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2008-11-21 20:18

US charges defense contractor with Afghan killing (AP)

AP - A defense contractor who once provided personal security for Afghanistan's president was charged with shooting a handcuffed Afghani civilian after hearing the man had inflicted serious burns on a fellow contractor, prosecutors said.

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2008-11-21 20:18

Al-Qaeda has been 'dramatically' reduced in Iraq: US general (AFP)

Al-Qaeda in Iraq's ability to carry out large-scale attacks against civilians, and on US and Iraqi forces, has been AFP - Al-Qaeda in Iraq's ability to carry out large-scale attacks against civilians, and on US and Iraqi forces, has been "dramatically reduced," a US general said on Thursday.


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2008-11-21 20:18

Baghdad to kill stray dogs after fatal attacks (AP)

AP - Baghdad authorities announced a campaign on Thursday to kill stray dogs who roam the Iraqi capital in packs, after a spate of fatal dog attacks left children in some neighborhoods fearful of going outside.

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2008-11-21 14:14

Jordan appeals for more aid to help Iraq refugees (AFP)

An Iraqi refugee sells cigarettes and other items in downtown Amman, Jordan, March 2008. Jordan urged the international community on Thursday to provide more aid to countries sheltering hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees uprooted by war.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)AFP - Jordan urged the international community on Thursday to provide more aid to countries sheltering hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees uprooted by war.


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2008-11-21 14:14

Italian FM urges Iraq protection for Christians (AFP)

In this photo made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki (R) speaks with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (L) at his offices in Baghdad. Frattini urged the Iraqi government to protect minorities, namely Christians who have suffered a wave of killings, during a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday.(AFP/HO)AFP - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini urged the Iraqi government to protect minorities, namely Christians who have suffered a wave of killings, during a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday.


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2008-11-21 14:14

Mosul, where Iraq's insurgency still rages (AFP)

US soldiers stand guard at the site of a road side bomb that targeted their convoy in the northern city of Mosul, some 370 kms from Baghdad, on November 16, 2008. Chased out of other parts of the country, especially by Sahwa (Awakening) anti-Qaeda fronts, jihadists and insurgents have fled to Nineveh province and its ethnically-diverse capital Mosul.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The ear-deafening blasts of car bombs targetting US or Iraqi security force patrols shatter the calm daily in Mosul, the northern city which military commanders say is the last urban bastion of Al-Qaeda in Iraq.


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2008-11-21 08:12

Top Iraq Shiite cleric demands MP vote on US pact (AFP)

Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani, seen here in 2004, has lashed out at lawmakers who had left on a pilgrimage instead of voting on a divisive US military pact. Iraq's highest Shiite religious authority made his remarks just hours before MPs hold a second reading of the wide-ranging accord.(AFP/File/Ho)AFP - Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani, Iraq's highest Shiite religious authority, on Thursday lashed out at lawmakers who had left on a pilgrimage instead of voting on a divisive US military pact.


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2008-11-21 08:12

U.S. forces kill Qaeda leader wanted for attacks (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. forces killed a senior al Qaeda leader wanted for planning suicide bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, including the abduction and killing of a U.S. army sergeant in 2004, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

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2008-11-21 08:12

Iraqi parliament likely to approve US pact (AFP)

Shiite Muslims take to the streets of the city of Karbala, 120 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, during a protest in support of the Iraqi-US accord, November 19. Iraq's parliament appeared likely to approve a comprehensive US military pact that would see all troops leave by the end of 2011 despite a loud and contentious debate of the measure on Thursday.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Iraq's parliament appeared likely to approve a comprehensive US military pact that would see all troops leave by the end of 2011 despite a loud and contentious debate of the measure on Thursday.


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2008-11-21 02:14

Defense officials highly critical of U.S.-Iraq troop accord (McClatchy Newspapers)

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2008-11-21 02:14

Dead San Diego Marine again denied Medal of Honor (AP)

AP - The Department of Defense has reaffirmed its decision not to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine from San Diego who witnesses say threw himself on a grenade to save his colleagues during fierce fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.

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2008-11-21 02:14

U.S. pact can pass Iraqi parliament: minister (Reuters)

Reuters - A pact allowing U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years has a chance of being approved by parliament despite some heated opposition, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.

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