AP - As of Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at least 3,973 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 3,234 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
AP - As of Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at least 3,973 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 3,234 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
AFP - Senate Republicans Tuesday agreed to debate a bill by an anti-war Democrat which calls for the withdrawal of most troops from Iraq -- but only to highlight progress in the US troop surge strategy.
AP - Prosecutors played videos promoting violent jihad Tuesday at the trial of a former sailor accused of communicating with suspected terrorists and leaking information that could have doomed his own Navy ship.
AFP - Army chief-of-staff General George Casey on Tuesday called for deployments for US troops in Iraq to be cut from 15 to 12 months to reduce the pressure on the armed forces.
AP - A report commissioned by the United Nations says Palestinian terrorism is the "inevitable consequence" of Israeli occupation
AP - SECRET ADVICE: Lawyers urged Zacarias Moussaoui not to plead guilty to terrorism charges. They just couldn't tell him why.
AP - A top U.N. refugee official warned on Tuesday of the possibility that Iraqi refugees might be expelled from their sanctuaries unless the United States, Iraq and other countries act quickly to help them.
Reuters - Major powers are looking for new ways to draw Iran into negotiations over its nuclear program while simultaneously pushing for more U.N. sanctions, U.S. officials and diplomats said on Tuesday.
AP - No one is to blame for the November 2006 Israeli military shelling of two houses in which 21 sleeping Palestinian civilians were killed, the military said Tuesday.