Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Son of late Iraqi Shiite leader takes over party (AP)
• Iraq, Syria trade accusations in rift over bombings (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Three killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)
• Iraqi, Syrian leaders at loggerheads over terror claims (AFP)
• Iraqi planes found in Serbia, but in pieces (AP)
• Syria, Iraq accuse each other of worsening tension (AP)
• Syria's Assad slams Iraq over "immoral" charges (Reuters)
• Arms finds in hitherto quiet south Iraq ring alarms (Reuters)
• Iraq seeks return of 19 MiG fighters from Serbia (Reuters)
• American commander: US on the road out of Iraq (AP)

Son of late Iraqi Shiite leader takes over party (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:00 PM PDT AP - The son of the late leader of Iraq's largest Shiite political party on Monday took the reins of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, a party official said.

Iraq, Syria trade accusations in rift over bombings (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 01:57 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A diplomatic standoff between Iraq and neighboring Syria escalated Monday, with Baghdad demanding the extradition of suspects in a deadly bombing and Damascus insisting that there's no evidence of Syrian involvement.

Three killed in Iraq attacks (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 01:51 PM PDT AFP - Three people were killed and 30 more were wounded, among them a local official and his son, in attacks across Iraq on Monday, security officials said.

Iraqi, Syrian leaders at loggerheads over terror claims (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 12:48 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Monday that 90 percent of foreign terrorists who infiltrate Iraq did so via Syria, a charge likely to worsen already fractured relations between the neighbouring states.

Iraqi planes found in Serbia, but in pieces (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 11:27 AM PDT AP - Jet fighters sent by Saddam Hussein for maintenance 20 years ago have been found in Serbia, but they will be of little use in rebuilding Iraq's Air Force because most are in pieces, Serbian officials said Monday.

Syria, Iraq accuse each other of worsening tension (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 11:00 AM PDT AP - Syria rejected Iraqi allegations that it has been used as a launching pad for violence in Iraq, while Iraq's foreign minister insisted Monday that Damascus turn over suspected insurgent operatives and warned failure to do so would be considered "unfriendly."

Syria's Assad slams Iraq over "immoral" charges (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday described as "immoral" Iraq's accusation that Damascus bore some responsibility for attacks inside its territory and again asked Baghdad to produce evidence.

Arms finds in hitherto quiet south Iraq ring alarms (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqi security forces say they have found numerous caches of new weapons in the Shi'ite south, raising the possibility that an area which has been peaceful could relapse into violence before elections next year.

Iraq seeks return of 19 MiG fighters from Serbia (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 07:10 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq is negotiating the return of 19 fighter jets that Saddam Hussein's regime sent to Serbia for servicing at the end of the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said.

American commander: US on the road out of Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 06:33 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.

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