AFP - Britain will delay its planned withdrawal of around 1,500 soldiers from Iraq until the end of this year, The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
Reuters - President George W. Bush will
acknowledge on Wednesday the Iraq war has been fought at a high
cost but will insist a U.S. troop buildup has opened the door
to a "major strategic victory" against Islamic militants.
AP - As of Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at least 3,990 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 3,242 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
AP - A Marine was charged Tuesday with murder and dereliction of duty in the death of a detainee in Fallujah, Iraq, after authorities say his involvement came to light during a lie-detector test for a job with the Secret Service.
AP - The smuggling of stolen antiquities from Iraq's rich cultural heritage is helping finance Iraqi extremist groups, says the U.S. investigator who led the initial probe into the looting of Baghdad's National Museum.
AFP - A schoolgirl and a policemen were killed in a bomb attack on Tuesday that struck a girls' school near the US embassy in Yemen's capital, but Washington said its mission was the target.
AFP - A third US Marine has been charged with murdering a prisoner during fierce fighting in the Iraqi town of Fallujah four years ago, military officials said Tuesday.
AP - Iraq's National Museum, which has been closed since its antiquities were looted five years ago after the U.S.-led invasion, won't reopen when a partial renovation is complete in a few months, an official said Tuesday.
AP - The United States has added the military wing of the Somali Islamic extremist movement to its list of foreign terrorist organizations, the State Department said Tuesday.
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