AP - As of Friday, March 21, 2008, at least 3,993 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 3,253 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Time.com - Iraqi militants interviewed by TIME describe being trained in Iran, lending support to U.S. charges that Tehran continues to undermine security in Iraq
AP - A former university professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid terrorists has refused for a third time to testify before a grand jury investigating Muslim charities and businesses in northern Virginia.
AP - Homeland security officials on Friday hinted at a possible face-saving deal to end their standoff with a handful of states over new driver's license rules
AFP - Heavy clashes raged Friday between Islamic militants and fighters of the mainstream Fatah faction in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon and prompted an exodus of civilians.
AP - Iraqi security forces battled Shiite gunmen south of Baghdad on Friday, raising tensions among rival factions of the country's majority religious community and straining a seven-month cease-fire proclaimed by the biggest Shiite militia.
AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed and four others wounded in a rocket or mortar attack south of Baghdad.
Reuters - After months of delay, Russia agreed
to Israeli conditions regarding the delivery of armored
vehicles to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security
forces, Israeli officials said on Friday.
AP - The Pentagon on Friday ruled out including Adm. William Fallon as a witness before Congress when the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad testify next month on the way ahead in Iraq.
AP - Israel has agreed to let Russia deliver 25 armored vehicles to Palestinian security forces in the West Bank, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Friday, a move meant to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.