Yahoo! News: Iraq

Suicide bomb blast kills 23 at funeral in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 05:29 PM PDT

AP - A suicide bomber struck a tent filled Monday with Kurdish funeral mourners, unleashing a huge fireball that killed at least 23 people in a northern town where Kurds and Arabs are competing for power. Also Monday, Turkey's visiting president pressed the Iraqi government to crack down on Kurdish rebels who stage cross-border raids into Turkish territory from sanctuaries in northern Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,260 (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 05:12 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, March 23, 2009, at least 4,260 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

String of deadly Iraq bombings reflects Kurdish-Arab tensions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:42 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD A suicide bomber attacked mourners at a Kurdish funeral in a town north of Baghdad, killing at least 25 and injuring at least 45 in the worst of a series of four bombings around Iraq Monday. Altogether, 37 people were killed and 60 were wounded in the attacks.

Iraq suicide bomber kills 25, wounds 45 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Kurdish funeral in the volatile and ethnically mixed province of Diyala in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding 45, police said.

Iraq warns Kurd rebels during Turkish visit (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:28 PM PDT

AFP - Iraq on Monday warned Turkish Kurdish rebels based in its northern mountains to lay down their guns or leave the country, during a landmark visit by Turkey's President Abdullah Gul.

Disarm or leave, Iraq's Talabani tells PKK (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd, said on Monday the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Turkish separatist guerrilla group, must lay down its arms or quit Iraq.

Iraq bomber kills at least 25 at funeral in disputed region (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:14 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD At least 25 people were killed and 45 were injured when a man walked into a tent of mourners and detonated himself in a town north of Baghdad on Monday evening. The death toll was expected to rise, hospital officials said.

Iraq suicide bomber kills 25, wounds 45: police (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:13 AM PDT

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Kurdish funeral in Iraq's volatile, ethnically mixed northern Diyala province Monday, killing 25 people and wounding 45, police said.

At least 25 killed in Iraq blast at condolences (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 10:41 AM PDT

AFP - At least 25 people were killed and 50 others were wounded in a suicide bomb attack as a Kurdish family was receiving condolences northeast of the Iraqi capital on Monday, local officials said.

(AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 09:39 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials: suicide bomber strikes Kurdish funeral tent northeast of Baghdad, killing 15.

Kurd rebels must lay down arms: Talabani (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 08:33 AM PDT

AFP - Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq must lay down their weapons or leave the country, President Jalal Talabani said on Monday during a news conference with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul.