Yahoo! News: Iraq

Schwarzenegger drops in on US troops in Iraq (AP)
Gunmen kill 13 men execution style west of Baghdad (AP)
Thirteen anti-Qaeda tribe members killed in Iraq (AFP)
UK war criminal: Troops kicked and punched Iraqis (AP)
Schwarzenegger wows US troops on return to Iraq (AFP)
France welcomes Iraqi leader for state visit (AFP)
U.N. preparing Iraq-Kuwait reconciliation plan (Reuters)
Assailants massacre Sunni men, youths in Iraq's Abu Ghraib (McClatchy Newspapers)
Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo (AFP)
Iraq public sector needs fundamental reform: PM (AFP)
Six killed in Kirkuk car bomb blast (Reuters)
US military: American soldier dies in Iraq (AP)
Iraq presidency puts January vote in doubt (AFP)
Gunmen in army uniforms kill 12 Iraqi villagers (Reuters)
Iraqi claims abuse by British soldiers: report (AFP)
Bingo! In quieter Baghdad, beloved game is back (AP)

Schwarzenegger drops in on US troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

AP - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped in on U.S. troops in Iraq on Monday, thanking them for the sacrifices they and their families are making.

Gunmen kill 13 men execution style west of Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:00 PM PST

AP - Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq's largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida.

Thirteen anti-Qaeda tribe members killed in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:53 PM PST

AFP - Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms launched execution-style attacks west of Baghdad on Monday, killing 13 members of a tribe who took up arms against Al-Qaeda, a villager and security official said.

UK war criminal: Troops kicked and punched Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:47 PM PST

AP - Britain's first convicted war criminal said Monday that some of his fellow soldiers frequently beat Iraqi detainees.

Schwarzenegger wows US troops on return to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:32 PM PST

AFP - Arnold Schwarzenegger flew in to Iraq on a morale-boosting visit for US troops on Monday, drawing cheers from servicemen and women, some of whom were lucky enough to be gifted a cigar.

France welcomes Iraqi leader for state visit (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:10 AM PST

AFP - France moved to raise both its profile and its profits in Iraq on Monday, welcoming President Jalal Talabani to Paris with a series of trade and aid deals ready for signing.

U.N. preparing Iraq-Kuwait reconciliation plan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:24 AM PST

Reuters - The United Nations is outlining a plan to help Iraq end its dispute with neighboring Kuwait over war reparations, 19 years after Baghdad invaded the oil-producing Gulf state, a U.N. official said on Monday.

Assailants massacre Sunni men, youths in Iraq's Abu Ghraib (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 09:53 AM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's worst years of sectarian bloodshed, assailants dressed in Iraqi army uniforms savagely killed 13 men and boys late Sunday near the restive city of Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials and villagers.

Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:43 AM PST

AFP - When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took notice.

Iraq public sector needs fundamental reform: PM (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:16 AM PST

AFP - Iraqi leaders called on Monday for fundamental changes to be made to a huge public administration riddled with corruption, and for this to be accompanied by broader economic reforms.

Six killed in Kirkuk car bomb blast (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:35 AM PST

Reuters - A car bomb exploded in a crowded market place in northern Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding six others, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

US military: American soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:33 AM PST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of noncombat-related injuries in Iraq.

Iraq presidency puts January vote in doubt (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:26 AM PST

AFP - Iraq's general election in January was thrown into doubt on Monday when the war-torn country's presidential council demanded a greater say for minorities and nationals living abroad.

Gunmen in army uniforms kill 12 Iraqi villagers (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:56 AM PST

Reuters - Gunmen wearing military uniforms shot dead at least 12 men in a pre-dawn attack in a village near Baghdad on Monday, villagers and police said.

Iraqi claims abuse by British soldiers: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST

AFP - British troops forced an Iraqi detainee to wear an orange jump suit and told him that he was to be executed at Guantanamo Bay camp, according to allegations published in a newspaper on Monday.