Yahoo! News: Iraq

AP ENTERPRISE: Blackwater out of Iraq? No, not yet (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:39 PM PDT

AP - Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has been told by the State Department its contracts will not be renewed two years after a lethal firefight that stirred outrage in Baghdad.

Army troops in Iraq prepare to head to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - Only in Iraq a few weeks, nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives learned they were being shipped off to southern Afghanistan, one of the clearest signs of America's shifting wartime priorities. The transfer, which moved into its final stages Monday, is the largest movement so far of personnel and equipment from Iraq as President Barack Obama puts the focus on the fight in the Taliban heartland.

Supreme Court mulls legal immunity for Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:56 PM PDT

AFP - Several US Supreme Court justices expressed doubt Monday at filing lawsuits against the current Iraqi government in US courts for abuses committed under the former Saddam Hussein regime.

US tech giants head to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 11:58 AM PDT

AFP - Executives from top US IT giants including Google, Twitter and YouTube are visiting Iraq to help the nation find tech-savvy ways to rebuild, the US State Department said Monday.

Syrian PM to visit Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 11:54 AM PDT

AFP - Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri will kick off a two-day visit to Iraq on Tuesday at the head of a ministerial delegation aimed at improving ties between the two neighbours.

Justices skeptical on allowing Iraq to be sued (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 10:56 AM PDT

AP - The Supreme Court seemed skeptical on Monday about holding the current Iraqi government responsible in American courts for the acts of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Suicide bomber kills three in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 10:22 AM PDT

AFP - A suicide bomber disguised as an Iraqi policeman killed on Monday three officers and wounded 15 people, including eight US soldiers and a child, in the third such attack in over a week.

In Iraq, 'Everybody knows somebody killed by the war' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 10:17 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Amir Jabbar doesn't know how many of his friends have been murdered since the Iraq war started six years ago. He stopped counting sometime back in 2007. The numbers just got too high, he said.

Two children killed in blast targeting father (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:25 AM PDT

AFP - Two girls under the age of 12 were killed in Iraq on Monday when a sticky bomb targeting an army officer exploded outside their home as he left for work, police said.

Suicide bomber kills three Iraqi police: army (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 02:59 AM PDT

AFP - A suicide bomber targeting a joint Iraqi and American foot patrol northeast of Baghdad on Monday killed three people and wounded eight coalition soldiers, military officials told AFP.

16 die as bus and truck collide in Iraq: police (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 01:29 AM PDT

AFP - A microbus and a large truck collided on a highway in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq, killing 16 people and injuring another nine, police said on Monday.