Iraq War News Updates -- August 24, 2009

U.S. Army Spc. Carlin Redhouse clutches a melon during checks on the progress of civil improvement projects in Oubaidy in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, June 21, 2009. The projects include improving market areas, street paving, and local sewers. Redhouse is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick

U.S. Anxious Over Shiite-Sunni Relations In Iraq -- L.A. Times

Officials fear a rise in violence may break the brittle relationship and that Sunnis, lacking representation in government, may once again be sympathetic to insurgents.

Reporting from Washington - Military officials are anxiously watching the brittle partnership between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq as U.S. analysts warn that renewed waves of violence have put the country at a crucial crossroads.

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Iraq War News Updates

Shiite groups announce new alliance minus Iraqi PM -- Yahoo News/AP
Iraqi Shi'i te groups form newalliance without PM -- Reuters
Iraq says ex-Baathist confesses to Finance Ministry attack -- CNN
Iraq Military Broadcasts Confession on Bombing -- New York Times
Iraqi 'bomber confession' aired -- BBC
Alleged mastermind behind Baghdad bombs ‘confesses’ on Iraq TV -- Times Online
Iraqi Official Says Security Forces May Have Colluded in Bombings -- Washington Post
Saddam Hussein ally confesses to deadly Baghdad bombing, Iraqi authorities say -- The Telegraph
Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints -- Yahoo News/AP
Baghdad governor: Sunni MPs may be arrested for bombing -- Christian Science Monitor
Trouble in former Qaeda heartland bodes ill for Iraq -- Reuters
Iraqi violence overshadows start of Ramadan -- CNN
Ramadi struggles to instill a rule of law -- Christian Science Monitor
Death of private in Iraq led to cruelty probe -- Army Times
Radioactive wreckage, landmines blight Iraq -- Perth Now
Sunnis and Shiites See an Omen for Reconciliation in Iraq -- New York Times
Dancing by the Waves, Iraqis Forget War for a Day -- New York Times
Iraq Showcases Oil Fields for Next Slate of Auctions -- Wall Street Journal
US military: American soldier killed in Iraq -- Yahoo News/AP
FACTBOX-Military and civilian deaths in Iraq -- Reuters
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,335 -- Yahoo News/AP