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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,232 (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 07:16 PM CST

People gather under a television monitor at the United Nations in New York to watch news reports about the bombing of United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, August 19, 2003. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)AP - As of Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at least 4,232 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

U.S. raid kills Iraqi man, woman in their bed (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 03:42 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — An Iraqi couple was killed in their bed Saturday morning as their daughter slept between them when U.S. forces raided their home.

Iraqi couple killed, child wounded in raid (AFP/HO/File)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 02:15 PM CST

US troops in Kirkuk in February last year. US soldiers killed an Iraqi couple and wounded their eight-year-old daughter during a raid against Al-Qaeda suspects near the northern city of Kirkuk, police and the US military have said.(AFP/Samuel Bendet)AFP/HO/File - US soldiers killed an Iraqi couple and wounded their eight-year-old daughter during a raid against Al-Qaeda suspects near the northern city of Kirkuk on Saturday, police and the US military said.

Iraq to reopen notorious Abu Ghraib prison (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:43 PM CST

An Iraqi corrections officer looks over the 'hard site' of the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq in this Saturday, July 10, 2004 file photo. A senior justice official says the Iraqi government will reopen the notorious Abu Ghraib prison next month, but it will have a new name. The announcement comes as the U.S. military has begun handing over detainees in its custody to the Iraqis under a new security agreement.(AP Photo/John Moore, File)AP - Iraq will reopen the notorious Abu Ghraib prison next month, but it's getting a facelift and a new name, a senior justice official said Saturday.

Elections are test for al-Maliki, Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:27 PM CST

Iraqi tribal leaders listen to a discussion at a conference attended by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Samawah, on the Euphrates River, Iraq Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. Iraqis vote Saturday in the first nationwide election in three years, choosing provincial leaders in what amounts to a test of Iraq's stability as the U.S. plans to remove its troops. In contrast to Iraq's three previous ballots since the U.S.-led invasion, which were held in the shadow of fierce fighting, this one is strikingly open.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqis vote Saturday in the first nationwide election in three years, choosing provincial leaders in what amounts to a test of Iraq's stability as the U.S. plans to remove its troops.

Iraq holds 4th post-Saddam vote (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:02 PM CST

AP - Provincial elections Saturday will be Iraqis' fourth national ballot since the 2003 collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Iraqi candidate arrested on rape charge (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 10:27 AM CST

A man walks past provincial election posters in Fallujah. A candidate in Iraq's provincial elections has been arrested for the kidnap and attempted rape of two teenage girls, police have said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A candidate in Iraq's provincial elections has been arrested for the kidnap and attempted rape of two teenage girls, police said on Saturday.

Three Iraqi police killed in Fallujah car bomb: officer (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 10:13 AM CST

The remains of a car after it blew up, killing three policemen and wounding nine near the western Iraqi city of Fallujah. The attack came as the police patrol headed back to their base in the town of Al-Garma, police said.(AFP/null)AFP - Three Iraqi policemen were killed and nine people wounded on Saturday when a car bomb exploded near the western city of Fallujah, a senior police officer told AFP.

Iran welcomes planned US pullout from Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 10:07 AM CST

Iranian ambassador to Iraq Hasan Kazemi Qomi speaks during an interview with AFP in Baghdad. Iran has welcomed moves by new US President Barack Obama to pull American troops out of Iraq and insisted that Tehran would not meddle in elections here.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iran on Saturday welcomed moves by the new US President Barack Obama to pull American troops out of Iraq and insisted that Tehran would not meddle in elections here.

Iraq to impose curfew, transport ban during vote (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 10:00 AM CST

An Iraqi soldier guards boxes of ballot papers for the upcoming provincial elections upon their arrival at Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi election officials have ordered transport bans and night-time curfews to boost security on the eve of the country's January 31 provincial polls and on election day.(AFP/Wathiq Khuzaie)AFP - Iraqi election officials on Saturday ordered transport bans and night-time curfews to boost security on the eve of the country's January 31 provincial polls and on election day.

Iraq asks Iran opposition group to move voluntary (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 05:04 AM CST

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, right, talks with media during a joint press conference with Iraq's National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie, at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iraq will not forcibly expel members of an Iranian opposition group living north of Baghdad, but the the group is not wanted and the government has urged them to leave the country voluntarily, an Iraqi spokesman said Saturday.

Suicide car bomber kills five policemen in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 03:25 AM CST

Reuters - A suicide bomber drove a car loaded with explosives into a police checkpoint northwest of Baghdad Saturday, killing at least five policemen a week before provincial elections, police said.

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