Iraq 19 Nov 2007 - 3rd report

The following are headlines on www.IRAQ.net at 9:19 pm EST:

US denies Americans detained in shooting (AP) AP - Iraqi troops detained 43 people, most Sri Lankans and other foreigners, traveling in a convoy run by a U.S.-contracted firm after an Iraqi woman was wounded in a shooting involving their vehicles in Baghdad, the military said. It denied reports that two Americans were among those arrested.	US plans case against AP photographer (AP) AP - The U.S. military plans to seek a criminal case in an Iraqi court against an award-winning Associated Press photographer but is refusing to disclose what evidence or accusations would be presented.
US military deaths in Iraq at 3,873 (AP) AP - As of Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, at least 3,873 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 3,153 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.	General says N. Iraq most violent region (AP) AP - Despite a decline in violence in Iraq, northern Iraq has become more violent than other regions as al-Qaida and other militants move there to avoid coalition operations elsewhere, the region's top U.S. commander said Monday.
Baghdad Residents Return - Warily (Time.com) Time.com - As violence drops, some are returning to neighorhoods that they previously fled. But will the stability last?	U.S. will not have to order diplomats to Iraq (Reuters) Reuters - The State Department said on Monday it had now found enough volunteers to serve in Iraq and would not have to force diplomats to go there.
Military files complaint against detained AP photographer (AFP) AFP - The US military has filed a formal complaint with an Iraqi criminal court accusing a detained, award-winning Associated Press photographer of being a "terrorist media operative," the Pentagon said Monday.	Al Qaeda shifts to northern, eastern Iraq: general (AFP) AFP - Al-Qaeda fighters have been pushed toward eastern and northern Iraq where violence is now the highest in the country despite an overall decline in attacks, a senior US officer said Monday.
US finds enough volunteers for Iraq embassy (AFP) AFP - The US State Department has dropped a plan to force diplomats to serve in Iraq now that it has found enough volunteers for dozens of vacant posts, a spokesman said Monday.	Grand jury opens Blackwater shooting probe: report (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. grand jury has opened an investigation into the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi citizens in September by Blackwater private security employees guarding a U.S. Embassy convoy in Baghdad, ABC News reported on Monday.
Blackwater guards called to testify: US media (AFP) AFP - The US Justice Department has called Blackwater guards to testify as part of its probe into the fatal shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians by private security contractors, US media said Monday.	McCain to visit troops over Thanksgiving (AP) AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain will make his seventh trip to Iraq over the Thanksgiving holiday, a campaign adviser said Monday.