Yahoo! News: Iraq

Fresh from Iraq success, Petraeus takes on Afghanistan, Iran (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 09:52 PM CDT AFP - Crowned with success in Iraq, General David Petraeus, who takes command Friday of US military forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, inherits the next big challenge: devising a winning strategy in Afghanistan.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,189 (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 07:14 PM CDT AP - As of Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at least 4,189 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq gov't wants all US troops gone by end of 2011 (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 05:02 PM CDT AP - Iraq wants to eliminate any chance U.S. forces will stay here after 2011 under a proposed security pact and to expand Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops until then, a close ally of the prime minister said Thursday.

Iraq holding thousands in secret prisons: lawmaker (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:55 PM CDT AP - An Iraqi opposition lawmaker claimed Thursday that thousands of his countrymen are being mistreated in detention centers outside the official prison system.

Iraqi hero forced to seek refuge in America (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:55 PM CDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Two years ago, President Bush hailed Najim al Jabouri as a symbol of success in the battle to curb Iraq's sectarian violence. Today, Jabouri is a symbol of how uncertain that success is.

US: Iraqi politics stalling security pact (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:53 PM CDT AFP - The White House on Thursday charged that politics and posturing in Iraq were delaying a controversial US-Iraq security accord but said it remained "hopeful and confident" about the pact.

FBI: Remains of ND civilian recovered in Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:54 PM CDT AP - The remains of a North Dakota civilian taken hostage and killed in Iraq nearly three years ago have been recovered along with remains believed to be those of his fiancee, an interpreter for the military, his sister and FBI officials said.

Iraqi Kurd MPs vote to limit polygamy (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:12 PM CDT AFP - The parliament in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, under pressure from feminist groups, passed a law on Thursday limiting the circumstances under which a man may have more than one wife.

U.S. spent $6 bln of Iraq project cash on security (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:53 PM CDT Reuters - One dollar in eight of the $48 billion paid out by U.S. taxpayers to rebuild Iraq since the 2003 invasion was spent on private bodyguards, a U.S. government audit published on Thursday shows.

Big Issue: Iraq still on voters' minds (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:51 PM CDT AP - For all the talk about the economy, voters have the war in Iraq on their minds, too, in the leadup to Election Day. They're worried about supporting the troops and caring for war veterans, debating who can best lead the military, and wondering how and when the U.S. should get out.

US officials' hopes for Iraq security deal fade (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:28 PM CDT AP - The Bush administration's hopes for sealing a security deal with Iraq while in office are fading as Iraqis demand changes to a draft text that some U.S. officials consider unacceptable.

US election: If Iraqis could vote it would be for McCain (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:02 PM CDT AFP - For five years Ali and Mohammed have lived alongside US soldiers in their Baghdad neighbourhood near Rasheed Street, a prominent commercial artery running through the heart of the Iraqi capital.

Iraq defence ministry bars staff from politics (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 11:51 AM CDT AFP - Iraq's defence ministry has forbidden its civil servants and members of the armed forces from joining political parties or taking part in any activity linked to elections.

Baghdad commuter rail skirts traffic, checkpoints (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 11:04 AM CDT AP - Baghdad commuters have a new way to bypass the city's checkpoints and congested, dusty streets with the launch of a commuter rail that travels 15 miles through Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in the heart of the capital.

Gen. Petraeus faces even tougher job after Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 10:39 AM CDT Reuters - Hailed as an American hero for his role in pulling Iraq back from the brink of all-out civil war, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus takes on an even more challenging job on Friday as the head of U.S. Central Command.

US embassy shut as Syrians protest over deadly raid (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 08:10 AM CDT AFP - The US embassy in Syria shut its doors on Thursday as thousands marched through Damascus to protest at a deadly American raid on a village near the Iraqi border that Syria branded a barbaric act.

Iraq opposes any clause letting US stay after 2011 (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 06:20 AM CDT AFP - Baghdad wants to delete any reference in a security pact with Washington to the possibility of US troops staying in Iraq after 2011, an MP close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday.

Iraq must aid refugees, not lure them home: group (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:31 AM CDT Reuters - The Iraqi government and donor countries must do more to support millions of refugees living outside Iraq, rather than seeking to lure them home to a still-violent country, a refugee group said Thursday.

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