Kansas City Star: IraqNews, sports and entertainment from Kansas City StarMilitary deaths- August 31, 2008 The U.S. Defense Department has announced the deaths of the following service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan:http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/774920.html A tough piece of Iraqi real estate to control- August 31, 2008 BAQOUBA, Iraq The government offices in Iraq’s Diyala province are encased in thick blast walls, a shield against suicide bombings. Nearby buildings are pockmarked from fighting between U.S. troops and Sunni insurgents.http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/774924.html U.S. arrests top Shiite official on alleged link to Iraqi bombing- August 29, 2008 BAGHDAD U.S. forces arrested a top Shiite official in Iraq’s government as he stepped off a plane in Baghdad, a political ally said Thursday.http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/772190.html Shiite holy city evolves into boomtown- August 28, 2008 NAJAF, Iraq The city’s first airport is weeks away from opening, but already a bigger one is talked about. Land prices are soaring. Merchants say they don’t remember business ever being so good.http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/770318.html Suicide bomber kills Iraqi police- August 27, 2008 BAGHDAD A suicide bomber in restive Diyala province killed at least 23 people Tuesday in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in weeks, officials said.http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/768229.html Suicide bomber kills 25 at western Baghdad banquet- August 25, 2008 BAGHDAD A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in the midst of a celebration to welcome an Iraqi detainee released from U.S. custody, killing at least 25 people, officials said.http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/764661.html Military deaths- August 24, 2008 The U.S. Defense Department has announced the deaths of the following service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan:http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/763474.html Al-Maliki wants militias to surrender weapons- August 24, 2008 BAGHDAD Iraq’s government is grateful to U.S.-allied Sunni fighters but won’t allow them to keep their weapons indefinitely, the prime minister said Saturday.http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/763473.html Petraeus: Transfer of militias lags- August 24, 2008 BAGHDAD The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, criticized the Iraqi government recently over its handling of U.S.-backed Sunni militias.http://www.kansascity.com/news/iraq/story/763472.html |