Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq civilian, U.S. troop deaths fall in September (Reuters) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:42 AM CDT Reuters - The number of civilians killed in Iraq last month more than halved to 359 compared to a year ago, Iraqi government figures showed, and the number of U.S. troops killed in action also fell dramatically.

Soldiers headed to Iraq worry about economy (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:14 AM CDT AP - Soldiers and families who deal with enough stress during 12-month deployment to Iraq say they're now keeping a little closer eye on their finances.

Iraq violence kills 440 in September (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 02:02 AM CDT AFP - The number of Iraqi civilians and security personnel killed in insurgent and militia violence in September was 440, little changed from August, security officials said on Wednesday.

US transferring anti-Qaeda fighters to Iraq control (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2008 01:16 AM CDT AFP - The US military on Wednesday begins transferring control of 100,000 Sunni Arab anti-Qaeda fighters to Iraq's Shiite-led government, a military spokesman told AFP.

Iraq still locked in 'communal struggle:' Pentagon report (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2008 06:33 PM CDT AFP - Recent security improvements in Iraq are "fragile, reversible and uneven" and the country is still locked in a "communal struggle for power and resources," a Pentagon report said Tuesday.

Iraq forces gain more control, but lose more lives (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2008 04:16 PM CDT AP - The number of Iraqi security forces killed in September rose by nearly a third to 159 compared with the same period last year, Associated Press figures showed Tuesday. U.S. troop deaths for the same period fell by nearly 40 percent to 25.

Pentagon announces 2009 deployments to Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2008 04:08 PM CDT AP - Six Army brigades, a National Guard unit and three military headquarters have been ordered to Iraq next summer in a move that would allow the U.S. to keep the number of troops largely steady there through much of next year.

Cost of massive unemployment in Iraq could be paid in blood (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Sep 2008 02:52 PM CDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — For Raad Abdulsada, every day starts the same way. He wakes up at sunrise, heads to a busy, dusty corner in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood and waits for work.

IAEA lacks tools to expose secret work: ElBaradei (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2008 02:16 PM CDT Reuters - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday its failure to detect nuclear arms work in Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the 1980s showed his inspectors lacked authority to pre-empt proliferators.

Three die in Baghdad bombing as Eid begins (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2008 09:29 AM CDT AFP - At least three people were killed and eight others wounded in a car bomb attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday during Eid celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, officials said.

Iran's influence? You can hear it on Iraqi streets (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2008 07:55 AM CDT Reuters - In the holy Iraqi Shi'ite city of Najaf, Iranian tourists throng the streets, speak to shopkeepers in Farsi and pay in Iranian money. Farsi chants blare from speakers at a nearby shrine.

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