Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Kurdish policeman's wife, three children shot dead in Iraq (AFP)
• Civilian contractor shot dead on US base in Iraq (AP)
• US soldier in Iraq arrested in contractor killing (Reuters)
• Policeman's family killed as they slept in Iraq (AP)
• Iraqi shoe thrower to be released Monday (AP)
• Policeman's sleeping family killed in north Iraq (Reuters)
• Shoe-throwing Iraqi reporter set to be released (Reuters)
• Hunger Strikers Ask U.S. to Help Iranian Dissidents in Iraq (Time.com)

Kurdish policeman's wife, three children shot dead in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 12:43 PM PDT AFP - A Kurdish policeman's wife and three young children were murdered execution-style as they slept early on Sunday in Iraq's disputed northern oil city of Kirkuk, a senior police officer told AFP.

Civilian contractor shot dead on US base in Iraq (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 12:34 PM PDT AP - A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the military said.

US soldier in Iraq arrested in contractor killing (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:08 AM PDT Reuters - A U.S. soldier in Iraq was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead a civilian contractor on the U.S. military's Camp Speicher, its main base in northern Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said.

Policeman's family killed as they slept in Iraq (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:03 AM PDT AP - Gunmen killed a Kurdish policeman's wife and three young children with execution-style shots to the head Sunday as they slept in their home in the northern city of Kirkuk, where tension is building between Arabs and Kurds over land and oil.

Iraqi shoe thrower to be released Monday (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 10:19 AM PDT AP - The family of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush is preparing a festive welcome for the TV reporter, who is to be released from prison Monday after nine months behind bars.

Policeman's sleeping family killed in north Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - Gunmen stormed the house of a Kurdish policeman on Sunday and shot dead his wife and three children while they slept, Iraqi police said, an attack possibly aimed at inciting violence between Arabs and Kurds.

Shoe-throwing Iraqi reporter set to be released (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:35 AM PDT Reuters - Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who became famous worldwide when he threw his shoes at then U.S. President George W. Bush, is thought likely to get a hero's welcome if he is freed from jail, as expected, on Monday.

Hunger Strikers Ask U.S. to Help Iranian Dissidents in Iraq (Time.com) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:00 AM PDT Time.com - After Iraq raided a camp of Iranian exiles, and imprisoned 36 of them, their relatives have gone on hunger strike to pressure the U.S. into taking back control of Camp Ashraf -- and honoring their promise to protect those who live there

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