Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,339 (AP)
• American Airlines cleared of bias over flight (Reuters)
• Iraq PM asks for U.N. inquiry into Baghdad bombings (Reuters)
• Assessing CIA culpability in detainee deaths will be tricky (McClatchy Newspapers)
• American Airlines cleared in bias lawsuit (AP)
• Iraq seeks UN help in recent bombings (AP)
• US urged to restore protection of Iranians in Iraq (AP)
• Britain confirms identity of dead hostage in Iraq (AP)
• Iraq accuses Syria of harboring armed groups (AP)
• Iraqi deputy minister arrested in corruption sting (AP)
• Five killed, nearly 100 wounded in Iraq attacks (AFP)
• Body handed over in Iraq confirmed as British hostage (Reuters)
• Turkey to give Iraq, Syria more water amid drought (AP)
• Maliki says Syrian secret services met Iraqi extremists (AFP)
• Iraq PM challenges Syria to explain militant aid (Reuters)
• Iraq deputy transport minister arrested for graft (Reuters)
• Turkey 'unable' to give more water to Iraq, Syria: (AFP)
• 2 US soldiers killed in vehicle accident in Iraq (AP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,339 (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:39 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at least 4,339 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

American Airlines cleared of bias over flight (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - A federal judge in Detroit cleared American Airlines on Thursday of wrongdoing in a lawsuit by six Iraqi-American men who claimed their nationality caused the cancellation of a flight.

Iraq PM asks for U.N. inquiry into Baghdad bombings (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has formally asked the U.N. Security Council to launch an inquiry into a series of explosions that killed 95 people in Baghdad last month.

Assessing CIA culpability in detainee deaths will be tricky (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:29 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — By all accounts, the interrogation of Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush went terribly wrong. Military guards accused his interrogators of beating the detainee and stuffing his body into a sleeping bag bound with electrical cord until he suffocated.

American Airlines cleared in bias lawsuit (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:19 PM PDT AP - A judge on Thursday ruled in favor of American Airlines in a lawsuit by five men of Iraqi descent who claimed their nationality caused a captain to cancel a flight to Chicago in 2007.

Iraq seeks UN help in recent bombings (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - Iraq's prime minister has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate recent bombings outside two government ministry buildings in Baghdad and prosecute the alleged perpetrators, the country's U.N. envoy said Thursday.

US urged to restore protection of Iranians in Iraq (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - Supporters of an Iranian dissident group based in Iraq called on the Obama administration Thursday to restore U.S. military protection for the exiles, who were attacked by Iraqi security forces on July 28.

Britain confirms identity of dead hostage in Iraq (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:22 PM PDT AP - A British hostage discovered dead in Iraq has been identified as a security contractor abducted by militants in 2007, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

Iraq accuses Syria of harboring armed groups (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 12:53 PM PDT AP - Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that Syria was sheltering armed groups wanted for cross-border attacks, forcing him to appeal to the United Nations for help in stopping what he called a hostile act.

Iraqi deputy minister arrested in corruption sting (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 12:46 PM PDT AP - Iraqi police arrested the deputy transport minister after he was allegedly filmed taking a bribe in a sting operation, a lawmaker said Thursday.

Five killed, nearly 100 wounded in Iraq attacks (AFP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 12:20 PM PDT AFP - At least five people were killed and nearly 100 were wounded in a swathe of attacks across Iraq on Thursday, police said.

Body handed over in Iraq confirmed as British hostage (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 11:18 AM PDT Reuters - British experts have identified a body handed over in Baghdad as security guard Alec MacLachlan, one of five British hostages seized in 2007, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday.

Turkey to give Iraq, Syria more water amid drought (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 10:37 AM PDT AP - In a change of heart, Turkey said Thursday it would strive to increase the amount of water it releases to Syria and Iraq through the historic Tigris and Euphrates rivers but warned that it too was suffering from a severe drought.

Maliki says Syrian secret services met Iraqi extremists (AFP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 09:57 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday accused Syrian secret services of having hosted a meeting attended by Iraqi Baathists and Sunni extremists.

Iraq PM challenges Syria to explain militant aid (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki challenged Syria on Thursday to explain why it shelters armed groups that Iraq blames for staging bombings in its territory.

Iraq deputy transport minister arrested for graft (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqi graft police arrested a deputy transport minister after a set-up in which they caught him taking a $100,000 bribe from a firm he was allegedly trying to extort money from, anti-graft officials said on Thursday.

Turkey 'unable' to give more water to Iraq, Syria: (AFP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:37 AM PDT AFP - Turkey cannot give more water to Iraq and Syria, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Thursday as officials from the three neighbours met here to discuss the sharing of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

2 US soldiers killed in vehicle accident in Iraq (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:14 AM PDT AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in northern Iraq.

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