Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,369 (AP)
Defense secy tells US troops Iraq mission critical (AP)
Iraq should humanely relocate Iranian opposition: US (AFP)
Saddam ouster right, even without WMDs: Blair (Reuters)
Six killed in Baghdad car bomb (AFP)
Amnesty blasts Iraq over treatment of Iran exiles (AP)
U.S. sees Arabs, Kurds in Iraq settling differences (Reuters)
Iraqi Arabs, Kurds will settle their differences: Gates (AFP)
Blackwater guards joined CIA raids: report (AFP)
Six killed in bombings near Baghdad: Iraqi police (Reuters)
Iraq strikes deals with Big Oil on southern fields (AFP)
For Iraq, Afghanistan and us, decade of war (AP)
US military: US soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,369 (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 05:43 PM PST

AP - As of Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, at least 4,369 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Defense secy tells US troops Iraq mission critical (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:54 PM PST

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that plans are on track to reduce American forces in Iraq next year and warned that neighboring Iran risks sanctions soon if it fails to cooperate on its controversial nuclear program.

Iraq should humanely relocate Iranian opposition: US (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:41 PM PST

AFP - The United States said Friday it expects the Baghdad government to act legally and humanely when it relocates Iranian dissidents from a border camp to southern Iraq before deporting them.

Saddam ouster right, even without WMDs: Blair (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST

Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair believes it was right to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power even though no weapons of mass destruction were ever found.

Six killed in Baghdad car bomb (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 11:34 AM PST

AFP - Six people, including two policemen and two soldiers, were killed in a car bombing south of Baghdad on Friday, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.

Amnesty blasts Iraq over treatment of Iran exiles (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

AP - Amnesty International on Friday warned that Iraq's plans to move an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention camp in the country's remote south would put them at risk of arbitrary arrest and torture.

U.S. sees Arabs, Kurds in Iraq settling differences (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 10:37 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that Arab and Kurdish leaders in Iraq were moving toward settling their differences and he urged them to form an inclusive government quickly after a March vote.

Iraqi Arabs, Kurds will settle their differences: Gates (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:46 AM PST

AFP - Iraq's minority Kurds, who have their own autonomous region in the north, will eventually iron out their differences with the country's Arabs, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.

Blackwater guards joined CIA raids: report (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:43 AM PST

AFP - Employees of the Blackwater private security company took part in secret CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Friday, citing former employees and intelligence officials.

Six killed in bombings near Baghdad: Iraqi police (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:37 AM PST

Reuters - Six people were killed and 21 wounded when two bombs exploded south of Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi police said.

Iraq strikes deals with Big Oil on southern fields (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:26 AM PST

AFP - Iraq struck deals with consortiums led by energy giants Shell and CNPC on massive southern oil fields on Friday, part of a two-day auction that seeks to dramatically boost the country's crude output.