Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq calmer but copycat kidnappings spread (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 03:43 AM CDT

AP - Five years ago, retired Air Force intelligence officer Kirk von Ackermann became the first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He's still missing, his wife fearing she'll never see him again.

Al-Maliki: British troops not necessary (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 03:33 AM CDT

AP - Iraq's prime minister said the 4,100 British troops in southern Iraq are no longer necessary to provide security, a newspaper reported Monday.

Car bombings in Mosul and Baghdad kill 13 (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 11:32 PM CDT

AP - Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people in Baghdad.

Iraqi PM says British no longer needed for security (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT

AFP - British troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a newspaper interview published here Monday.

Iraq says time for British troops to go: report (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:31 PM CDT

Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted on Monday as saying it was time for British combat forces to leave the south of the country because they were no longer needed to maintain security and control.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,181 (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:04 PM CDT

AP - As of Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at least 4,181 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq pours police into Mosul to protect Christians (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 03:05 PM CDT

AFP - Iraq ordered nearly 1,000 police to patrol Christian areas of Mosul on Sunday as thousands of members of the minority group fled the worst violence against them in five years.

Insulated from global woes, Iraqi stocks soar (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:13 PM CDT

AP - While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming.

Turkish air raid targets senior Kurdish rebels in Iraq: army (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 01:53 PM CDT

AFP - Turkish warplanes bombed Sunday a Kurdish rebel hideout in neighbouring Iraq where senior militants were believed to be, the army said.

Iraq to begin first oil bid round in London (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 10:25 AM CDT

AP - Iraq's oil minister will meet Monday in London with representatives of international oil companies for the first round of bidding for new contracts in the country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the minister's spokesman said.

Iraqi PM pledges to protect Christians (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 09:53 AM CDT

AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged on Sunday to protect Christians in Iraq after a spate of killings in the northern city of Mosul sparked the exodus of thousands of members of the community.

Dirndls, oom-pah, sausages? Oktoberfest in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 09:09 AM CDT

AP - Dirndl-clad waitresses deliver frothy beers, the brass band has the oom-pah music in full drive and there are sausages on the grill.

At least 13 killed in spate of Baghdad attacks (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 07:22 AM CDT

AFP - A spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital have killed at least 13 people and wounded 24 others, including women and children, security officials said on Sunday.