Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Hundreds mark Saddam death anniversary with tribute (AFP)
• Iraq election likely in March: parliament speaker (AFP)
• Iraq invasion of 'questionable legitimacy': British diplomat (AFP)
• UK diplomat: US was 'hell bent' on Iraq invasion (AP)
• US soldier dies of noncombat injuries in Iraq (AP)
• U.S. followed own timetable on Iraq war: UK envoy (Reuters)
• Iraqi VP: No deal yet on election law standoff (AP)
• Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq's Mosul (Reuters)
• Iraq's postmen put their lives in God's hands (AFP)

Hundreds mark Saddam death anniversary with tribute (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 10:24 AM PST AFP - Hundreds of Iraqis gathered at the tomb of former dictator Saddam Hussein on Friday to commemorate the anniversary of his execution in 2006.

Iraq election likely in March: parliament speaker (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 10:21 AM PST AFP - Iraq's faltering election will likely be held in March, the speaker of the nation's parliament said on Friday, the latest date yet mooted by a senior official.

Iraq invasion of 'questionable legitimacy': British diplomat (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 10:19 AM PST AFP - The 2003 invasion of Iraq was "of questionable legitimacy", Britain's then ambassador to the UN said Friday, adding he had wanted another six months of diplomacy before military action was launched.

UK diplomat: US was 'hell bent' on Iraq invasion (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 08:26 AM PST AP - The United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain to win international authorization for the war, a former British diplomat told an inquiry Friday.

US soldier dies of noncombat injuries in Iraq (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 07:02 AM PST AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of noncombat-related injuries in Iraq.

U.S. followed own timetable on Iraq war: UK envoy (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 06:26 AM PST Reuters - The United States followed its own military timetable for the 2003 invasion of Iraq rather than allowing diplomacy to run its full course, the former British ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.

Iraqi VP: No deal yet on election law standoff (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 06:02 AM PST AP - A top Iraqi official warned Friday "it is too early" to claim a breakthrough in a political crisis over the fragile democracy's election law, all but assuring that a national vote will be pushed past its deadline.

Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq's Mosul (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 05:03 AM PST Reuters - Drive-by shootings, murders and extortion are the new calling cards of a weakened insurgency in Mosul, replacing suicide bombings as the worst nightmare for residents of the northern Iraqi city.

Iraq's postmen put their lives in God's hands (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:21 PM PST AFP - At 10:20 am on October 25, postman Mussa Sallus delivered letters to a bank at the ministry of justice in Baghdad. Five minutes after leaving the building, a shock wave blew him off his feet.

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