Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US soldiers in Iraq charged with filming women (AP)
• U.S. military boss urges Iraq to settle differences (Reuters)
• With one bat and no uniforms, Iraq's baseball team hits field (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Top US commander holds talks in flashpoint Iraq city (AFP)
• Iraq beefs up security after attacks on Christians (AP)
• Britain investigates Iraqi man's death in custody (AP)
• Did Iraq bomb target U.S. ambassador? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• U.S. ambassador to Iraq unhurt by convoy bomb (Reuters)
• US ambassador escapes Iraq bomb attack (AFP)
• Iraqi Kurds delay vote on expansionist constitution (AFP)
• Iraqi Kurds call in consultants to fight corruption (AFP)

US soldiers in Iraq charged with filming women (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:22 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military in Iraq says two soldiers have been charged with filming and photographing female members of their unit while they were taking showers and then distributing the video and images.

U.S. military boss urges Iraq to settle differences (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:44 PM PDT Reuters - The top U.S. military commander urged rival factions in Iraq's disputed city of Kirkuk, the heart of a bitter feud over land and oil, to reconcile ahead of the coming U.S. military withdrawal.

With one bat and no uniforms, Iraq's baseball team hits field (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:57 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — They've only got a five year-old softball bat, a threadbare cap, three scuffed balls and nine second-hand gloves from a flea market. They train on a college soccer field. And there's not a uniform among them. However, they love America's pastime as much as Crash Davis of "Bull Durham" ever did.

Top US commander holds talks in flashpoint Iraq city (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:13 AM PDT AFP - Top US commander Admiral Mike Mullen made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Monday, visiting the ethnically divided northern oil city of Kirkuk for the second time in a year.

Iraq beefs up security after attacks on Christians (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 09:35 AM PDT AP - Iraqi officials tightened security around churches in Baghdad and in two mostly Christian towns on Monday and braced for possible violence this weekend when huge crowds visit a holy Shiite shrine in the capital.

Britain investigates Iraqi man's death in custody (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:20 AM PDT AP - A lawyer claimed Monday that British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to dance like Michael Jackson as part of widespread abuse and humiliation of civilians in southern Iraq — actions that resulted in the death in custody of a hotel receptionist.

Did Iraq bomb target U.S. ambassador? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 07:23 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb that exploded Sunday near a convoy that was carrying the U.S. ambassador to Iraq was "unusual, definitely," and American officials are investigating whether it was an assassination attempt.

U.S. ambassador to Iraq unhurt by convoy bomb (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:26 AM PDT Reuters - A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy carrying U.S. ambassador to Baghdad Chris Hill in southern Iraq, but the envoy was unhurt, the U.S. embassy said on Monday.

US ambassador escapes Iraq bomb attack (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:29 AM PDT AFP - A small roadside bomb narrowly missed a vehicle carrying the US ambassador to Iraq in the south of the country, the US embassy in Baghdad said on Monday.

Iraqi Kurds delay vote on expansionist constitution (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:25 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has delayed a referendum on a draft constitution claiming extra areas as part of the region's territory, the regional assembly's speaker said on Monday.

Iraqi Kurds call in consultants to fight corruption (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:38 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has called in international consultants to fight corruption and to restructure its administration, Prime Minister Neshirvan Barzani said on Monday.

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