Yahoo! News: Iraq

Senior Iraqi official escapes roadside bomb attack (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:50 AM CST

AP - Police and hospital officials say a senior Iraqi official has escaped a roadside bomb attack but three of his guards were wounded.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,236 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 06:34 PM CST

AP - As of Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, at least 4,236 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Injured US soldier says he was shocked in shower (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 06:16 PM CST

AP - An Army military police officer says he was knocked unconscious and severely burned by an electric shock in a shower trailer in Iraq that was installed by the same contractor an Army criminal investigation has pegged in an electrocution death.

1st full class of policewomen joins Iraq's fledgling force (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 05:35 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Wafaa Kamal Abdul Razzaq, 22, had applied to be a cop after seeing an advertisement on state television. She needed work and the force needed women. Monday, she sat on the ground with the first graduating class, smiling as the orchestra played "Victorious Baghdad."

Four US soldiers killed in Iraq helicopter crash (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:24 PM CST

AFP - Four US soldiers were killed on Monday when two helicopters crashed in northern Iraq, American and Iraqi military officials said, but an insurgent group later claimed responsibility.

Displaced Iraqis to cast ballots far from home (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 12:35 PM CST

AP - Sunni merchant Omar Waeel is too scared to return to his Baghdad home but wants to make sure his voice is heard in this week's Iraqi provincial elections.

Iraq cuts 2009 budget as elections loom (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 10:37 AM CST

AFP - Just days ahead of major elections, Iraq on Monday cut its national budget for 2009 for the second time because of the plummeting price of oil, the country's principal source of income.

Borders shut, cars banned for Iraq vote (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 10:31 AM CST

Reuters - Iraq will seal its borders, shut airports, ban vehicles and deploy thousands of security forces when people go to the polls on Saturday to choose provincial leaders, officials said on Monday.

Iraq's Tareq Aziz, Chemical Ali face new trial (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 10:21 AM CST

Reuters - Sixteen Saddam Hussein-era Iraqi officials, including former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz and Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed -- nicknamed Chemical Ali -- faced a new trial on Monday for repressing Shi'ite Kurds.

Iraqi PM says US troops could pull out before deadline (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 08:36 AM CST

AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday said he was determined that the country's armed forces could be rebuilt quickly enough to allow United States troops to be withdrawn earlier than agreed.

Iraq prime minister expects speedier U.S. pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 05:59 AM CST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will withdraw forces from Iraq sooner than the three-year deadline agreed by ex-president George W. Bush, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Monday.