Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US: Iraq needs to do more to help refugees return (AP)
• Iraq's Kurdish forces arrest Al-Qaeda bombings suspect (AFP)
• Britain probes new claims of abuse by troops in Iraq (Reuters)
• Britain investigating fresh Iraq abuse claims (AP)
• Iraqis claim torture by British soldiers: ministry (AFP)
• Iraq government: Looking 'very seriously' at security breaches that led to Oct. 25 bombing (The Christian Science Monitor)

US: Iraq needs to do more to help refugees return (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:40 PM PST AP - The Iraqi government has taken strides to help refugees displaced by the violence in the country over recent years return home, but still "needs to do a heck of a lot more," a U.S. official said Saturday.

Iraq's Kurdish forces arrest Al-Qaeda bombings suspect (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:01 AM PST AFP - The security services of Iraq's northern Kurdish area said Saturday they had arrested a key Al-Qaeda figure allegedly behind a string of bomb attacks, in an operation backed by the US military.

Britain probes new claims of abuse by troops in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:06 AM PST Reuters - Britain's defense ministry said Saturday it was investigating fresh complaints that its troops had abused prisoners in Iraq.

Britain investigating fresh Iraq abuse claims (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:50 AM PST AP - Iraqi civilians who were detained by British troops during the U.S.-led war have leveled some 33 allegations of rape and abuse against male and female soldiers, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Saturday.

Iraqis claim torture by British soldiers: ministry (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:21 PM PST AFP - An investigation has been launched into allegations that British soldiers tortured Iraqi civilians, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.

Iraq government: Looking 'very seriously' at security breaches that led to Oct. 25 bombing (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The devastating bombings that struck at the heart of Iraqi government institutions twice in the past three months were conducted by the same organization and for the same reasons, Foreign Minister Hoshyar al-Zebari said Thursday, blaming the second attack partly on security breaches.

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