Yahoo! News: Iraq

Obama names envoys to Afghanistan, Iraq (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday named a career military officer who once was the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan to be the next ambassador to the war-torn country and tapped a veteran diplomat to be the new American envoy in Iraq.

Qaeda group claims Baghdad police academy blast (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:08 PM PDT AFP - Al-Qaeda front the Islamic State of Iraq has claimed a suicide bombing at a Baghdad police academy which officials said killed 28 people, a US group which monitors Islamist websites reported on Wednesday.

Obama picks U.S. ambassadors to Iraq, Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:58 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama is choosing diplomat Christopher Hill to serve as U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry as ambassador to Afghanistan, the White House said on Wednesday.

Joy in Baghdad: Its soccer teams are playing again (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:49 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A series of quick, short passes suddenly left Haitham Kadhim with an opening about 25 yards from the goal. His left foot lashed the ball into the far corner of the net. The thousands of Jawiya supporters packed into Shaab Stadium erupted.

Iraqi Women Enduring 'Silent Emergency' (OneWorld.net) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:10 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (OneWorld.net) - Despite security gains, Iraqi women remain trapped in a cycle of poverty, desperation, and violence as a result of the prolonged conflict, says a new survey of 1,700 women in the war-torn country.

Tariq Aziz, Saddam-era official, gets 15-year term (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 12:50 PM PDT AP - For years he was the urbane, cigar-smoking face of Saddam Hussein's regime, who argued his boss' case in the international corridors of power.

Iraqis defend security forces after attacks (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 11:23 AM PDT AP - An Iraqi official Wednesday defended the performance of his country's security forces after suicide bombers killed more than 60 people in the Baghdad area this week, saying such attacks are nearly impossible to prevent.

British lawmaker secretly meets Hamas leader (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT AP - A renegade British lawmaker who had financial dealings with Saddam Hussein and praised Fidel Castro in Cuba can add this to his resume: an honorary Palestinian passport, awarded during a secret meeting with the prime minister of Hamas.

Staff Sgt. Chad Caldwell: `Life of the platoon' (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 09:45 AM PDT AP - Staff Sgt. Chad Caldwell called his wife from Iraq the night his first son was born and heard his son's first loud cry over a cell phone. Caldwell joined the Army in 2002, served one tour in Iraq, then a second combat tour in Afghanistan. In February 2007 he signed up for an another tour in Iraq.

Saddam's mouthpiece Tareq Aziz jailed for murder (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 09:30 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's top court on Wednesday jailed former deputy premier Tareq Aziz for 15 years and sentenced two half-brothers of executed dictator Saddam Hussein to hang for crimes against humanity.

Car bomb kills three Iraqi soldiers (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 08:07 AM PDT AFP - A car bomb exploded on Wednesday in the northern Iraqi tinderbox town of Mosul, killing three soldiers and wounding 10 other people, a police official told AFP.

Former Saddam aide jailed for 15 years (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 07:12 AM PDT Reuters - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz was jailed for 15 years on Wednesday and two of Saddam Hussein's half brothers were sentenced to death for their roles in the killings of dozens of traders in 1992.

Iranian shelling kills Kurdish child on Iraq border: mayor (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:21 AM PDT AFP - Iranian shelling of Kurdish border villages in northern Iraq left one child dead, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.

Deadly Iraq bombings set off alarm bells (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:02 AM PDT AFP - Two major bombings in two days in Iraq have left scores of people dead and sparked new security concerns as US forces prepare to pull out.

Snapshot of Baghdad: from whispering to cacophony (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 12:29 AM PDT AFP - Saddam Hussein ruled over a "whispering republic" where people were scared to air views, even in front of their own children. Six years after his overthrow, Baghdad is a cacophony of noise.

Iraq attacks not due to Obama pullout: White House (AFP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 05:42 PM PDT AFP - The White House dismissed suggestions that two recent bloody attacks in Iraq were a reaction to President Barack Obama's decision to pull out most combat troops by August next year.

Iraq media booming, yet still in sectarian grip (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 05:36 PM PDT Reuters - A boom in local media since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 has given Iraqis a choice between some 200 print outlets, 60 radio stations and 30 TV channels in Arabic, Turkmen, Syriac and two Kurdish dialects.

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