Yahoo! News: Iraq

China hails $3bln oil deal with Iraq (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:44 AM CDT AFP - China hailed Thursday a three-billion-dollar oil agreement with Iraq as a win for both nations, as it sought to reassure the rest of the world that it should not be concerned by the deal.

U.S. troops to hand back Iraq's Anbar province (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:28 AM CDT Reuters - U.S. troops will on September 1 hand over control of Iraq's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday.

Fewer Marines needed in Iraq's western province (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 11:57 PM CDT AP - Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over responsibility for security in the Sunni stronghold to Iraq within days. Troops freed up in Iraq could shift to Afghanistan.

Thousands of war protesters march in Denver (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 09:46 PM CDT AP - Thousands of anti-war demonstrators converged near security gates outside the Democratic National Convention hall on Wednesday, chanting slogans and asking to talk to party officials about getting U.S. troops out of Iraq.

Iraq veterans endorse Obama (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 08:58 PM CDT AP - Iraq war veterans brought their military credibility to the podium on Wednesday and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the best candidate to lead the military and help veterans.

US Army continues Iraq murder conspiracy hearing (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 08:20 PM CDT AP - A military panel took evidence Wednesday in a hearing aimed at determining whether two U.S. soldiers should face a court-martial in the deaths of four Iraqi men last year.

Families of Nepalese workers killed in Iraq sue KBR (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:51 PM CDT Reuters - KBR Inc and its Jordanian contractor are being sued for human trafficking by a Nepalese survivor and the families of 12 other employees who were killed while being transported, allegedly against their will, to work in a U.S. military base in Iraq.

SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deaths (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:10 PM CDT AP - A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in which civilians will decide whether the actions of a military service member during combat were criminal.

Top U.S. Marine sees shift from Iraq to Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:27 PM CDT Reuters - The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan.

US forces to transfer control of Anbar to Iraqis (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:21 PM CDT AFP - US forces will hand over control of Anbar province to Iraqi troops in the coming days, military officials said Wednesday, touting improved security in the region.

Obama Aide Says U.S.-Iran Negotiations Necessary for Iraq Exit (Bloomberg) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:57 PM CDT Bloomberg - Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Talks with Iran would help Senator Barack Obama make good on a pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office as president, Obama's national security adviser said.

US military says Baghdad bombing suspect detained (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:29 PM CDT AP - The U.S. military says it has captured a suspected senior Shiite militant believed to be behind a June bombing in Baghdad that killed four Americans and six Iraqis.

Iraq's holy city of Najaf witnessing a boom (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:03 PM CDT AP - The city's first airport is weeks away from opening, but already a bigger one is talked about. Land prices are soaring. Merchants say they don't remember business ever being so good.

Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 01:42 PM CDT AP - Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad — the latest in a string of lavish proposals painting the capital as a leisure friendly city.

Three US soldiers killed Iraqi prisoners for vengeance: report (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 12:35 PM CDT AFP - US soldiers shot and killed four Iraqi prisoners execution-style last year to avenge the deaths of two army comrades, according testimony cited Wednesday by the New York Times.

Iraq says U.S. agreed troop pullout compromise (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 12:33 PM CDT Reuters - The United States asked Iraq for permission to keep troops there to 2015 but compromised with Iraqi negotiators on 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said.

U.S. soldiers say they executed Iraqis on riverbank: report (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 09:25 AM CDT Reuters - Three U.S. soldiers killed four handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots on the bank of a Baghdad canal last year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

2 Iraqi officials accused of aiding al-Qaida (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 08:35 AM CDT AP - A university president and a top local official in a restive province north of Baghdad are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents, according to arrest reports obtained Wednesday.

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