Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,335 (AP)
• Dead soldier's family reacts to Iraq cruelty probe (AP)
• Hair salons once again the fashion in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints (AP)
• Iraq broadcasts truck bomber video confession (AFP)
• Outbursts disrupt Baghdad bank robbery trial (AP)
• Iraq shows video it says is confession of bomber (Reuters)
• US military: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP)
• US military leader concerned by Baghdad bombings (AP)
• Iraq halts removal of Baghdad security barriers (AFP)
• Iraq intelligence chief retired before major blasts (Reuters)
• McCain: Afghanistan needs Petraeus' Iraq approach (AP)
• Reporter's family reunion in Iraq is reality check (AP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,335 (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at least 4,335 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Dead soldier's family reacts to Iraq cruelty probe (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:55 PM PDT AP - When Adrian Wilhelm learned that his son committed suicide just four days into his deployment in Iraq, he knew right away that the facts didn't add up.

Hair salons once again the fashion in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 12:04 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Leali Kamel's back in business as a hair stylist, two years after religious extremists ran her out of Ramadi, her hometown.

Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:01 AM PDT AP - Attackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast Sunday.

Iraq broadcasts truck bomber video confession (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:37 AM PDT AFP - Iraq on Sunday showed a video of a Saddam Hussein loyalist confessing to orchestrating one of two massive truck bombings that killed 95 people and maimed hundreds more in Baghdad four days ago.

Outbursts disrupt Baghdad bank robbery trial (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:42 AM PDT AP - Five members of Iraq's security forces charged in a deadly bank robbery went on trial Sunday, as relatives of those killed in the heist beat and spat on the defendants. One relative was dragged away from the courtroom, screaming obscenities.

Iraq shows video it says is confession of bomber (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - An Iraqi official on Sunday showed a video of what he said was a supporter of late dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party confessing to organizing one of the truck bomb blasts last week in which 95 people died.

US military: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:19 AM PDT AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of injuries sustained during an attack on a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital.

US military leader concerned by Baghdad bombings (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:42 AM PDT AP - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he's extremely concerned by last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad.

Iraq halts removal of Baghdad security barriers (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:12 AM PDT AFP - Iraq has halted the dismantling of blast-proof concrete security walls in Baghdad following devastating truck bombings last week that left 95 people dead, government officials said on Sunday.

Iraq intelligence chief retired before major blasts (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:37 AM PDT Reuters - The head of one of Iraq's main intelligence services went into retirement days before huge bombings in Baghdad killed almost 100 people in the deadliest day of violence this year, officials said on Sunday.

McCain: Afghanistan needs Petraeus' Iraq approach (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:22 AM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain said he wants the military leadership in Afghanistan to use the same aggressive approach that Gen. David Petraeus used successfully in Iraq.

Reporter's family reunion in Iraq is reality check (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 09:01 PM PDT AP - The last time my aunt saw me, I was 6 and sitting on a bed, curiously watching her change her son's diaper.

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