Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,315 (AP)
Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police (AP)
Iraq: suspect arrested in Sunni lawmaker's death (AP)
Former Iraq ambassador settles in Spokane Valley (AP)
Lukoil chief meets Iraqi PM ahead of oil announcement (AFP)
Iraq police arrest Al-Qaeda leader over Sunni MP's killing (AFP)
Spain beat Iraq 1-0 in Confed Cup (AFP)
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,315 (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 05:34 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at least 4,315 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:57 PM PDT

AP - A police investigation of two of their own in the killing of an American soldier and his interpreter is seen as a test of Mosul's police force the weakest link among Iraqi security forces about to take the lead in protecting the country's most violent city.

Iraq: suspect arrested in Sunni lawmaker's death (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 12:55 PM PDT

AP - Iraqi commandos swept into a western Baghdad neighborhood Wednesday and arrested a reputed al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of plotting the assassination of a prominent Sunni lawmaker.

Former Iraq ambassador settles in Spokane Valley (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:47 AM PDT

AP - Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker says he's enjoying a much quieter life in the Spokane Valley.

Lukoil chief meets Iraqi PM ahead of oil announcement (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:42 AM PDT

AFP - The head of Russian energy giant Lukoil, which is bidding for contracts to develop Iraqi oil and gas fields, met Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday.

Iraq police arrest Al-Qaeda leader over Sunni MP's killing (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 09:43 AM PDT

AFP - Iraqi police arrested a suspected top Al-Qaeda operative on Wednesday over the killing of a senior Sunni Muslim MP and human rights advocate who was shot in a Baghdad mosque last week.