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The United States and Iran, the two nations with the most at stake in iraq, pointedly ignored each other Tuesday at a conference about iraq.

AP - As of Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at least 4,044 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 3,299 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

In making the decision to withdraw from iraq, Canberra was faced with the sticky logistical and human question of how to protect local Iraqis who had risked their lives by helping the Australian troops.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki chided neighboring states on Tuesday for failing to bolster ties with Baghdad and write off iraq's debts now that Saddam Hussein is gone and iraq is not a threat to the region.

Osama bin Laden's chief deputy is warning that al-Qaida will target Western countries involved in the war in iraq.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car at an entry-control point  in Ramadi on Tuesday, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding three others, the military said.

U.S. military commanders in iraq say Shiite militants, believed to be linked to Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army, have received training and equipment from Iranian military commandos. The militants are believed to be behind the recent upsurge in well-aimed rocket fire on the U.S.-protected green zone. Others say the threats from these elite Shiite fighters — and the role of Iran — have been exaggerated.

The United States and Iran, the two nations with the most at stake in iraq, pointedly ignored each other Tuesday as iraq's premier unsuccessfully pleaded for immediate financial and diplomatic backing from rich Arab neighbors still leery of Tehran's influence...

Iraqi Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki rebuked neighboring states on Tuesday for not doing enough to strengthen ties with Baghdad, write off iraq's debts or stop militants entering the war-torn country.

Osama bin Laden's chief deputy warned that al-Qaida still has plans to target Western countries involved in the iraq war in a new audiotape released Tuesday to answer questions posed by followers.