Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq reporter jailed for homosexuality story freed (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:34 AM CST AP - An international media watchdog says a freelance journalist imprisoned in northern Iraq for writing about homosexuality has been pardoned and released.

Britain says most troops will leave Iraq by June (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:27 AM CST AP - British troops will begin withdrawing from Iraq in March and will mostly be gone by June, the Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.

Britain could begin Iraq pullout in March (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 02:52 AM CST Reuters - Britain could start withdrawing most of its remaining 4,100 troops from Iraq in March because "significant progress" has been made in improving security, the government said on Wednesday.

Tribal power stokes fears in fractured Iraqi province (AFP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 01:12 AM CST AFP - In 2007 the main road through the Iraqi town of Al-Muqdadiyah was the frontier between Sunnis and Shiites locked in a bloody tit-for-tat of kidnappings, bombings, and the torching of mosques.

British troops out of Iraq by June: media reports (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:53 PM CST AFP - The British government is preparing to withdraw all troops from Iraq by next June, newspaper reports here said Wednesday.

Following Obama, black Iraqis run for office (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 07:18 PM CST Reuters - Barack Obama's election in the United States has already had an impact in Iraq, inspiring some black Iraqis to run in a forthcoming election in the hope of ending what they call centuries of discrimination.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 06:55 PM CST AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Official: Iraq war was both intel, policy failure (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 06:34 PM CST AP - Gently admonishing President George W. Bush, the nation's newly retired chief intelligence analyst on Tuesday suggested that the Iraq war was as much the failure of policymakers as it was the flawed intelligence on which they relied.

Bush greets 2 Marines, gives them kisses (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:43 PM CST AP - President Bush stopped on the White House South Lawn to pose for a photograph with two Marines who served in Iraq — and planted a kiss on the head of each.

Official calls for economic cooperation (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:04 PM CST AP - Reaching out to Iran and other neighbors, a top Iraqi official called Tuesday for the formation of an economic security union designed to share water, energy and other resources, and mediate disputes among its members.

With violence down, Iraqis travel for big religious holiday (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:53 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — For the past few years, Nawal Abdulla Hadi of Baghdad couldn't travel to see her family for the Eid al Adha, giving up the traditional reunion during the annual Muslim holiday because the roads weren't safe.

Petraeus favours US troop surge in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:47 PM CST AFP - General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia and credited with boosting security in Iraq, said Tuesday that he has recommended a major troop surge in Afghanistan.

Iraq outlines regional plan for security, development (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:36 PM CST AFP - Iraq on Tuesday outlined plans for a new regional economic and security partnership to promote peace and prosperity, in a speech delivered by its official spokesman during a visit to Washington.

Iraqis Welcome Blackwater Indictments (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:05 PM CST Time.com - Security contractors are widely feared in Iraq, but their role may expand as the U.S. draws down

Iraq violence at 5-1/2 year low, Petraeus says (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 01:43 PM CST Reuters - Violence in Iraq has in the past few weeks fallen to its lowest level since summer 2003 and security gains, while still at risk of reversal, are less fragile than before, General David Petraeus said on Tuesday.

Hajj pilgrims not hopeful of Obama (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 01:34 PM CST AP - After pelting a symbol of the devil with stones, the Iraqi pilgrim knelt and prayed that one day soon all sorts of devils will be removed from his homeland — among them, that American forces will soon leave.

Iraq arrests 10 Qaeda suspects for Fallujah bombings (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:36 AM CST AFP - Ten suspected Al-Qaeda members have been arrested on charges of organising last week's deadly truck bombings in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah, the city's police chief said on Tuesday.

Baghdad home prices soar (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 06:50 AM CST AFP - Property prices in Baghdad's residential districts have soared in the past year as security has improved, and estate agents say the trend is set to continue, given a serious shortage of homes.

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