five people in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said
11/19/08 AFP: Hardline Iraqi MPs shout down US pact in parliament
Lawmakers loyal to firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shouted down the Iraqi parliament's second reading on Wednesday of a military pact allowing US troops to remain until 2011.