Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,255 (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:08 PM PST

AP - As of Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at least 4,255 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq attacks kill 11 (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 11:25 AM PST

AFP - A series of attacks on Iraqi police, soldiers and a pro-US militia leader on Wednesday left at least 11 people dead and 33 wounded, police said.

Suicide bomber kills 3 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 10:59 AM PST

AP - A suicide bomber stalked members of a police intelligence unit, waiting for their night shifts to end, then attacked them outside a Baghdad restaurant Wednesday, killing three.

Turkey may allow US to use bases for Iraq pullout: minister (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 09:48 AM PST

AFP - Turkey's government is open to the United States using its military bases during Washington's planned withdrawal of troops from neighbouring Iraq, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Wednesday.

Germany opens door to new wave of Iraqi refugees (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 08:26 AM PST

AFP - Four hundred Iraqi refugees from camps in Syria and Jordan will arrive in Germany this month at the start of a European resettlement programme, human rights groups said Wednesday.

Iraqis protest visit of ex-Iran president (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:36 AM PST

AFP - Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated in Ramadi, capital of the Sunni Arab province of Anbar, on Wednesday to condemn former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's official visit to Iraq.