Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail evacuated after riot, fire (Reuters)
• Marines take risks with deadly trust-building game (AP)
• Iraq-Qatar flights resume after 18-year break (AFP)
• Gunmen kill five Iraqi soldiers in drive-by (Reuters)
• Rioters set fires at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison (AP)
• Court dismisses Iraqi contractor torture case (Reuters)
• US general says Iraqis have rejected Al-Qaeda (AFP)
• Inmates riot at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,343 (AP)

Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail evacuated after riot, fire (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:15 PM PDT Reuters - Prisoners started a fire during a riot at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, U.S. and Iraqi officials said, resulting in some injuries before wardens began evacuating the jail that became notorious for U.S. detainee abuse.

Marines take risks with deadly trust-building game (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - Lance Cpl. Patrick Malone was relaxing on his bunk at an Iraqi combat base when a direct superior interrupted his late-night movie.

Iraq-Qatar flights resume after 18-year break (AFP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 12:41 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi Airways resumed flights from Baghdad to the Qatari capital on Friday for the first time in 18 years, an AFP journalist reported.

Gunmen kill five Iraqi soldiers in drive-by (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 12:06 PM PDT Reuters - Gunmen drove two cars up to an Iraqi army checkpoint in northern Iraq and opened fire on Friday evening, killing five soldiers, police said.

Rioters set fires at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:37 AM PDT AP - Abu Ghraib prison inmates rioted for a second straight day Friday to demand better conditions, setting fire to mattresses and seizing an assault rifle from a guard before authorities said the situation was brought under control.

Court dismisses Iraqi contractor torture case (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:53 AM PDT Reuters - A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against two U.S. defense contractors by Iraqi torture victims, saying the companies had immunity as government contractors.

US general says Iraqis have rejected Al-Qaeda (AFP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:06 AM PDT AFP - The top US officer in Iraq said on Friday at commemorations marking the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States that Al-Qaeda would never set up an Islamic caliphate in the war-torn country.

Inmates riot at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison (AFP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:20 AM PDT AFP - Fire broke out in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison on Friday after inmates clashed repeatedly through the night with warders engaged on a search operation, officials and witnesses said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,343 (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 06:04 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at least 4,343 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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