Yahoo! News: Iraq

140 Iraqi refugees in Syria head home (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:37 AM CDT AP - Some 140 Iraqi refugees living in Syria headed home Wednesday on a free trip organized by the Iraqi government. Many cited improved security in Iraq and dwindling savings as reasons for their return.

Christian families fleeing Mosul number 1,390 (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:33 AM CDT AP - An Iraqi official says the number of Christian families fleeing violence in the northern city of Mosul since last week has reached 1,390 — or more than 8,300 people.

Sources: US, Iraq take security pact to leaders (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:22 AM CDT AP - U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have agreed on a draft security pact that would govern the presence of American troops in Iraq after January, Bush administration officials say, but its final approval is far from certain.

US soldiers in Iraq can find stress deadlier than enemy (AFP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 10:24 PM CDT AFP - In the early hours of September 14, US sergeant Joseph Bozicevich allegedly drew his rifle, aimed and shot to death two of his superiors on a military base south of the Iraqi capital.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,183 (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 08:40 PM CDT AP - As of Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, at least 4,183 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

U.S. brings Iraq prison camp out of legal black hole (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 07:11 PM CDT Reuters - In the visiting hall of the U.S. prison camp, Delal Hashem, 25, sat opposite her husband Abbas Daoud Salman with the children she had brought to see him for the first time since he was captured 14 months ago.

US soldier is killed by gunfire in western Baghdad (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 03:12 PM CDT AP - An American soldier was killed Tuesday by gunfire in western Baghdad, the U.S. military said, the first U.S. combat death in the capital in two weeks.

Iraqi PM and president discuss 'final' US pact (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 01:55 PM CDT AP - Iraq's prime minister and president reviewed on Tuesday the "final draft" of the security pact with the United States — a first step in a process that could finally end in an agreement governing U.S. troops in Iraq.

Iraqi officials to probe attacks on Christians (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 12:15 PM CDT Reuters - Iraq's government pledged on Tuesday to send senior officials to the north of the country to tackle violence against Christians which has led thousands to flee their homes fearing for their lives.

Baghdad housing prices soar under sectarian shadow (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 12:12 PM CDT AP - An arrow in central Baghdad points down a side-street to a glass door with a sign that reads: "Ali's Office."

Pentagon confident of deal to keep troops in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 11:57 AM CDT Reuters - The Pentagon on Tuesday said it was confident the U.S. and Iraqi governments would agree to keep U.S. troops in Iraq after December 31, but did not say a deal would necessarily fall under a formal long-term framework.

Iraq's Kurds, Turkish delegation meet in Baghdad (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 11:11 AM CDT AP - Turkish officials on Tuesday pressed the president of Iraq's Kurdish enclave to crack down on the Kurdish separatists launching cross-border attacks from their Iraqi mountain sanctuaries.

Official: Afghanistan suffering from Iraqi gains (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 10:11 AM CDT AP - U.S. military successes in Iraq have forced sophisticated and well-trained insurgents to pour into Afghanistan instead, part of the reason violence has spiked in Afghanistan, the Afghan defense minister said Tuesday.

Britain says critical to reach forces accord with Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 05:55 AM CDT Reuters - It is critical for Iraq to reach an agreement in the next few weeks permitting British troops to stay in the country after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of this year, a British Foreign Office minister said Tuesday.

Security slows opening of Egypt's Baghdad embassy (AFP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 05:24 AM CDT AFP - Egypt will need more time to ensure security measures are in place before it goes ahead with its decision to open an embassy in Iraq, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

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