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Jordan appeals for more aid to help Iraq refugees (AFP)

An Iraqi refugee sells cigarettes and other items in downtown Amman, Jordan, March 2008. Jordan urged the international community on Thursday to provide more aid to countries sheltering hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees uprooted by war.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)AFP - Jordan urged the international community on Thursday to provide more aid to countries sheltering hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees uprooted by war.


US, Iraq, Turkey to fight PKK 'terrorists': US embassy (AFP)

AFP - The United States, Iraq, and Turkey have condemned the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a "terrorist organisation" and formed a joint committee to combat them, the US embassy said Thursday.


Iraqi parliament likely to approve US pact (AFP)

Shiite Muslims take to the streets of the city of Karbala, 120 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, during a protest in support of the Iraqi-US accord, November 19. Iraq's parliament appeared likely to approve a comprehensive US military pact that would see all troops leave by the end of 2011 despite a loud and contentious debate of the measure on Thursday.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Iraq's parliament appeared likely to approve a comprehensive US military pact that would see all troops leave by the end of 2011 despite a loud and contentious debate of the measure on Thursday.


U.S. forces kill Qaeda leader wanted for attacks (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. forces killed a senior al Qaeda leader wanted for planning suicide bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, including the abduction and killing of a U.S. army sergeant in 2004, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

U.S.: Raid kills militant blamed in GI death

Retired Army Lt. Gen. James Campbell, right, escorts Carolyn and Keith Maupin as they follow the casket of their son Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin during a memorial service at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on April 27.An al-Qaida in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist has been killed, the U.S. military said on Thursday.


US raid kills Iraqi blamed in 2004 reservist death (AP)

AP - The U.S. military says an Iraqi al-Qaida in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist has been killed.

Iraq parliament engulfed in protests over US pact (AP)

An Iraqi man kisses a poster depicting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a demonstration in support of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - As opposition lawmakers shouted and pounded their desks in protest, Iraq's parliament on Thursday resumed deliberating a proposed security agreement with the United States that would allow American forces to stay there three more years.


November 20 2008

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