Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi forces make arrests after clash with guards (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 11:33 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqi security forces swept through an area of Baghdad on Sunday and detained several people after Sunni patrolmen angry at their leader's arrest clashed with police and troops in a battle that killed three people.

US military builds new jail in northern Iraq (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 11:27 AM PDT AFP - A new prison has been inaugurated in northern Iraq capable of holding 3,000 detainees, the American military said in a statement on Sunday.

US-backed Iraqi troops quell Baghdad uprising (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 10:50 AM PDT AP - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces swept through a central Baghdad slum Sunday, disarming Sunnis from a government-allied paramilitary group to quell a two-day uprising launched to protest the arrest of their leader.

Arrest of anti-Qaeda chief triggers Baghdad clash (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 10:10 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi forces clashed with anti-Al-Qaeda militants in Baghdad for a second straight day on Sunday, as US troops backing them ordered fighters to hand over their weapons or face reprisals.

Troops and militiamen clash in Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:51 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi forces clashed with anti-Al-Qaeda militants in Baghdad for a second straight day on Sunday, as American troops backing them ordered fighters to hand over their weapons or face reprisals.

Obama: won't speed up Iraq pull out (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:39 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he won't consider speeding up the troop pullout from Iraq even though security has improved and violence has decreased.

Obama plans to stick to Iraq withdrawal timetable (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:33 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has set a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and he says he doesn't plan to speed it up.

Rebel Kurds slam Iraq's Talabani (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:12 AM PDT AFP - Turkish Kurd rebels in northern Iraq slammed President Jalal Talabani on Sunday for giving an ultimatum during a visit by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul for them to lay down their arms.

AP Exclusive: UN suggests power-sharing for Kirkuk (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:16 AM PDT AP - Seeking to head off an explosion of ethnic violence, the United Nations will call for a power-sharing system of government for Iraq's deeply divided region of Kirkuk in the oil-rich north.

The Iraqi Government's New Target: NGOs (Time.com) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 11:40 PM PDT Time.com - The draft of a proposed law takes aim at NGOs. Will this hinder the country's slow march to democratic freedoms?

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,262 (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 05:57 PM PDT AP - As of Saturday, March 28, 2009, at least 4,262 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Kurdish rebel leader in Iraq vows not to disarm (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - The military chief of Kurdish rebels launching attacks into Turkey from hideouts in Iraq said his group will not lay down its arms until there is a political settlement between the Turkish government and the militants, according to an audio tape released Saturday.

Violence erupts after Iraqi army arrest of Sunni paramilitary leader (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 02:44 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD_ Sunni militants staged a violent uprising in central Baghdad Saturday after Iraqi forces detained a leader of the Sons of Iraq, a mostly Sunni paramilitary force that until recently had received salaries from the United States and is now on the Iraqi government payroll.

Two killed as Baghdad police clash with anti-Qaeda group (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 11:14 AM PDT AFP - Two Iraqi civilians were killed during clashes between policemen and anti-Qaeda militiamen in the Iraqi capital on Saturday, prompting Iraqi and US troops to intervene, officials said.

US contractor jailed for Iraq stabbing (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 09:00 AM PDT AFP - A 32-year-old employee of US contractor Kellogg Brown and Root was on Friday jailed for stabbing an Indian co-worker while deployed in Iraq two years ago, authorities said.

Iraqi Airways makes first EU flight in 19 yrs (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:14 AM PDT AFP - National airline Iraqi Airways made its first flight to the European Union in 19 years when an aircraft flew from Baghdad to Stockholm via Athens, the transport ministry said on Saturday.

Iran opposition outraged at Iraq resettlement plan (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 06:15 AM PDT AFP - An Iranian opposition group which has long taken refuge in Iraq reacted angrily on Saturday to plans by Baghdad to resettle their militants if they do not leave the country voluntarily.

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