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Thousands of war protesters march in Denver (AP)

AP - Thousands of anti-war demonstrators converged near security gates outside the Democratic National Convention hall on Wednesday, chanting slogans and asking to talk to party officials about getting U.S. troops out of Iraq.
Fewer Marines needed in Iraq's western province (AP)

Iraqi police officers, at left, and U.S. soldiers attend the scene of a parked car bomb which targeted a police patrol but missed, killing 3 civilians and wounding 8 others, in the al-Jadidah area, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over responsibility for security in the Sunni stronghold to Iraq within days. Troops freed up in Iraq could shift to Afghanistan.
Iraq veterans endorse Obama (AP)

A Denver police officer who asked not to be identified, center, attempts to step into what appears to be a confrontation between two groups during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. The two groups were actually working together to put on a demonstration for Veterans Against the War, but the officer thought they were arguing and tried to break it up. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Iraq war veterans brought their military credibility to the podium on Wednesday and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the best candidate to lead the military and help veterans.
US Army continues Iraq murder conspiracy hearing (AP)

AP - A military panel took evidence Wednesday in a hearing aimed at determining whether two U.S. soldiers should face a court-martial in the deaths of four Iraqi men last year.
Families of Nepalese workers killed in Iraq sue KBR (Reuters)

Reuters - KBR Inc and its Jordanian contractor are being sued for human trafficking by a Nepalese survivor and the families of 12 other employees who were killed while being transported, allegedly against their will, to work in a U.S. military base in Iraq.
SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deaths (AP)

Former Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario Jr., 28, from New York, speaks about his impending federal trial, at the office of one of his attorneys, Joseph M. Preis, in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2008. Nazario faces charges of shooting detainees during the 2004 battle of Fallujah, in Iraq. The defense has rested without calling a single witness Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008, at the civilian trial of Nazario, a former Marine charged with killing unarmed detainees in Iraq, in Riverside, Calif. (AP Photo/Sean Dufrene)AP - A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in which civilians will decide whether the actions of a military service member during combat were criminal.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,148 (AP)

Police officers guard the Pepsi Center, where the Democratic National Convention was being held, as Iraq Veterans Against the War march through the streets of Denver, Colorado August 27, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)AP - As of Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at least 4,148 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Top U.S. Marine sees shift from Iraq to Afghanistan (Reuters)

Marine Corps Commandant James Conway smiles while speaking at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, July 20, 2007. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan.
US forces to transfer control of Anbar to Iraqis (AFP)

A US Marine stands guard in Anbar Province, Iraq, in 2007. US forces will hand over control of Anbar province to Iraqi troops in the coming days, military officials said Wednesday, touting improved security in the region.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - US forces will hand over control of Anbar province to Iraqi troops in the coming days, military officials said Wednesday, touting improved security in the region.
Obama Aide Says U.S.-Iran Negotiations Necessary for Iraq Exit (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Talks with Iran would help Senator Barack Obama make good on a pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office as president, Obama's national security adviser said.
US military says Baghdad bombing suspect detained (AP)

AP - The U.S. military says it has captured a suspected senior Shiite militant believed to be behind a June bombing in Baghdad that killed four Americans and six Iraqis.
Iraq's holy city of Najaf witnessing a boom (AP)

An Iranian woman walks past gold shops in the Grand Souq of Najaf, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - 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.
Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel (AP)

AP - Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad — the latest in a string of lavish proposals painting the capital as a leisure friendly city.
Three US soldiers killed Iraqi prisoners for vengeance: report (AFP)

US soldiers patrol Baghdad's southern suburb of Owerij in 2003. US soldiers shot and killed four Iraqi prisoners execution-style last year to avenge the deaths of two army comrades, according testimony cited Wednesday by the New York Times.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - US soldiers shot and killed four Iraqi prisoners execution-style last year to avenge the deaths of two army comrades, according testimony cited Wednesday by the New York Times.
Iraq says U.S. agreed troop pullout compromise (Reuters)

A U.S. soldier looks at Iraqi soldiers checking a resident in Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, August 25, 2008. (Ibrahim Sultan/Reuters)Reuters - The United States asked Iraq for permission to keep troops there to 2015 but compromised with Iraqi negotiators on 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said.
U.S. soldiers say they executed Iraqis on riverbank: report (Reuters)

A U.S. soldier looks at Iraqi soldiers checking a resident in Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, August 25, 2008. (Ibrahim Sultan/Reuters)Reuters - Three U.S. soldiers killed four handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots on the bank of a Baghdad canal last year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Iraq says U.S. sought troop presence to 2015 (Reuters)

U.S. soldiers from the First Infantry Division, First Brigade Combat Team and Iraqi policemen patrol at Baghdad's Dora market August 27, 2008. (Andrea Comas/Reuters)Reuters - The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to limit their authorization to 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said.
2 Iraqi officials accused of aiding al-Qaida (AP)

Iraqi firemen attend the scene of a parked car bomb which targeted a police patrol but missed, killing 3 civilians and wounding 8 others, in the Baghdad al-Jadidah area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A university president and a top local official in a restive province north of Baghdad are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents, according to arrest reports obtained Wednesday.
Top Shiite cleric urges Iraqis to register to vote (AFP)

An Iraqi policeman guards the entrance of the Electoral Commission in Baghdad earlier this month. Revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has urged Iraqis to register so they can vote in provincial elections planned to be held by early next year.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Wednesday urged Iraqis to register so they can vote in provincial elections planned to be held by early next year.
US soldier killed in Iraq (AFP)

Two Iraqi boys dressed for the Karrada festival walk past a US soldier in the Iraqi capital Baghdad last week. An American soldier has died of wounds received in a bomb attack in Baghdad, the US military in Iraq has said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - An American soldier has died of wounds received in a bomb attack in Baghdad, the US military in Iraq said on Wednesday.
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