Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,287 (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, May 10, 2009, at least 4,287 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

King of Egyptian kitsch sings of swine flu (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 12:03 PM PDT

AP - The kitschy Egyptian singer who found fame with the hit "I hate Israel" and who attacked America and Saddam Hussein in song over the Iraq war has traded politics for pigs bemoaning swine flu as the next disaster threatening Egypt.

We don't need US troops in cities: Iraq PM tells Pelosi (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 09:08 AM PDT

AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki assured visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday that his country's security will be unaffected by the planned American troop withdrawal from Iraqi cities.

Whatever Happened to Muqtada al-Sadr? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 May 2009 08:05 AM PDT

Time.com - A rare public appearance by the radical Iraqi cleric in Turkey has renewed speculation about his future plans and what they might mean for Baghdad

Pelosi wants US to strengthen intelligence in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 07:30 AM PDT

AP - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Sunday for greater intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Iraq as the American military moves to withdraw its forces from the country by 2012.