Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• AP NewsBreak: Contractor electrocuted in shower (AP)
• Protest brews over Cheney center at Univ. of Wyo. (AP)
• Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers in Iraq (AP)
• Iraqi lawmakers charge politics behind dismissal of security chiefs (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Four US soldiers, 10 Iraqi police killed in bomb attacks (AFP)
• Blasts kill four U.S. troops in northern Iraq (Reuters)
• Divisions emerge in Iraq's stand against Syria (Reuters)
• Military: Roadside bombs kill 4 US troops in Iraq (AP)
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• Local Iraqi police chief among 10 officers killed (AFP)

AP NewsBreak: Contractor electrocuted in shower (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - A State Department contractor apparently has been electrocuted while showering in Baghdad even as U.S. authorities in Iraq try to remedy wiring problems that have led to the deaths of American troops there.

Protest brews over Cheney center at Univ. of Wyo. (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - A decision by the University of Wyoming to name a new center for international students for former Vice President Dick Cheney is drawing criticism from people who say Cheney's support for the Iraq war and harsh interrogation techniques should disqualify him from the distinction.

Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers in Iraq (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:22 PM PDT AP - Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled back from urban areas more than two months ago. The separate attacks in Baghdad and in northern Iraq showed the dangers still facing U.S. troops as they drastically scale back their presence and prepare for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.

Iraqi lawmakers charge politics behind dismissal of security chiefs (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:14 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — Government critics and independent legislators accused Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki on Tuesday of launching a purge of senior security officials in order to weaken political rivals ahead of winter elections.

Four US soldiers, 10 Iraqi police killed in bomb attacks (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 10:19 AM PDT AFP - A spate of roadside bomb attacks across Iraq on Tuesday killed four American soldiers and 10 Iraqi police, making it the bloodiest day that the US military has experienced in five months.

Blasts kill four U.S. troops in northern Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:04 AM PDT Reuters - Two roadside bomb attacks killed four U.S. soldiers in northern and central Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military said, an unusually bloody day for American soldiers as they curtail their military activities.

Divisions emerge in Iraq's stand against Syria (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 08:17 AM PDT Reuters - Rifts emerged in Baghdad's stand against Syria on Tuesday as the Iraqi president criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for holding Syria responsible for sheltering militants blamed for bomb attacks last month.

Military: Roadside bombs kill 4 US troops in Iraq (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 06:01 AM PDT AP - The U.S. military says four American soldiers have been killed by roadside bombs in northern Iraq and Baghdad.

(AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:52 AM PDT AP - US military says roadside bombs kill 4 American soldiers in northern Iraq and Baghdad

Local Iraqi police chief among 10 officers killed (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:49 AM PDT AFP - A northern Iraqi police chief and nine other officers were killed in three roadside bomb attacks in the restive province of Kirkuk on Tuesday, a senior officer told AFP.

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