Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Huge crackdown in north Iraq snares 150 insurgents: ministry (AFP)
• Iraq delays hydrocarbons law until after election: MP (AFP)
• Iraqi forces arrest more than 100 in Mosul (AP)
• Bomb scare forces evacuation of Iraqi parliament (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi forces seize 140 insurgent suspects in Mosul (Reuters)
• IMF 'confident' about Iraq loan: official (AFP)
• Iraq and oil majors agree terms on oilfield project (AFP)
• Iraq war objector leaves Army (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,348 (AP)

Huge crackdown in north Iraq snares 150 insurgents: ministry (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:21 PM PDT AFP - Security forces have arrested more than 150 people, including Al-Qaeda leaders and Arab fighters, in a massive crackdown on insurgents in northern Nineveh province, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

Iraq delays hydrocarbons law until after election: MP (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:53 AM PDT AFP - Iraq has delayed the discussion of a stalled hydrocarbons law, seen as key to the country ramping up its oil production, until after parliamentary elections in January, a senior MP said on Saturday.

Iraqi forces arrest more than 100 in Mosul (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:06 AM PDT AP - Iraqi security forces have detained more than 100 suspects in sweeps through Mosul to try to cripple the country's last major stronghold of Sunni insurgents, a commander said Saturday.

Bomb scare forces evacuation of Iraqi parliament (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 08:37 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — A bomb scare forced the evacuation Saturday of the Iraqi parliament building after explosives-sniffing dogs alerted authorities to a possible threat an hour before lawmakers were to meet.

Iraqi forces seize 140 insurgent suspects in Mosul (Reuters) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 05:08 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqi troops have arrested 140 suspected al Qaeda members and other Sunni Arab militants in the past four days in raids on the northern city of Mosul, security officials said on Saturday.

IMF 'confident' about Iraq loan: official (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:47 AM PDT AFP - The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday it was "confident" about agreeing a loan with Iraq, which is seeking seven billion dolllars (4.8 billion euros) to cover its budget deficit.

Iraq and oil majors agree terms on oilfield project (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:30 AM PDT AFP - Iraq and oil majors British Petroleum and China's CNPC International have agreed commercial terms for a joint venture to almost triple production at the giant Rumaila oilfield, a report said on Saturday.

Iraq war objector leaves Army (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:24 PM PDT AP - An Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq in 2006, saying he believed the war was illegal, has officially left the service.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,348 (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:37 PM PDT AP - As of Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at least 4,348 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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