Yahoo! News: Iraq

Petraeus: more than troops needed in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 12:02 AM CDT AP - U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that experience in Iraq shows it will take political and economic progress as well as military action to tackle increased violence in Afghanistan.

Search for safety revives Baghdad housing market (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 11:10 PM CDT Reuters - A dramatic fall in violence has breathed life into Baghdad's once moribund property market, although the hunt for homes in Sunni and Shi'ite enclaves bodes ill for sectarian reconciliation in the Iraqi capital.

Going Home in Baghdad (Time.com) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT Time.com - Almost one in five Iraqis was displaced by the war. Now they're starting to trickle home. But the fear remains

A maverick lawmaker is accused of complicity with Israel (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Parliament on Sunday suspended legal immunity for secular Sunni lawmaker Mithal Alusi, opening him up to possible felony charges for traveling to Israel last week to participate in an international counterterrorism conference.

Terrorists murder a television crew (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:02 PM CDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD - The Iraqi TV crew brought the gifts that had come to be the trademark of their reality show: some basic household appliances and a delicious supper to break the Ramadan fast for a family of little means.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,157 (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:56 PM CDT AP - As of Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at least 4,157 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Prosecutors want US soldier court martialled over Iraq murder (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 10:42 AM CDT AFP - Prosecutors called on Sunday for a US soldier to face court martial for the murder of an Iraqi detainee after two days of testimony at a pre-trial hearing.

Plight of fellow Iraqis shapes oud player's music (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 10:40 AM CDT AP - Iraqi composer Naseer Shamma is such a master of the traditional Arab stringed instrument called the oud that he has taught himself to play one-handed.

Iraq parliament lifts immunity of Sunni MP over Israel visit (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 09:28 AM CDT AFP - The Iraqi parliament lifted the immunity of Sunni MP Mithal Alusi on Sunday for visiting Israel last week to attend an international conference on terrorism.

US military reports death of soldier in Iraq (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:05 AM CDT AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier in Iraq has died of causes unrelated to combat.

Iraq ready for new talks with U.S. and Iran: minister (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:22 AM CDT Reuters - Iraq is prepared to restart talks with the United States and Iran, and is checking with both sides to see if a fresh round can be scheduled, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday.

Pre-trial hearing resumes for US soldier accused of killing Iraqi (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:07 AM CDT AFP - The pre-trial hearing of a US soldier charged with murdering an Iraqi entered its second day on Sunday at a military base near Tikrit, the hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein.

Five Iraqi policemen killed in twin bombings (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:30 AM CDT AFP - Two simultaneous roadside bombings on Sunday killed five policemen and wounded five more in Iraq's restive province of Diyala, local police and medics told AFP.

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