Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 (AP)
• Iraq government faces claims of prisoner abuse (AP)
• AP News in Brief (AP)
• State Dept. security chopper crashes in Iraq (AP)
• Iraq forces face solo test during major pilgrimage (Reuters)
• Once world's bread basket, Iraq now a farming basket case (McClatchy Newspapers)
• US military in Iraq says 3 soldiers killed (AP)
• Two killed as Shiite pilgrims stream into Baghdad (AFP)
• Iraq struggles in fight against sandstorms (AFP)
• Two pilgrims killed by Baghdad roadside bomb (AFP)
• Two children killed in Iraq bombing (AFP)
• Three U.S. troops killed in Iraq's Basra: military (Reuters)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 05:35 PM PDT AP - As of Friday, July 17, 2009, at least 4,327 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq government faces claims of prisoner abuse (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:58 PM PDT AP - Iraqi officials outraged by the abuse of prisoners at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison are trying to contain a scandal of their own as allegations continue to surface of mistreatment inside Iraqi jails.

AP News in Brief (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - Allegations of abuse in Iraqi jails raised as US transfers detainees into Iraqi custody

State Dept. security chopper crashes in Iraq (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:52 PM PDT AP - The State Department says a helicopter used to protect U.S. diplomats in Baghdad has crashed outside the Iraqi capital and a U.S. official says that two crew members were killed.

Iraq forces face solo test during major pilgrimage (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:36 PM PDT Reuters - Iraqi forces handled security without U.S. support on Friday for a major religious pilgrimage, their first big test since last month's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi towns and cities.

Once world's bread basket, Iraq now a farming basket case (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:06 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - MISHKHAB, Iraq — Once the cradle of agriculture for civilization, the Land Between Two Rivers — the Tigris and Euphrates — has become a basket case for its farmers.

US military in Iraq says 3 soldiers killed (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 12:53 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military said Friday that three of its soldiers were killed in the south in an attack on a base outside Iraq's second largest city of Basra.

Two killed as Shiite pilgrims stream into Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 11:19 AM PDT AFP - A spate of attacks in and around Baghdad on Friday killed two people and wounded 24 as tens of thousands of pilgrims streamed into the capital for ceremonies commemorating a revered Shiite saint.

Iraq struggles in fight against sandstorms (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 09:46 AM PDT AFP - Sitting in an emergency room, Saadi Ibrahim held an oxygen mask up to his face, his voice barely rising above a whisper, the casualty of Iraq's latest scourge -- sandstorms.

Two pilgrims killed by Baghdad roadside bomb (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:22 AM PDT AFP - Two Shiite Muslim pilgrims were killed and 12 others wounded on Friday by a bombing in eastern Baghdad on the eve of ceremonies to commemorate a venerated saint, security and medical officials said.

Two children killed in Iraq bombing (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:20 AM PDT AFP - Two children of a senior Iraqi police officer were killed on Friday by a bomb planted in their family's garage in a town near Fallujah, west of Baghdad, a police officer told AFP.

Three U.S. troops killed in Iraq's Basra: military (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jul 2009 11:37 PM PDT Reuters - Three U.S. soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in Iraq's southern province of Basra, the U.S. military said in a statement Friday.

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