Yahoo! News: Iraq

Kurdish rebels say Turkish airstrikes hit N. Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2008 04:04 AM CDT AP - Turkish warplanes bombarded Kurdish rebel territory in northern Iraq, damaging a school and wounding three people, a rebel spokesman said Friday.

Iraq election law marks progress, opens political season (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT The Christian Science Monitor - Now that Iraq's parliament passed a provincial elections law Wednesday, overcoming months of political gridlock, many politicians and Iraqis are looking ahead to what the elections early next year will mean for Iraq.

Military: Roadside bomb kills US soldier in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2008 02:17 AM CDT AP - The U.S. military says a roadside bomb has killed an American soldier south of Baghdad.

US general says Afghan challenges unlike Iraq (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 07:41 PM CDT AP - U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday that a comprehensive approach is needed to quell the war in Afghanistan, including reconciliation within the population and "absolute engagement" with neighboring Pakistan.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,173 (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 07:29 PM CDT AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, at least 4,173 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Interrogator details pre-Abu Ghraib abuses (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 07:13 PM CDT AP - A military interrogation expert, Air Force Col. Steven Kleinman, told Congress on Thursday that prior to the abuses at Abu Ghraib, he witnessed interrogations of Iraqi detainees that he considers violations of the Geneva Conventions.

Sons of Iraq get a new boss (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 12:00 PM CDT AP - The quarrel didn't last long.

Bush, Brown, to meet Friday: White House (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 11:57 AM CDT AFP - US President George W. Bush will welcome British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday for talks on the economic crisis, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, the White House said Thursday.

EU ready to take up to 10,000 more Iraqi refugees (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 11:04 AM CDT AP - European Union countries responding to appeals from the United Nations are ready to take up to 10,000 more Iraqi refugees and will send a mission to the Middle East to identify the most vulnerable people, EU ministers said Thursday.

Economy tops Americans' worry list (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 10:35 AM CDT AFP - The economy, including Wall Street's current troubles, overtook the war in Iraq as Americans' top concern, six weeks ahead of the US presidential election, a Harris Interactive poll showed Wednesday.

Troops bound for Afghanistan, Iraq train together (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 10:28 AM CDT AP - At a training field in southern Germany, a group of New Zealand soldiers are practicing breaking into buildings and then making instant decisions on whether the occupants are friendly or hostile.

Iraqi PM aims to improve military standards (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:08 AM CDT AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has promised to improve Iraqi armed forces to the level that they no longer need support from US-led troops, his office said on Thursday.

Iraqis plan dig at possible Sumerian site (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 08:01 AM CDT AFP - Archaeologists will soon begin a dig at a site in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna that may date back to the Sumerian period, local heritage chief Tawfiq Mohammed said on Thursday.

Iraqi police raise death toll in ambush to 35 (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 07:34 AM CDT AP - Iraqi police on Thursday raised the death toll in an ambush against Iraqi forces raiding a Sunni village northeast of Baghdad to 35, most of them commandos sent to the area as part of a U.S.-backed military crackdown.

WHO says Iraq cholera cases down sharply (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 07:01 AM CDT AFP - The World Health Organisation said on Thursday that cholera cases in Iraq appear to have fallen sharply this year, though it warned against complacency and demanded accurate reporting to prevent any further spread of the disease.

Religion, politics make Najaf focus of Iraqi power (Reuters) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 06:40 AM CDT Reuters - The holy Shi'ite city of Najaf has come to wield immense influence on Iraqi politics and whoever can harness that power could dominate upcoming local elections and set the tone for Iraq's nascent democracy.

Iraq hunts for Qaeda gunmen after 35 killed in ambush (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 05:40 AM CDT AFP - Iraqi forces launched a major hunt for Al-Qaeda gunmen in the restive province of Diyala on Thursday after 35 people were killed in an ambush of a police convoy.

Iraq cholera cases on the rise (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2008 04:48 AM CDT AP - Iraq's Health Ministry is reporting a total of 327 confirmed cholera cases in central and southern Iraq since an outbreak of the disease last month.

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