Yahoo! News: Iraq

Former NKorea envoy Hill to be Iraq ambassador: US media (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 01:47 AM CST AFP - Christopher Hill, a career diplomat who was Washington's top nuclear negotiator with North Korea, has been picked as the next US ambassador to Iraq, US media reports said Tuesday.

Iraqi military puts Anbar province under curfew (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 12:38 AM CST AP - Iraq's military clamped a vehicle ban Monday on the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar after tribal sheiks sent gunmen into the streets claiming Sunni rivals linked to the Shiite-led government stole votes in last weekend's elections.

Citing Iraq, auditor warns against wasteful aid in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:06 PM CST AFP - The United States runs the risk of wasting billions of dollars in aid money for Afghanistan unless it learns "hard lessons" from a disastrous reconstruction effort in Iraq, government auditors said.

AP NewsBreak: Sailor electrocuted (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:04 PM CST AP - A third U.S. service member has been determined to have been electrocuted in a shower in Iraq, and Navy criminal investigators are investigating, The Associated Press has learned.

Obama talks troop drawdown with Iraq's Maliki, Talabani (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:26 PM CST AFP - US President Barack Obama discussed plans for a drawdown of US combat troops in Iraq during phone calls to the country's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani, the White House said.

Obama calls Iraqi leaders, South Korean president (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:07 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Monday to congratulate them on the provincial elections held over the weekend. Obama also spoke with South Korea's president.

Chris Hill expected to be named U.S. envoy to Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 08:14 PM CST Reuters - Chris Hill, a career U.S. diplomat who has been Washington's lead negotiator with North Korea, is expected to be named U.S. ambassador to Iraq, a U.S. official who asked not to be named said on Monday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,237 (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST AP - As of Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at least 4,237 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Lead negotiator in NKorea to be next envoy to Iraq (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:35 PM CST AP - Christopher Hill, the Bush administration's lead negotiator with North Korea, is the leading candidate to become the next U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, officials said Monday.

Waste, fraud in Iraq being repeated in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:07 PM CST AP - Waste and corruption that marred Iraq's reconstruction will be repeated in Afghanistan unless the U.S. transforms the unwieldy bureaucracy managing tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure projects, government watchdogs warned Monday.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 02:12 PM CST AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Obama spoke with Iraqi leaders Maliki and Talabani (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 01:26 PM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama spoke on Monday with Iraqi leaders as the new U.S. administration reviews policies and Iraq holds elections.

UK troops have met conditions for Iraq withdrawal (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:09 PM CST Reuters - British troops in Iraq have largely met the conditions required for their withdrawal and are on track to begin leaving the country by May 31, a top British commander said on Monday.

Iraq tribes threaten to take up arms over poll (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:01 AM CST Reuters - Tribal sheikhs who helped drive al Qaeda militants out of Western Iraq threatened on Monday to take up arms against the provincial government because of what they said was fraud in Saturday's provincial polls.

Dutch inquiry into support for Iraq invasion (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:42 AM CST AP - The Dutch prime minister on Monday ordered an independent inquiry into his government's decision to support the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 — even though that support was verbal only.

Iraqi voters shun ruling religious parties (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:50 AM CST AFP - Iraqis voted heavily for secular parties in last weekend's provincial polls, in a show of disaffection with the religious parties that lead the central government, early indications showed on Monday.

Iraqi vote expected to bolster Maliki (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - Election day was largely free of violence as millions of Iraqis voted in provincial polls that appear to have bolstered Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's power in the south and weakened the Kurds' dominance in the north.

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