Yahoo! News: Iraq

As Britain Leaves, Basra Dares to Dream of Peace (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 09:25 PM CST

Time.com - As British troops prepare to withdraw from the southern Iraqi province of Basra, the area is enjoying a rare period of peace

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,243 (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 07:36 PM CST

AP - As of Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at least 4,243 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Saddam's party makes comeback, but they're not the same Baathists (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 05:19 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD The Baath Party that ruled Iraq under Saddam Hussein is re-emerging, but it's no longer the totalitarian machine that the former dictator used to reward sycophants and remove rivals.

Spike violence in Iraq leaves at least another 12 dead (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 03:40 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Car bombings and fatal shootings claimed the lives of at least 12 people in Iraq Thursday, marking the second consecutive day of deadly violence after the war-torn country enjoyed a month-long stretch free from it.

US Army drops charges against soldier in killings (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 03:32 PM CST

AP - The U.S. Army dropped charges of conspiracy to commit premeditated murder against a soldier in the deaths of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis in 2007.

8 more Shiite pilgrims killed by Iraq bomb attack (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 02:38 PM CST

AP - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt packed with nails among Shiite worshippers Thursday in a holy city south of Baghdad, killing eight pilgrims and wounding more than 50, police and hospital officials said.

Bomb kills eight Shiite pilgrims in Iraq holy city (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 01:11 PM CST

AFP - Eight pilgrims were killed in a bomb attack near a Karbala shrine on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of Shiites converged on the central Iraqi holy city, medics and security officials said.

US releases scores from Baghdad prison (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 11:28 AM CST

AFP - The US military has released more than 100 prisoners at a camp adjoining the Iraqi capital's airport, the US military said on Thursday.

Landmark cafe comes back to life in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 10:04 AM CST

AFP - Shabandar Cafe, a landmark on a street famed for its bookshops, has reopened two years after a massive bomb gutted the cultural heartland of Iraq's capital and brought tragedy to the owner's family.

Roadside bomb kills eight Iraqi pilgrims: police (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 09:21 AM CST

Reuters - A roadside bomb killed eight Iraqi pilgrims and wounded 46 near a revered shrine on Thursday as Iraqi Shi'ites marked Arbain, one of the most important dates in the Shi'ite religious calendar, police said.

Iran urges release of citizens held in Iraq by U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 09:01 AM CST

Reuters - Iran on Thursday urged the release of its citizens held in Iraq by the U.S. military, the request coming amid signs Tehran was warming to the new administration of President Barack Obama.

Iraqi refugees in Syria reluctant to return (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 06:54 AM CST

Reuters - Iraqi musician Abdel Razaq al-Ghazawi, who sought refuge in neighboring Syria from his country's raging conflict, returned home last year after hearing about a fall in the violence.

Oil won't reach $70-75 before 2011: Iraq sales chief (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 05:15 AM CST

AFP - The man in charge of selling Iraq's oil said on Thursday it will take at least two years for crude prices to recover to between 70-75 dollars a barrel, so bad is the global economic outlook.