Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Back-to-back bombs at Shiite shrine in Iraq kill 4 (AP)
• Hunger Strikers Ask U.S. to Help Iranian Dissidents in Iraq (Time.com)
• Analysis: Iraq's spat with Syria backfiring on PM (AP)
• Nine killed, 38 wounded in Iraq attacks (AFP)
• Iraq cabinet approves draft elections law (Reuters)
• Four killed, two wounded in Iraq bombing (AFP)
• Iraqi 'shoe-thrower' to be freed on Monday: lawyer (AFP)
• US wants Iran-Iraq confrontation: Vahidi (AFP)
• Three killed in car bomb attack in Baghdad (AFP)

Back-to-back bombs at Shiite shrine in Iraq kill 4 (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:20 PM PDT AP - Two bombs exploded back to back near a Shiite shrine in central Baghdad where worshippers had gathered in prayer Saturday, killing four people and injuring 24, police and hospital officials said.

Hunger Strikers Ask U.S. to Help Iranian Dissidents in Iraq (Time.com) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 12:50 PM PDT Time.com - After Iraq raided a camp of Iranian exiles, and imprisoned 36 of them, their relatives have gone on hunger strike to pressure the U.S. into taking back control of Camp Ashraf -- and honoring their promise to protect those who live there

Analysis: Iraq's spat with Syria backfiring on PM (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 08:06 AM PDT AP - Iraq's prime minister is feeling a backlash over a bitter fight he picked with Syria, which he accuses of harboring Saddam Hussein loyalists suspected in deadly bombings in Baghdad. Critics say he just wants to divert attention from his own government's security failures.

Nine killed, 38 wounded in Iraq attacks (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 07:33 AM PDT AFP - Nine people, including four members of a government-backed Sunni militiaman's family, were killed in Iraq on Saturday in attacks that also left 38 wounded, officials said.

Iraq cabinet approves draft elections law (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 07:27 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's cabinet has approved a draft law paving the way for national elections in January, including a shift to an open list allowing voters to pick candidates, not just parties, the government said on Saturday.

Four killed, two wounded in Iraq bombing (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 06:12 AM PDT AFP - Four people were killed and two wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb targeting the family of a member of an Iraqi government-backed Sunni militia exploded in Baquba, police said.

Iraqi 'shoe-thrower' to be freed on Monday: lawyer (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 06:07 AM PDT AFP - Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who shot to fame when he threw his shoes at then US president George W. Bush, is set to be released from jail on Monday, his lawyer said on Saturday.

US wants Iran-Iraq confrontation: Vahidi (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 04:57 AM PDT AFP - Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday that Washington was aiming to trigger a confrontation between former archfoes turned allies Iran and Iraq.

Three killed in car bomb attack in Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 12 Sep 2009 04:25 AM PDT AFP - A massive car bomb exploded close to a major army base and the Iraqi health ministry in Baghdad killing at least three people and wounding dozens on Saturday, security and health officials told AFP.

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