Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Iraqi accused in 5 US soldier deaths freed (AP)
• Mich. man who spied for Iraq gets nearly 4 years (AP)
• US army holding 11,000 prisoners in Iraq (AFP)
• Iraqi militant linked to British kidnappings freed (AFP)
• Former Iraqi officials flee to Germany (AFP)
• Five murder suspects quizzed by Iraqi judge (AFP)
• Human trafficking organization busted in Europe (AP)
• Iraqi cops train to hunt militants with DNA and dogs (Reuters)

Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - Outmatched by technology, the Taliban is taking its war to the road in a campaign that not only damages infrastructure but is also taking a toll in lives

Iraqi accused in 5 US soldier deaths freed (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:59 PM PDT AP - The surprise release of a Shiite militant linked to the killing of five U.S. soldiers in Iraq is part of a high-stakes gambit that could result in freedom for five British hostages and a political role for a major Shiite extremist group with reputed ties to Iran.

Mich. man who spied for Iraq gets nearly 4 years (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:11 PM PDT AP - A man described by the Saddam Hussein regime as "our good cooperating source" was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison for supplying information to Iraq before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

US army holding 11,000 prisoners in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 11:46 AM PDT AFP - The US army said Tuesday it was holding around 11,000 prisoners in Iraq, all of whom will either be freed or handed to Iraqi authorities in line with a security accord between Baghdad and Washington.

Iraqi militant linked to British kidnappings freed (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 10:06 AM PDT AFP - An Iraqi militant whose group is suspected of kidnapping five Britons two years ago was freed from a US prison and briefly met his parents in Baghdad before fleeing, officials told AFP on Tuesday.

Former Iraqi officials flee to Germany (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 08:59 AM PDT AFP - Two former senior officials in Iraq's volatile Diyala province accused of corruption have fled to Germany and the autonomous region of Kurdistan, a security official said on Tuesday.

Five murder suspects quizzed by Iraqi judge (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 08:58 AM PDT AFP - Five men -- including at least four Americans -- arrested on suspicion of murdering a US citizen in Baghdad have been questioned for the first time by an Iraqi judge, a judicial official told AFP on Tuesday.

Human trafficking organization busted in Europe (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 07:31 AM PDT AP - Police rounded up suspects in eight European countries on Tuesday as they cracked down on a human trafficking organization that had smuggled thousands of Iraqi Kurds into Europe aboard trucks, sometimes stuffing them into cages or hiding them in vending machines, authorities said.

Iraqi cops train to hunt militants with DNA and dogs (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2009 06:54 PM PDT Reuters - At a sparkling new forensic crime office in Baghdad, trainees in white lab coats drip blood into test tubes in search of genetic clues.

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