Yahoo! News: Iraq

Informants allege proposed Blackwater weapons dump (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - A defense contractor charged with trying to smuggle firearms out of Iraq claimed Blackwater guards asked him to help get rid of weapons after a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, two government informants say in court documents.

Prosecutor: Stress no excuse for Iraq slayings (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 04:38 PM PDT

AP - A prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors the slaying of an Iraqi family, including a teen daughter who was raped, was premeditated and asked the panel to convict an ex-soldier of crimes that could bring him the death penalty.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,284 (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at least 4,284 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Car bombs kill 17 in Baghdad, Iraqi police say (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 02:02 PM PDT

AP - Car bombs killed 17 people Wednesday in Baghdad most of them at a wholesale produce market fueling concern about Iraqi capabilities less than two months before Iraq's army and police assume full responsibility for security in the country's cities.

Jury out in case of US soldier accused of Iraq rape, killings (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 12:36 PM PDT

AFP - A US federal jury deliberated Wednesday on whether ex-soldier Steven Dale Green was guilty of raping an Iraqi teenager, and then executing her and her family.

11 killed in Baghdad car bombings (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 12:26 PM PDT

AFP - Two bomb blasts ripped through busy areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 11 people in the latest violence to rock Iraq's capital just weeks before the US military is due to pull out of cities nationwide.

More violence in Iraq: Car bomb kills 11 in Baghdad (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 06 May 2009 12:26 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD A bomb in a parked car exploded Wednesday at a popular south Baghdad produce market, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens more, police said.

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1 (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 10:32 AM PDT

AP - Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

Some U.S.-backed Iraqi fighters desert posts (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2009 07:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Some U.S.-allied Sunni Arab fighters who helped drive al Qaeda out of much of Iraq are deserting their posts because of delays in pay and a spate of arrests and government raids targeting them, their leaders say.

Attackers blow up north Iraq oil pipeline (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 07:50 AM PDT

AFP - An oil pipeline near the disputed oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk was blown up early on Wednesday, interrupting pumping from 15 wells but not affecting exports, an official said.

Truck bomb kills 10 in Baghdad market (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2009 03:03 AM PDT

Reuters - A truck bomb killed 10 people and wounded 37 others when it exploded early on Wednesday morning in a wholesale vegetable market in southern Baghdad, police said.

10 Kurdish rebels killed in strike in Iraq: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

AFP - Ten Kurdish rebels were killed in a Turkish air strike last week targeting Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday.

Ten killed in Baghdad market bombing (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2009 01:34 AM PDT

AFP - A car bomb ripped through a wholesale produce market near a confessionally mixed neighbourhood in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 37, security officials said.

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Posted: 05 May 2009 11:54 PM PDT

AP - Father of journalist jailed in Iran for spying says his daughter has ended her hunger strike.

A War No Longer on Autopilot: What if Iraq Unravels? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 May 2009 08:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Analysis: A downturn in Iraq's security situation -- and in Sunni-Shi'iterelations -- could cloud President Obama's withdrawal plans