Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Gunmen kill 8 in Baghdad bank robbery, police say (AP)
• US touts new era as Iraqi forces take lead (AFP)
• Iraqi forces raid camp of Iranian exiles (AP)
• Gates says U.S. urban pullout in Iraq going well (Reuters)
• Ten killed in Baghdad bombings (AFP)
• Robbers kill eight in Baghdad bank heist (AFP)
• Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded (AFP)
• US general: Iran working to influence Iraq vote (AP)
• Baghdad blast kills eight people, wounds 13: police (Reuters)
• Iraqi army storms Iranian opposition camp (AFP)
• Turkey urges Iraq to stop Kurdish rebel attacks (AP)
• Defense Chief Gates in Iraq to Review U.S. Troop Role (Bloomberg)
• Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq (AP)
• Quotations of the day (AP)
• Audit finds contractor oversight improving in Iraq (AP)
• New Kurdish Party Could Bring Instability to Northern Iraq (Time.com)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,329 (AP)

Gunmen kill 8 in Baghdad bank robbery, police say (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - Gunmen killed eight security guards and made off with nearly $7 million during a brazen bank robbery Tuesday in central Baghdad in the second such assault in a week. While overall violence is down in Iraq, ordinary crime has emerged as an increasing threat to the country's stability.

US touts new era as Iraqi forces take lead (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates spoke of a new era in Iraq with American troops playing a less dominant role as Baghdad's security forces launched a major operation.

Iraqi forces raid camp of Iranian exiles (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:45 PM PDT AP - Iraqi forces raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad on Tuesday in a move that ran contrary to U.S. wishes and prompted clashes.

Gates says U.S. urban pullout in Iraq going well (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:17 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. defense secretary on Tuesday praised Iraqi forces as they take control from the U.S. military, pledging U.S. support to help Iraq end the political feuds that threaten its fragile security.

Ten killed in Baghdad bombings (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:17 PM PDT AFP - Ten people were killed and 42 others were injured in bomb attacks across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

Robbers kill eight in Baghdad bank heist (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:02 PM PDT AFP - Bank robbers made off with at least 3.8 million dollars in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday, leaving eight police guards dead in one of Iraq's biggest-ever heists.

Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:01 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.

US general: Iran working to influence Iraq vote (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:54 PM PDT AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that Iran is still training and equipping Iraqi insurgents but is shifting its focus to influence the upcoming Iraqi elections and exerting "soft power" over its majority-Shiite neighbor.

Baghdad blast kills eight people, wounds 13: police (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:58 AM PDT Reuters - A bomb hidden on a motorcycle killed eight people and wounded 13 others in the Iraqi capital's eastern New Baghdad district, police said.

Iraqi army storms Iranian opposition camp (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:42 AM PDT AFP - The Iraqi army seized control on Tuesday of the main base for Iran's main armed opposition in exile after months of a tense standoff, military officials said.

Turkey urges Iraq to stop Kurdish rebel attacks (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 05:27 AM PDT AP - Iraq must do more to stop Kurdish rebels using hideouts in its territory to launch deadly attacks in Turkey, a Turkish minister said Tuesday after meeting with Iraqi and U.S. officials to discuss the issue.

Defense Chief Gates in Iraq to Review U.S. Troop Role (Bloomberg) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 05:16 AM PDT Bloomberg - July 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates landed in Iraq today on an unannounced visit to review a newly converted advisory brigade that represents a bellwether for the changing American role in the nation.

Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 04:29 AM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got a firsthand look Tuesday at the future of the U.S. military mission in southern Iraq.

Quotations of the day (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:59 AM PDT AP - "Nobody's the boss or the occupier." — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the ground-level relationship between U.S. and Iraqi forces.

Audit finds contractor oversight improving in Iraq (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 09:01 PM PDT AP - The government has kept a closer eye on U.S. contractors in Iraq since a deadly 2007 shooting by Blackwater guards, but it still needs to do a better job tracking and investigating when private security guards fire their guns, two new Pentagon audits have found.

New Kurdish Party Could Bring Instability to Northern Iraq (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 07:10 PM PDT Time.com - A third party's strong showing in Kurdistan's election highlights mounting complaints against the leadership in the northern Iraqi region. It could also lead to more discord with the government in Baghdad

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,329 (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 05:35 PM PDT AP - As of Monday, July 27, 2009, at least 4,329 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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