Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq: UN envoy condemns killing of Christian women (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 04:06 AM CST

AP - The main United Nations envoy in Iraq has condemned the killing of two Christian sisters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Kurd-Arab tensions may threaten Iraq calm (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 08:32 PM CST

Reuters - In battle-scarred Mosul, Kurds and Arabs trade accusations rooted in ethnic rivalry and a battle for oil and power that many fear threaten security in Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,195 (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 06:39 PM CST

AP - As of Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, at least 4,195 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi soldier shoots and kills U.S. troops (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:18 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD_ An Iraqi soldier shot and killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded at least six others Wednesday in Mosul, the American military said. As the shootings occurred in northern Iraq, violence continued in Baghdad, with at least 25 people killed in bombings across the capital.

Iraqi soldier kills two U.S. soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:17 PM CST

Reuters - An Iraqi soldier went on the rampage at a joint security station in northern Iraq on Wednesday, shooting dead two U.S. soldiers and wounding six, the U.S. military said.

Syria, Iraq discuss security ahead of border group talks (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:11 PM CST

AFP - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on Wednesday discussed the next meeting of a US-supported commission on security in Iraq, due to convene later this month in Damascus.

(Fake) New York Times reports end to Iraq war (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 02:32 PM CST

AFP - The United States has ended the war in Iraq and indicted President George W. Bush on treason charges, The New York Times reported Tuesday. OK, well not really.

Spate of Iraq attacks leaves 23 dead (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 02:28 PM CST

AFP - At least 23 people were killed in a string of attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, including a dozen people who lost their lives in a rush hour bombing in Baghdad and two US troops slain by an Iraqi comrade.

Iraqi PM feuds with Kurds over militias (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 01:59 PM CST

AFP - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki stepped up a war of words with the country's Kurdish parties on Wednesday over pro-government militias that could undermine the parties' power.

Hoax NY Times newspaper declares end of Iraq war (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 01:43 PM CST

Reuters - A group of pranksters handed out more than 1.2 million fake New York Times newspapers mainly in New York City and Los Angeles on Wednesday with a front page story declaring "Iraq War Ends."

Other ancient sites, museums in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 01:04 PM CST

AP - Babylon is the most famous of Iraq's more than 12,000 archaeological sites. The ancient capital developed into one of the world's first urban societies more than 4,000 years ago. But it went into decline after Persia captured it 2,500 years ago.

Iraq: Can ancient Babylon be rescued? (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 01:04 PM CST

AP - It was one of the world's first, greatest cities a place where astronomers mapped the stars millennia ago and kings created an early code of law and planted what became known as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Baghdad blast kills at least 12, wounds 60 (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 09:41 AM CST

AFP - At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 60 wounded when a booby-trapped car exploded in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, an interior ministry official told AFP.

Iraq to vote on US pact at weekend: minister (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 08:03 AM CST

AFP - The Iraqi cabinet will vote on a controversial military pact to govern the presence of US troops in the country on either Saturday or Sunday, Iraq's finance minister said.