Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq vote on US pact snarled on Baathist purge (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:37 AM CST AFP - Iraqi lawmakers struggled on Thursday to assemble a commanding majority to approve a wide-ranging US military pact held up by Sunni demands for greater amnesty for Saddam Hussein's Baath party.

Iraq parliament nears vote on U.S. troops deal (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:22 AM CST Reuters - Iraqi lawmakers prepared for a grueling round of talks on Thursday over a long-awaited pact setting a deadline for U.S. troops to leave the country.

Aide: Iraqi government rejects Sunni pact demands (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:14 AM CST AP - An aide to Iraq's prime minister says the government's Shiite bloc has rejected two conditions set by mostly Sunni lawmakers for their support of a security pact with the United States.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,206 (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 07:11 PM CST AP - As of Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, at least 4,206 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 Parliament seeks more compromise on security pact (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:10 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's Parliament postponed a pivotal vote on a U.S.-Iraq security agreement on Wednesday while key lawmakers sought compromises that would appease an alliance of Sunni parties.

US: Potential female bombers in Iraq surrender (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:05 PM CST AP - Eighteen young women purportedly belonging to a suicide bombing network in northern Iraq surrendered to U.S. forces on Wednesday, a top U.S. commander said.

US: Mass grave with 23 bodies found in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:47 PM CST AP - The U.S. military says a mass grave containing 23 bodies has been found in Iraq.

Iraq referendum will not delay military pact: Rice (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:11 PM CST AFP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that a referendum planned for July in Iraq on a deal governing the presence of US troops would not delay the accord from taking effect on January 1.

Gates to oversee US pivot from Iraq to Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:41 PM CST AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has steered US forces toward the exit in Iraq, now looks set to oversee a strategic pivot toward Afghanistan under president-elect Barack Obama.

Rice says Iraqi vote won't necessarily stall pact (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:00 PM CST AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says an Iraqi proposal to hold a national referendum next year on a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement does not necessarily mean the pact will be put off.

US still hopeful Iraq will pass troops deal (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:43 AM CST AFP - The White House said Wednesday it was still hopeful the Iraqi parliament would approve a deal on the future of US troops in Iraq even though the vote was hit by a delay.

With help, Iraq vets get lives back on track (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:32 AM CST AP - All three were shattered, in different ways. Eddie Silva lost his sight. For June Moss, the wounds were emotional. Shrapnel from an explosion tore into Angel Gomez's head.

Court: Iraq lawmaker can't be prosecuted for trip (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 09:54 AM CST AP - Iraq's highest court has ruled that a secular Sunni Arab lawmaker cannot be prosecuted for traveling to Israel to attend a counterterrorism conference, a senior judicial official said Wednesday.

Key parts of US-Iraq pact could be lost in translation: officials (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 09:19 AM CST AFP - Key sections of a legal accord to allow US troops to remain in Iraq for another three years may be lost in translation, US officials said, hours before Iraqi MPs voted Wednesday on whether to endorse it.

Iraqi parliament delays vote on US pact (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 08:21 AM CST AFP - Iraq's parliament will delay until Thursday a vote on a controversial military pact including a timeline for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011, Speaker of Parliament Mahmud Mashhadani said.

Roadside bomb kills two in Baghdad ahead of US pact vote (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 05:10 AM CST AFP - At least two people were killed on Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad, police said, hours before Iraq's parliament was to vote on a controversial US military pact.

Top Iraqi lawmakers eye 2009 U.S. pact referendum (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:36 AM CST Reuters - Senior members of Iraq's ruling Shi'ite-led coalition on Wednesday said they had no problem with Sunni demands for a referendum in 2009 on a security pact with Washington.

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