Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well near border (AP)
• Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well on border (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq demands Iran withdraw troops from oilfield (Reuters)
• Top US officer and celebs visit troops in Iraq (AFP)
• Iraq protests against Iranian takeover of oil well (AFP)
• US on watch for Iranian meddling in Iraq voting (AP)
• Iraq demands withdrawal of Iranian troops (Reuters)
• Iran ex-rebels defy police orders to quit Iraq camp (AFP)
• Iraq army on alert over threats against Christians (AFP)
• Security checks choking and costing Baghdad dearly (AFP)
• Pentagon plays down security breach with US drones (AFP)
• SkyGrabber: hack of US drones shows how quickly insurgents adapt (The Christian Science Monitor)

Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well near border (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST AP - Iranian forces crossed into Iraq and seized an oil well just over the two countries' disputed border, Iraq's government said Friday, prompting a protest from Baghdad and providing a dramatic display of the sometimes tenuous relations between the wary allies.

Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well on border (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iranian forces entered southern Iraq before dawn Friday to seize control of an oil well in disputed territory on the border, a provocation that sent Iraqi security chiefs into emergency meetings, Iraqi government officials said.

Iraq demands Iran withdraw troops from oilfield (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST Reuters - Iraq demanded on Friday that Iran immediately withdraw its soldiers from a disputed oilfield on the two countries' border, but Tehran denied any incursion.

Top US officer and celebs visit troops in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:37 PM PST AFP - The top US military officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, visited troops in southern Iraq on Friday, accompanied by retired Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova and American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

Iraq protests against Iranian takeover of oil well (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:30 PM PST AFP - Iranian soldiers took control of an Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, triggering the ire of Baghdad which demanded their immediate withdrawal.

US on watch for Iranian meddling in Iraq voting (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:13 PM PST AP - The top U.S. military officer quizzed Iraqi leaders Friday about the influence and motives of next-door Iran as national elections approach, but made no promises when his hosts asked for surveillance equipment and other help to keep an eye on their neighbors.

Iraq demands withdrawal of Iranian troops (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:30 AM PST Reuters - The Iraqi government demanded the immediate withdrawal on Friday of Iranian troops who have taken control of a disputed oilfield in southern Iraq.

Iran ex-rebels defy police orders to quit Iraq camp (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:02 AM PST AFP - Disarmed Iranian rebels and their families defied Iraqi police instructions on Tuesday for them to leave a border camp the government has ordered closed, an AFP correspondent reported.

Iraq army on alert over threats against Christians (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:53 AM PST AFP - The Iraqi army has been put on alert because of threats against the country's Christian minority over the coming Christmas holidays, the defence ministry spokesman said on Friday.

Security checks choking and costing Baghdad dearly (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:28 AM PST AFP - A million dollars in exhaust fumes pollutes the air of Baghdad daily thanks to traffic jams caused by security checkpoints that have proliferated after the waves of bombings that have hit the city.

Pentagon plays down security breach with US drones (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:25 AM PST AFP - A day after the Pentagon acknowledged that Iraqi militants had used cheap software to intercept US drone feeds, a new report on Friday said senior military officials had dismissed that risk in 2004.

SkyGrabber: hack of US drones shows how quickly insurgents adapt (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:23 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Revelations that Iraqi Shiite militants use cheap software available online to tap into live video feeds from Predator drones is just the latest indication of insurgents’ tech savvy â€" and ability to adapt to American military advances.

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