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AFP: Top Iraq Shiite cleric demands MP vote on US pact 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. telegraph: Two Iraqi men to stand trial for murder of Margaret Hassan Mrs Hassan, 59, was murdered in Iraq four years ago after being snatched from her car by eight gunmen in Baghdad. The 26-year-old man admitted to being the interpreter for the al-Qaeda-linked gang that seized Mrs Hassan and a 25-year-old man... CBS/AP: 2 U.S. Troops Charged In Murder Of Iraqis Two U.S. soldiers have been charged by the military with conspiracy to commit premeditated murder relating to the shooting deaths of four Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad in early 2007 in what was allegedly a retaliation killing. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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 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. 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... 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. 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... 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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... 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. 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. 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. 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.

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