Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraqis arrest former top aide in Saddam's regime (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq election law could fail over Kirkuk: speaker (AFP)
• Arab-Kurd tensions main driver of Iraq unrest: US general (AFP)
• Four killed in spate of Iraqi violence (AFP)
• Spanish PM to meet Obama at White House (AP)
• Lebanese-American man jailed in UAE for 'terror' link (AFP)
• Iraqis finally enjoy a night at the theatre (AFP)
• Groups help imperiled Iraqis come to US (AP)
• Soldier's fight to bring Iraqi translator to US (AP)

Iraqis arrest former top aide in Saddam's regime (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 03:12 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces seized a top aide to the most wanted man in Iraq, capturing him Sunday in a helicopter raid in Diyala province, an Iraqi security official who participated in the raid said Monday.

Iraq election law could fail over Kirkuk: speaker (AFP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:36 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi plans to update an election law to adopt a more open voting system may fail because issues over disputed Kirkuk province remain unresolved, the parliamentary speaker warned on Monday.

Arab-Kurd tensions main driver of Iraq unrest: US general (AFP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:17 AM PDT AFP - Tensions between Arabs and Kurds along a tract of disputed territory in northern and eastern Iraq are the top driver of instability in the country, a senior US general said on Monday.

Four killed in spate of Iraqi violence (AFP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 09:30 AM PDT AFP - A spate of shootings and bombings across Iraq on Monday killed four people and wounded 13 others, police and military officials said.

Spanish PM to meet Obama at White House (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:35 AM PDT AP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was to fly to Washington on Monday to meet President Barack Obama, a visit that comes after years of strained relations with George W. Bush's administration over the Iraq war.

Lebanese-American man jailed in UAE for 'terror' link (AFP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 04:33 AM PDT AFP - A Lebanese-American man accused in the United Arab Emirates of having links to an Iraqi militant group was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison followed by deportation.

Iraqis finally enjoy a night at the theatre (AFP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 02:47 AM PDT AFP - As the lights dimmed and the Iraq National Theatre's curtain rose to a wave of applause, six men in garish white suits and three rather more soberly-dressed women started to dance and sing a love song.

Groups help imperiled Iraqis come to US (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2009 09:10 PM PDT AP - When many Americans who served or worked in Iraq came home, they left behind Iraqi friends whose lives were at risk because of their U.S. connections. Some soldiers and others, frustrated with the government efforts to help the Iraqis, embarked on their own rescue missions. Here are two of their stories:

Soldier's fight to bring Iraqi translator to US (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2009 09:09 PM PDT AP - They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets.

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