Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Marine spared prison time for killing detainee (AP)
• Biden welcomes son home from guard service in Iraq (AP)
• Agco to pay $1.6M in oil-for-food corruption case (AP)
• Judge gives Iraq second chance in POW suit (AP)
• US: Iraq budget shortfall poses security challenge (AP)
• US speeds up troop withdrawal from Iraq: general (AFP)
• Former Iraq deputy PM becomes Kurdish Prime Minister (AFP)
• 'Baghdad ER' turns off the lights (AP)
• Iraqi and Kuwaiti clubs to face off in landmark tie (AFP)
• Odierno Accelerates U.S. Troop Withdrawal as Iraqis Take Charge (Bloomberg)
• Iraq budget is 'challenge' for security forces: US (AFP)
• About 4,000 U.S. troops to leave Iraq in October (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,346 (AP)

Marine spared prison time for killing detainee (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - A Marine was spared prison time Wednesday for killing an unarmed Iraqi detainee during a battle to recapture the city of Fallujah, ending a case that proved troublesome for the government because there were no bodies and no relatives complaining of lost loved ones.

Biden welcomes son home from guard service in Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:45 PM PDT AP - Having been welcomed home by his father, Vice President Joe Biden, Delaware's attorney general traded hugs and handshakes Wednesday with other members of his Army National Guard unit after a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

Agco to pay $1.6M in oil-for-food corruption case (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 02:37 PM PDT AP - A Georgia-based international farming equipment manufacturer has agreed to pay $1.6 million for paying kickbacks to the former Iraqi government to secure United Nations oil-for-food contracts, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Judge gives Iraq second chance in POW suit (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT AP - A federal judge is giving Iraq the chance to argue that it shouldn't have to pay damages to U.S. soldiers held as prisoners during the Gulf War in the early 1990s.

US: Iraq budget shortfall poses security challenge (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:10 PM PDT AP - Iraq's budget shortfall due to low oil prices presents a challenge to building up the country's army and raises questions about whether it will be able to protect itself when U.S. troops leave, a top American commander said Wednesday.

US speeds up troop withdrawal from Iraq: general (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:40 PM PDT AFP - The US military has accelerated the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and freed up equipment for the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, the US commander in Iraq told Congress on Wednesday.

Former Iraq deputy PM becomes Kurdish Prime Minister (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:27 PM PDT AFP - Iraq's former deputy premier Barham Saleh was on Wednesday appointed prime minister of the country's autonomous northern Kurdish region and he quickly appealed for calm amid tensions with Baghdad.

'Baghdad ER' turns off the lights (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:32 AM PDT AP - Army Capt. Amy Prichard took one last look around the room where thousands of war-ravaged soldiers and civilians were treated by U.S. medics in Baghdad's protected Green Zone. Before turning off the lights, she began to cry.

Iraqi and Kuwaiti clubs to face off in landmark tie (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:14 AM PDT AFP - A Kuwaiti football club was to square off against an Iraqi side Wednesday in the first sports competition invloving the two countries here since Saddam Hussein invaded his oil-rich neighbour in 1990.

Odierno Accelerates U.S. Troop Withdrawal as Iraqis Take Charge (Bloomberg) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:35 AM PDT Bloomberg - Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Army General Ray Odierno, the U.S. commander in Iraq, said he will be able to reduce the number of American troops in the country to 120,000 by the end of October, faster than he originally planned.

Iraq budget is 'challenge' for security forces: US (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:07 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's tight budget and its dependence on the price of oil is a "challenge" when it comes to equipping the country's fledgling security forces, a senior US military officer said on Wednesday.

About 4,000 U.S. troops to leave Iraq in October (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:36 AM PDT Reuters - The United States will withdraw about 4,000 troops from Iraq by the end of October, the U.S. military commander in Iraq said in testimony prepared for a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,346 (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:52 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at least 4,346 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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