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Official: 3,000 Christians flee Iraq's Mosul (AP) AP - Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said Saturday. US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,181 (AP) AP - As of Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at least 4,181 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. War-weary Saddam victims miss his iron rule (Reuters) Reuters - Saddam Hussein was hanged for killing 148 Shi'ite men and boys in Dujail in 1982. But today, some people in this town on the Tigris say they miss life under the Iraqi dictator because they felt more secure. Thousands of Christians flee killings in Mosul (McClatchy Newspapers) McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Christians in Mosul are fleeing their homes after a spate of killings this week that left 12 Christians dead in one of the largest Christian communities in Iraq. 1,000 Christian families flee north Iraqi city: governor (AFP) AFP - Nearly 1,000 Christian families have fled their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul following the worst wave of violence against them in five years, provincial governor Duraid Kashmula said on Saturday. Houses blown up as Christians flee Iraq's Mosul (Reuters) Reuters - Militants blew up three empty Christian homes on Saturday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where more than 800 Christian families have fled in the past two days, a Christian member of parliament said. French side chases Iraqi player - report (AFP) AFP - French side Grenoble have bid for Iraqi international striker Younes Mahmoud, his Qatari side Al-Gharafa reported on Saturday. Turkish planes hit 31 PKK targets in N.Iraq: army (Reuters) Reuters - Turkish warplanes and artillery attacked 31 Kurdish rebel bases on Friday as part of a week-long operation in northern Iraq after an attack that killed 17 Turkish soldiers, the military said. Turkey bombs PKK targets, stresses talks with Iraq Kurds (AFP) AFP - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets in neighbouring Iraq on Saturday as the country's president said Ankara would pursue dialogue with Iraqi Kurds accused of harbouring militants in a safe haven. Iraqi journalist killed in Kirkuk (AP) AP - A Kurdish journalist was gunned down in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said. A New York-based journalists' group said Saturday it was the 136th killing of a reporter since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq five years ago.