Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,351 (AP)
• Judge tosses lawsuits against Blackwater, now Xe (AP)
• US gov't cuts ties to worker in Iraq bribery case (AP)
• US presses Iraq on elections (AFP)
• Impasse over Iraqi election law may slow U.S. withdrawal (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi lawmakers deadlocked over election law (AP)
• Iraq falters on new election law sparking US troop worries (AFP)
• Police seek Arizona father after daughter run over (AP)
• Child, cameraman among nine dead in Iraq violence (AFP)
• Key Sunni leader at helm of new Iraqi political bloc (AFP)
• Iraq election row could impact U.S. pullout: official (Reuters)
• Iraq's parliament fails to agree on election law (Reuters)
• Journalist killed by Iraqi roadside bomb: police (AFP)
• Bomb kills journalist, wounds another in Iraq (AP)
• Six Baghdad schools closed in swine flu precaution (AFP)
• Saddam tribal leader charged with funding insurgency (Reuters)
• State Department employee accused of taking bribes (AP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,351 (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:46 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at least 4,351 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Judge tosses lawsuits against Blackwater, now Xe (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a series of lawsuits filed by alleged Iraqi victims of the contractor once known as Blackwater USA, but is allowing the plaintiffs to refile their claims.

US gov't cuts ties to worker in Iraq bribery case (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - A State Department manager charged with taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks on contracts for Iraq reconstruction work is no longer employed by the government.

US presses Iraq on elections (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 01:53 PM PDT AFP - The United States is pressing Iraq not to delay parliamentary elections in early January, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday, acknowledging it could affect plans for drawing down US forces.

Impasse over Iraqi election law may slow U.S. withdrawal (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 01:47 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- After three days of long sessions and continuous delays, the Iraqi parliament failed Wednesday to reach agreement on a new election law, asked a little-used national political council to resolve the impasse and adjourned until Sunday.

Iraqi lawmakers deadlocked over election law (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 01:18 PM PDT AP - Iraqi lawmakers failed to agree on key changes to the election law on Wednesday, throwing January's crucial parliamentary vote into jeopardy and potentially slowing down U.S. withdrawal from the country.

Iraq falters on new election law sparking US troop worries (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 01:14 PM PDT AFP - The Iraqi parliament failed on Wednesday to agree a new law to govern polls due in January, triggering US concern that troops may have to stay on in numbers into next year with a knock-on effect on redeployment options for Afghanistan.

Police seek Arizona father after daughter run over (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT AP - Police in a Phoenix suburb are looking for a father suspected of running down his daughter because she was becoming too "Westernized" and was not living according to their traditional Iraqi values.

Child, cameraman among nine dead in Iraq violence (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:24 AM PDT AFP - A series of attacks in the northern Iraqi cities of Kirkuk and Mosul and the confessionally mixed area south of Baghdad killed nine people on Wednesday, including a child and a cameraman, police and medics said.

Key Sunni leader at helm of new Iraqi political bloc (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:17 AM PDT AFP - Ahmed Abu Risha, a key Sunni leader who turned against Al-Qaeda to play a major role in reversing Iraq's insurgency, was among those heading a new multi-confessional political bloc unveiled Wednesday.

Iraq election row could impact U.S. pullout: official (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:11 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's timetable for drawing down the number of U.S. troops in Iraq next year could be changed if the country's January election is postponed, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday.

Iraq's parliament fails to agree on election law (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:33 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's parliament failed on Wednesday to agree on a law that will determine how the next election is run, raising fears of delays for the vote that could consolidate democracy after years of war.

Journalist killed by Iraqi roadside bomb: police (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:05 AM PDT AFP - An Iraqi cameraman was killed and another journalist was wounded on Wednesday by a roadside bomb in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk, police said.

Bomb kills journalist, wounds another in Iraq (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:53 AM PDT AP - An Iraqi police official says a bomb has killed one journalist and wounded another in northern Iraq.

Six Baghdad schools closed in swine flu precaution (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:16 AM PDT AFP - Six schools in Baghdad were closed as a precaution against the spread of swine flu in Iraq, the health ministry said on Wednesday, a day after two provinces announced they would shut their schools.

Saddam tribal leader charged with funding insurgency (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:50 AM PDT Reuters - The leader of Saddam Hussein's tribe has been arrested in Iraq and accused of funding insurgents in the north of the country, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

State Department employee accused of taking bribes (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 08:08 PM PDT AP - Federal authorities have arrested a State Department employee suspected of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks on contracts for Iraq reconstruction work.

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