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Vows to tear down U.S. barracks because of miserable living conditions.

Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric has been quietly issuing religious edicts declaring that armed resistance against U.S.-led foreign troops is permissible.

Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to help Democrats add support for veterans and the unemployed to a bill paying for another year of the iraq and Afghanistan wars.

USMC Sgt. Javal Davis, a reservist assigned to Abu Ghraib prison in iraq, described the infamous fortress as "medieval," like "something from a Mad Max movie."

Vows to tear down U.S. barracks because of miserable living conditions.

The Senate votes to approve a war funding bill for iraq and Afghanistan that would add extended unemployment benefits and expand the GI Bill for returning veterans. President Bush has threatened to veto any measure with the added spending, but there may be enough GOP support in Congress to override a veto.

A U.S. helicopter strike killed eight civilians, including several children, an Iraqi police official said Thursday.

The top US commander in iraq expects to be able to recommend further cuts in US forces before September.

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in iraq, says he will likely recommend more withdrawals of U.S. troops before he leaves his post in September. Petraeus made the remarks to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

A TV station in iraq is accusing United States troops of killing an employee, but the US is claiming differently.