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• First Iraqi vote results likely on Thursday (AP)

  AP - The top United Nations envoy in Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week's historic vote as quickly as possible, saying Iraqis "have the right to know as soon as possible what is the outcome of their choice."

  
  

• First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday: U.N. (Reuters)

  Reuters - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said Wednesday.

  
  

• 'Months' before Iraq government, says US general (AFP)

  AFP - The commander of US forces in Iraq has predicted it would take "a couple of months" for leaders to form a post-election government but downplayed fears of instability.

  
  

• US Iraq commander likes 'Hurt Locker' (AFP)

  AFP - The commander of US troops in Iraq on Tuesday praised Oscar-winning drama "The Hurt Locker," saying that unlike some media coverage it showed the complexities on the field.

  
  

• US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident (AP)

  AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  
  

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382 (AP)

  AP - As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

• Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims (AP)

  AP - Britain opened an inquiry Tuesday into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004, some of the most serious allegations made against British forces over the war and occupation of the country.

  
  

• Baghdad holds key as Iraq awaits initial vote results (AFP)

  AFP - Iraq awaited initial results Tuesday from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position.

  
  

• Real Hurt Lockers in Iraq: Life is no movie (AP)

  AP - American bomb disposal experts in Iraq say few people understood what they did.

  
  

• After Iraq election, fragile democracy faces the real test (The Christian Science Monitor)

  The Christian Science Monitor - The Iraq election has shored up the country’s fragile democracy, but the months ahead are fraught with potential dangers far more worrying than the bombs that echoed through Baghdad as voters went to the polls over the weekend.

  
  

• In Iraq, the Methboub family waits – and copes (The Christian Science Monitor)

  The Christian Science Monitor - Expectations of good news have rarely been higher in the poor Iraqi household of Karima Selman Methboub, whose son Ali is due in coming weeks to be released from prison after more than 1-1/2 years.

• Top court to decide on anti-gay protests at military funerals (Reuters)

  Reuters - The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church at funerals for U.S. military members killed in Iraq.

• Years before US can judge Iraq success: general (AFP)

  AFP - The top US general in Iraq said Monday it could be years before the United States can gauge whether its long military campaign there had achieved any measure of success.

  
  

• Iraq election turnout down, likely months before new government (The Christian Science Monitor)

  The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi election workers began tallying votes from 47,000 polling stations across the country Monday, a day after the country pulled off a landmark vote despite dozens of scattered explosions that went off in Baghdad and in other parts of the country.

  
  

• Britain won respect in Middle East over Iraq: Miliband (AFP)

  AFP - Britain's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.

  
  

• Odierno says US troop withdrawal plan on schedule (AP)

  AP - The top U.S. general in Iraq says the Iraqi military performed superbly on Sunday's mostly peaceful election day and that President Barack Obama's plan to remove American combat troops from that country by Sept. 1 is proceeding on schedule.

  
  

• After Iraq's Elections, Who Will Lead the Country? (Time.com)

  Time.com - The election is over. But the counting -- and the dealing -- could go on for a while

• 'The Hurt Locker' rules on historic Oscars night (AFP)

  AFP - Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" blew away box office king "Avatar" to take six Oscars, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the best director award on a historic Hollywood night.

  
  

• Obama calls Iraq vote an 'important milestone' (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama praised the Iraqi people for passing "an important milestone" Sunday, when millions turned out for national elections despite insurgent attacks that killed more than 30 people.

  
  

• Obama keeps U.S. troop withdrawal plan after Iraq poll (Reuters)

  Reuters - President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an "important milestone" on Sunday despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all U.S. troops from the country.