Yahoo! News: Iraq

Bomb attack on British convoy injures Iraqi (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 03:07 AM CDT

AP - Officials say a roadside bomb attack on a British convoy in Basra has injured an Iraqi civilian.

Baghdad museum treasures still locked from view (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 02:58 AM CDT

Reuters - In Iraq's national museum a frieze shows Assyrian King Sargon II, who ruled an empire from what is now northern Iraq, storming a rampart as soldiers pile decapitated heads before him.

Three US soldiers wounded in Baghdad Blackhawks' crash (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 01:15 AM CDT

AFP - Three US soldiers were wounded when two Blackhawk helicopters crashed during landing in their base in Baghdad, the American military said Sunday.

Turkey vows to crush Kurdish rebels after 38 killed (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 10:12 PM CDT

AFP - Turkey said the destruction of separatist Kurdish rebels would take precedence over all other concerns after 15 soldiers and 23 militants died in clashes sparked by a rebel attack near the Iraqi border.

Two U.S. helicopters collide in Baghdad (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:37 PM CDT

Reuters - Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided while landing at an American combat outpost in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

US close to security deal with Iraq: Negroponte (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:08 PM CDT

AFP - US and Iraqi officials are "very close" to an agreement on a controversial security pact that would decide the future of US forces in Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said here on Saturday.

UAE firms start pumping Kurdish gas over Iraq objections (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:44 PM CDT

AFP - United Arab Emirates-based firms Dana Gas PJSC and Crescent Petroleum announced on Saturday that they had begun producing gas under a deal with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region over Baghdad's objections.

Poland leaves Iraq but doesn't give up helping US (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 01:12 PM CDT

AP - Poland turned over control of an area south of Baghdad to American troops on Saturday, making it the latest in a string of countries to leave the dwindling U.S.-led coalition.

Poland ends Iraq mission (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 09:36 AM CDT

AFP - Poland formally ended its Iraq mission in the Shiite province of Diwaniyah on Saturday leaving US troops to take their place, as an Iraqi commander warned insurgency could re-emerge.