Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,274 (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 05:18 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, April 17, 2009, at least 4,274 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Report Shows Torture Is Widespread in Iraq (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Time.com - The United States may now have abjured torture but Baghdad continues the violent tradition, with little sign of diminution

Iraqis schooled through war celebrate graduation (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 11:10 AM PDT

AFP - They went off to university fearing car bombs and death squads -- now Iraq's class of 2009 is celebrating in style, and hoping to find their place in a more peaceful country.

Iraq says attacks will not derail US withdrawal (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:33 AM PDT

AFP - An Iraqi official on Friday blamed a recent string of attacks targeting security forces on Al-Qaeda, but said the bombings would not derail the phased withdrawal of American troops.

At least 4 die as mortar rounds hit Baghdad suburb (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:13 AM PDT

AP - Mortar rounds hit a Shiite enclave south of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least four people in the latest sign of violence returning to areas that U.S. and Iraqi forces have considered largely stable.

Iraq MPs to try again to elect new speaker (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:45 AM PDT

AFP - Iraq's parliament will try to elect a new speaker on Sunday after failing to do so in February when the leading contender did not win the required majority of votes.

Shadowy group threatens to kill gays in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 01:54 AM PDT

AFP - A shadowy group has posted signs around the Iraqi capital's main Shiite working-class district of Sadr City naming alleged homosexuals on a list and threatening to kill them.