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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military: Mastermind of Baghdad bombings killed (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:03 AM CDT

File picture shows Turkish soldiers on patrol near the Turkey-Iraq border in September 2008. Fifteen Turkish soldiers and 23 Kurdish rebels were killed after an audacious rebel attack on a military post near the Iraqi border which prompted a crushing military air and ground response(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AP - The U.S. military says it has killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding deadly bombings in Baghdad.

Rebel-army fighting kills 38 in Turkey's southeast (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 03:45 AM CDT

File picture shows Turkish soldiers on patrol near the Turkey-Iraq border in September 2008. Fifteen Turkish soldiers and 23 Kurdish rebels were killed after an audacious rebel attack on a military post near the Iraqi border which prompted a crushing military air and ground response(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Fifteen Turkish soldiers and 23 Kurdish rebels were killed after an audacious rebel attack on a military post near the Iraqi border which prompted a crushing military air and ground response, an army spokesman said Saturday.

Top Al-Qaeda planner of Baghdad bombings slain: US (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 03:39 AM CDT

The Iraqi flag flutters as US soldiers secure a street in Baghdad. US forces have killed an Al-Qaeda militant who planned some of the biggest bombings in Baghdad and who killed a group of Russian diplomats in 2006.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - US forces have killed an Al-Qaeda militant who planned some of the biggest bombings in Baghdad and who killed a group of Russian diplomats in 2006, the military said on Saturday.

Analysis: Stable Iraq could influence Mideast (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 09:54 PM CDT

A U.S. Army soldier from Ironhawk Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, patrols in Mosul, 360 kilometers (224 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - As violence in Iraq recedes, neighboring states are pondering how to deal with an unwieldy country that could re-emerge as a key player along with Saudi Arabia and Iran in one of the world's most strategic regions.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,177 (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:01 PM CDT

File picture shows Turkish soldiers on patrol near the Turkey-Iraq border in September 2008. Fifteen Turkish soldiers and 23 Kurdish rebels were killed after an audacious rebel attack on a military post near the Iraqi border which prompted a crushing military air and ground response(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AP - As of Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at least 4,177 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Biden sends son, Delaware troops off for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:17 PM CDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. salutes the crowd after addressing a deployment ceremony for a unit of the Delaware Army National Guard, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, in Dover, Del. Biden's son, Beau, is a member of the unit that will be going to Iraq. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told his son and other Delaware National Guard troops on Friday that his heart was "full of love and pride" as they prepared to leave for an assignment in Iraq.

Attorneys: Marine's delayed court-martial is ploy (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:07 PM CDT

File picture shows Turkish soldiers on patrol near the Turkey-Iraq border in September 2008. Fifteen Turkish soldiers and 23 Kurdish rebels were killed after an audacious rebel attack on a military post near the Iraqi border which prompted a crushing military air and ground response(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AP - The attorneys for two Marines charged in the killing of unarmed Iraqi detainees accused prosecutors Friday of intimidation by delaying the court-martial of one to try forcing testimony from the other, who faces similar charges.

Ga.-based soldier charged with murder of 2 in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:04 PM CDT

AP - A soldier has been charged with murder in the September shootings of a superior and a fellow team leader at their Army patrol base in central Iraq, the military said Friday.

U.S.-led forces in Iraq say they killed Qaeda leader (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:29 PM CDT

An Iraqi soldiers stands guard as a U.S. flag flies in the background during a handover ceremony of a U.S. military camp to Iraqi military forces in Al Wahida district, south of Baghdad, September 9, 2008. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)Reuters - U.S.-led forces said they shot dead a leader of al Qaeda in Iraq on Friday who was the mastermind behind a series of deadly recent bombings in Baghdad.

Iraq's presidency agrees to provincial-elections law (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 12:52 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's presidency council has agreed to approve a long-delayed law that will allow most of the country to hold provincial elections early next year, officials said Friday.

Biden sees son and troops off to Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 12:45 PM CDT

Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden makes a point during his vice presidential debate with Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, October 2, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)Reuters - Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden bid a safe farewell on Friday to 112 "citizen soldiers" headed to Iraq, including his son, and told them "thank you for answering the call of your country."

Top US official Negroponte visits Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:50 AM CDT

US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte speaks during a news conference on October 2. Negroponte has arrived on an unannounced visit to Iraq, the US embassy in Baghdad said.(AFP/Osman Karimov)AFP - US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte arrived on an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday, the US embassy in Baghdad said.

Iraq presidency approves provincial election law (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:17 AM CDT

A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Najaf, 2005. Iraq's three-member presidency council has approved a long-delayed provincial election law, clearing the final hurdle for polls to go ahead early next year, an official present at the meeting told AFP.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's three-member presidency council on Friday approved a long-delayed provincial election law, clearing the final hurdle for polls to go ahead early next year, an official present at the meeting told AFP.

Rabid Iraqi dog arrives in US; warning issued (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 09:37 AM CDT

AP - Federal health officials have issued a public health warning against rabies after an Iraqi puppy with the disease arrived in the United States.

Iraq's Shiite cleric steps up call to evict US forces (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:38 AM CDT

Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks to supporters at mosque in Kufa in 2007. Sadr issued a fresh call for US troops to withdraw from Iraq saying there would be no sectarian violence after foreign forces quit the country.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a fresh call on Friday for US troops to withdraw from Iraq saying there would be no sectarian violence after foreign forces quit the country.

US soldier killed in southern Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:35 AM CDT

A US soldier patrols a highway in Tikrit, 2005. A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq as the country celebrated the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday which ended the fasting month of Ramadan.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq as the country celebrated the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday which ended the fasting month of Ramadan, the US military said on Friday.

Iraq to reopen Baghdad bridge shut since deadly stampede (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:14 AM CDT

An Iraqi soldier secures the al-Aima bridge in Baghdad, 2006. Iraqi authorities will soon reopen a major bridge across the River Tigris in Baghdad that has been closed for more than three years since a deadly stampede killed nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Iraqi authorities will soon reopen a major bridge across the River Tigris in Baghdad that has been closed for more than three years since a deadly stampede killed nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims.

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