Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Banking on security in Baghdad (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,318 (AP)
• US withdraws from Iraqi cities despite violence (AP)
• Iraq steps up security ahead of US city withdrawal (AP)
• As U.S. troops move on, Iraqis fear the coming turmoil (McClatchy Newspapers)
• American troops in Iraq fade from major cities (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi forces 'ready' to take over: US general (AFP)
• Iraq lessons learned, U.S. Marines turn to Afghanistan (Reuters)
• General says Iraq violence is counterproductive (AP)
• Heavy sandstorm blankets Iraq, delays oil bidding (AP)
• US commander: Iraqi troops ready for city security (AP)
• Iraqi 'city from hell' happy for US troops to go (AFP)
• Iraq oil bidding process delayed by one day (AFP)
• Life after U.S. pullout brings worries for Iraqis (Reuters)

Banking on security in Baghdad (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - Under the watchful eye of a guard in army fatigues -- with badges depicting a dagger through a skull -- the meeting of the Iraqi private banks association was like any gathering of mostly fat and balding money men.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,318 (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - As of Sunday, June 28, 2009, at least 4,318 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US withdraws from Iraqi cities despite violence (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 03:23 PM PDT AP - Death squads roamed the streets, slaughtering members of the rival Muslim sect. Bombs rocked Baghdad daily — until thousands of U.S. troops poured in two years ago, establishing neighborhood bases and taking control of the Iraqi capital and other cities.

Iraq steps up security ahead of US city withdrawal (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 01:12 PM PDT AP - Iraqi security forces bolstered checkpoints and banned motorcycles from the streets of Baghdad as they prepared Sunday for more violence before this week's withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from the capital and other cities and towns.

As U.S. troops move on, Iraqis fear the coming turmoil (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 12:58 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The guys with the guns and bombs and best-laid plans may think the U.S. withdrawal of combat troops from major Iraqi cities will work.

American troops in Iraq fade from major cities (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 12:34 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The last American patrol in Baghdad?

Iraqi forces 'ready' to take over: US general (AFP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 07:41 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi forces are "ready" to take over security operations in the country's cities after American troops pull back on June 30, the general in charge of US-led coalition forces there said on Sunday.

Iraq lessons learned, U.S. Marines turn to Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - After five years coping with the most dangerous province in Iraq, the U.S. Marines have been given their next assignment: the most dangerous province in Afghanistan.

General says Iraq violence is counterproductive (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 06:52 AM PDT AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq says he believes that the recent increase in violence in Iraq may end up hurting the extremists who are behind the attacks.

Heavy sandstorm blankets Iraq, delays oil bidding (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 06:40 AM PDT AP - A heavy sandstorm has blanketed Iraq's capital, closing the Baghdad airport and delaying the country's first oil bidding process in 30 years.

US commander: Iraqi troops ready for city security (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 06:22 AM PDT AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq says he believes Iraqi forces are ready to take over when American combat troops pull out of Baghdad and other cities by Tuesday.

Iraqi 'city from hell' happy for US troops to go (AFP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:55 AM PDT AFP - Baquba, the Iraqi city synonymous in recent years with murders, intercommunal killings and suicide bombings, is celebrating the imminent departure of US troops with balloons and bunting.

Iraq oil bidding process delayed by one day (AFP) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:40 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's oil ministry said an event to announce the names of foreign and large state-owned firms awarded major contracts has been delayed by one day from Monday because of sandstorms in Baghdad.

Life after U.S. pullout brings worries for Iraqis (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jun 2009 03:24 AM PDT Reuters - Sitting in his small room in northern Baghdad, a pistol nearby and assault rifles stacked under the bed, Khalil Ibrahim is worried over Iraq's future.

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