Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• U.S. general faces Iraq abuse questions, groups say (Reuters)
• Iraqi lawmakers demand halt to Kuwait reparations (AFP)
• Iraqi warnings prompted Obama's reversal on detainee photos (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Kurdish oil begins flowing to international market (AP)
• Iraq civilian deaths fall after April spike (AP)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Red Cross repatriates 260 Iran rebels from Iraq (AFP)
• Iraqi Kurdistan begins oil exports (AFP)
• Four killed in Baghdad market blast (AFP)
• Iraqi sports journalist killed in northern Iraq (AP)
• Bomb in Baghdad market kills 4 and wounds 13 (Reuters)
• Audio tape denies capture of Iraq insurgent leader (AP)

U.S. general faces Iraq abuse questions, groups say (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's nominee to command U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan should face questions about detainee abuse in Iraq at his confirmation hearing, human rights groups say.

Iraqi lawmakers demand halt to Kuwait reparations (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 01:54 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi MPs on Monday urged a halt to reparation payments to Kuwait for Saddam Hussein's 1990 occupation, with some wanting the emirate to compensate Iraq for its role in the US-led 2003 invasion.

Iraqi warnings prompted Obama's reversal on detainee photos (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 01:17 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reversed his decision to release detainee abuse photos from Iraq and Afghanistan after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki warned that Iraq would erupt into violence and Iraqis would demand that U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq a year earlier than planned, two U.S. military officers, a senior defense official and a State Department official told McClatchy.

Kurdish oil begins flowing to international market (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 12:09 PM PDT AP - Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region officially started pumping crude oil to the international market on Monday, a development that will boost Iraq's cash-strapped economy.

Iraq civilian deaths fall after April spike (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 11:35 AM PDT AP - Iraqi civilian deaths fell dramatically in May after what was the bloodiest month of the year, officials said Monday, but a deadly bombing in a Baghdad market shows the dangers still facing Iraqis.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 10:22 AM PDT AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Red Cross repatriates 260 Iran rebels from Iraq (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 08:45 AM PDT AFP - The International Committee of the Red Cross has helped with the voluntary repatriation of 260 members of Iran's main armed opposition, the People's Mujahedeen, over five years, the ICRC said on Monday.

Iraqi Kurdistan begins oil exports (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:13 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region began exporting oil for the first time on Monday, shipping crude through a pipeline to neighbouring Turkey, an AFP correspondent at the opening ceremony said.

Four killed in Baghdad market blast (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:09 AM PDT AFP - At least four people were killed when a bomb exploded in a street market in southern Baghdad on Monday, a security source told AFP.

Iraqi sports journalist killed in northern Iraq (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 12:42 AM PDT AP - An Iraqi sports broadcaster was killed by a bomb attached to his car in northern Iraq, while two other journalists were wounded in a similar blast in Baghdad, officials said.

Bomb in Baghdad market kills 4 and wounds 13 (Reuters) Posted: 31 May 2009 11:46 PM PDT Reuters - A bomb killed four people and wounded 13 in a Baghdad vegetable market Monday, police and witnesses said, in the second attack there in just over two weeks.

Audio tape denies capture of Iraq insurgent leader (AP) Posted: 31 May 2009 10:20 PM PDT AP - The self-described leader of an al-Qaida front group issued a new audio tape this weekend, deepening the mystery surrounding the identity of the insurgent leader whom the Iraqi government claims to have in custody and whose very existence the U.S. once questioned.

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