Iraq says U.S.-backed patrols can't be "third force" (Reuters)

Iraqi Defence Minister Abdul Qader al-Obaidi speaks during a joint news conference in the Green Zone area in Baghdad, December 22, 2007. (Pool/Mohammed Jalil/Reuters)

Abdel Qader Jassim said on Saturday.

One US soldier killed, 11 hurt in Iraq road bombs (AFP)

Gates offers hope of Iraq withdrawals (AP)

Iraq bombs kill one U.S. soldier and wound 11 (Reuters)

Four Iraqis killed by Baghdad suicide car bomb: official (AFP)

Turkish planes bomb Kurds in northern Iraq (Reuters)