Yahoo! News: Iraq

Eight people killed in Iraq bombings (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:03 AM CDT

AFP - At least eight people including a policeman were killed and 21 others injured on Tuesday in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and Mosul, police said.

Iraqi MPs to vote on US deal within 10 days: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:58 AM CDT

AFP - The draft security deal between Washington and Baghdad on the future of US forces in Iraq is to be submitted to parliament within 10 days, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

U.S. hands over Anbar, Iraq's once-deadliest region (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The US military handed over control of Anbar Province Monday, marking a significant milestone in the Iraq war.

Marchers urge Republicans to halt Iraq war (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

AFP - They came in their thousands -- veterans, grandmothers, young families and even disgruntled Republicans bearing banners and peace flags, and calling in one voice to end the war in Iraq.

Iraqis take control of once-bloody Anbar province (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 10:48 PM CDT

AP - American forces on Monday handed over security responsibility to the Iraqis in a province that the U.S. once feared was lost a sign of the stunning reversal of fortunes since local Sunnis turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.

Iraq: An Anbar province timeline (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 01:32 PM CDT

AP - Some key events in Iraq's Anbar province since U.S.-led invasion:

U.S. hands over former Iraqi insurgent flashpoint (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:47 AM CDT

Reuters - The U.S. military handed over Iraq's Anbar province to Iraqi security forces on Monday, less than two years after it almost lost the western region to a Sunni Arab insurgency.

Bush hails turnover of Anbar to Iraqi forces (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:32 AM CDT

AP - President Bush hailed as a major achievement Monday the turnover of control Iraq's Anbar province to Iraqi forces, saying the once-violent region had been "transformed and reclaimed by the Iraqi people."

Muslims' holy month of fasting starts (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:50 AM CDT

AP - Most of the Muslim Mideast began the first day of Ramadan on Monday, but Iraqi Shiites, some Lebanese Shiites and Iran will start observing the holy month of fasting on Tuesday.

Iraq largely free of foreign fighters: police (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:03 AM CDT

AFP - Counter-offensives by the security forces over the past year have largely rid Iraq of foreign fighters recruited by insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda, a top police commander said on Monday.