Yahoo! News: Iraq

Afghanistan's rebuilding looms as sequel to Iraq's (AP)
US military: Iraq attacks down nearly 60 percent (AP)
Gender issues worsen Iraq's medical woes (AP)
US withdrawal from Iraq 'on track' despite violence: Mullen (AFP)
Turkey boosts Euphrates flow after Iraq complaints (AFP)
Former Iraqi insurgent contemplates returning to war (McClatchy Newspapers)
Killings shattered dreams of rural Iraqi family (AP)
How the Economy Could Crush Iraq's Hopes (Time.com)

Afghanistan's rebuilding looms as sequel to Iraq's (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2009 04:09 PM PDT

AP - The job of rebuilding Afghanistan is shaping up as an ominous sequel to the massive, mistake-riddled U.S. effort to get Iraq back on its feet.

US military: Iraq attacks down nearly 60 percent (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT

AP - High-profile attacks in Iraq have fallen nearly 60 percent in the past year, the U.S. military said Sunday, though violence continues to plague the northern city of Mosul, where a suicide car bomber targeting an American convoy killed one Iraqi and wounded 45 others.

Gender issues worsen Iraq's medical woes (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2009 11:35 AM PDT

AP - This part of Iraq, says Dr. Ayad al-Hadithy, is so conservative that a man would rather have his pregnant wife die in labor than be touched by a male nurse or doctor.

US withdrawal from Iraq 'on track' despite violence: Mullen (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2009 10:13 AM PDT

AFP - The withdrawal of US combat forces from Iraqi cities by the end of June remains "very much on track" despite a spike in violence there, the top US military officer said Sunday.

Turkey boosts Euphrates flow after Iraq complaints (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2009 07:40 AM PDT

AFP - Turkey has increased the flow of water in the Euphrates river by opening sluices upstream after Iraq complained its farmers faced an imminent crisis, Iraq's water resources minister said on Sunday.

Former Iraqi insurgent contemplates returning to war (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 May 2009 03:00 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Abu Fatma dresses in suits now. He cuts his hair short and talks like a politician.

Killings shattered dreams of rural Iraqi family (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:35 PM PDT

AP - The beautiful, dark-haired girl in the photograph stands near a wall in pre-invasion Iraq. What is unseen and now lost, her family says, is her dream of moving to the big city and getting married.