Reuters – Flanked by her mother
and daughter, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton sought on
Saturday to shore up her support among women in the tightening
U.S. presidential race.
Clinton targets women voters, rivals bicker (Reuters)
US military deaths in Iraq at 3,897 (AP)
AP – As of Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, at least 3,897 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,171 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
Iraq says U.S.-backed patrols can’t be "third force" (Reuters)
Reuters – The Iraqi government will not tolerate
U.S.-backed neighborhood patrols turning into a “third force”
alongside the army and the police, Defense Minister General
Abdel Qader Jassim said on Saturday.
One US soldier killed, 11 hurt in Iraq road bombs (AFP)
AFP – One US soldier was killed and another 11 wounded when two road bombs exploded near their vehicles in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, the military said Saturday.
Gates offers hope of Iraq withdrawals (AP)
AP – In a year marked by progress in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday acknowledged two bits of unfinished business in his first 12 months on the job: He has yet to close the Guantanamo Bay prison or find Osama bin Laden.
Crashed helicopter in Iraq was British: ministry (AFP)
AFP – A helicopter which crashed southeast of Baghdad on Tuesday — killing two soldiers and wounding 12 — was British, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
Iraq boosts oil exports after re-opening Kirkuk pipeline (AFP)
AFP – Iraq has boosted its oil exports to almost two million barrels a day (bpd) after reopening a pipeline to Turkey and hopes to sharply raise output in 2008, a senior oil official said on Wednesday.
Former press aide blames Bush in CIA leak case (Reuters)
Reuters – Former White Press Secretary Scott
McClellan says in an upcoming book that he was misled by
President George W. Bush and other high officials into
misinforming the press about a CIA leak case that fueled debate
about the Iraq war.
Turkey lauds Iraqi Kurds for action against rebels: Anatolia (AFP)
AFP – Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul praised Iraqi Kurds on Wednesday for taking steps against Kurdish rebels based in their autonomous region but warned it retained the option of a military strike, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Bomb kills US soldier, Iraqi interpreter in Baghdad (AFP)
AFP – Insurgents killed a US soldier and an Iraqi interpreter in a bomb attack in Baghdad, the US military said on Wednesday.
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