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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Cartoonist chronicles military's Iraq odyssey (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:48 AM CST

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Steve Opet, 54, of Weirton, W.Va., who pens a cartoon called 'Opet's Odyssey,' is seen in his office at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. For nearly 15 months, he has chronicled the lighter side of war, in 'Opet's Odyssey' — cartoons that lampoon the sometimes humorous, sometimes inane side of military life in Iraq. 'Let's face it, I'm in the Army,' Opet, 54, of Weirton, W.Va., said recently during an interview from this sprawling base on the outskirts of Baghdad. 'And sometimes, funny stuff happens.' (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Army Master Sgt. Steve Opet finds humor in war.

Iraq Cabinet member escapes bomb in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:47 AM CST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with tribal members in Baghdad January 15, 2009. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)AP - Iraq's minister of higher education escaped injury Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy in central Baghdad, police said. A government security guard was killed and four people were wounded in another blast.

As house prices rise, Iraqis find they can't go home again (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - The improved security situation in Iraq isn't unmitigated good news for Mahmoud Jasim Mohamed.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,226 (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 06:20 PM CST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with tribal members in Baghdad January 15, 2009. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)AP - As of Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at least 4,226 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

AP IMPACT: Suicide spotlights troops' mental care (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 05:28 PM CST

In this Nov. 12, 2007 file photo, Chris Scheuerman comforts his former wife, Anne, while the couple reminisce about their son Jason, in photo, in Sanford, N.C. Three weeks after an unlicensed Army psychologist concluded Pfc. Jason Scheuerman was capable of faking mental illness to get out of combat duty, he killed himself. Scheuerman's death, the subject of an internal Army investigation exposed to The Associated Press by his family, casts light on the use by the Armed Forces of unlicensed mental health professionals to help soldiers cope with the extreme stress of combat. (AP Photo/Jonathan Fredin, File)AP - In 2005, an Army captain in Iraq asked for a mental health evaluation for one of his soldiers, a private first class from North Carolina who was known to put the muzzle of his weapon in his mouth.

Basra is focus of Shiite rivalry in southern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:28 PM CST

AP - Freed last year from the grip of militias, Basra has emerged as the main battleground for rival Shiites in elections for control of the oil-rich south — a race that will test the power of religious parties and the influence of neighboring Iran.

Iraq ratifies treaty banning chemical weapons (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 10:42 AM CST

AP - Iraq has given the United Nations its ratification of the treaty banning chemical weapons, a move welcomed by the U.N. chief as a demonstration of the country's commitment to disarmament and nonproliferation.

Three killed in northern Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 07:22 AM CST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with tribal members in Baghdad January 15, 2009. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)AFP - Three people were killed, including an Iraqi soldier, and three others were wounded in a suicide attack and a roadside bombing on Wednesday in northern Iraq, police said.

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