Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq orders security shakeup after Baghdad blasts (AP)
• Baghdad security chief sacked, Al-Qaeda claims attacks (AFP)
• Baghdad security chief out after deadly car bombings (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi man, lucky dog reunite after Baghdad blast (AP)
• Ukraine reaches $2.5B arms deal with Iraq (AP)
• Iraq PM fires Baghdad security forces chief (AFP)
• Iraq bombers backed by foreign groups: police (AFP)
• School textbook highlights Iraq's Sunni-Shiite divide (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,367 (AP)

Iraq orders security shakeup after Baghdad blasts (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 05:33 PM PST AP - Iraq's Western-backed government — facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people in the capital — ordered a shake-up Wednesday in the country's military leadership.

Baghdad security chief sacked, Al-Qaeda claims attacks (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sacked Baghdad's security chief over a string of coordinated car and truck bombings claimed by an Al-Qaeda group that killed 127 people.

Baghdad security chief out after deadly car bombings (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:39 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki Wednesday removed the chief military official responsible for security in the capital and prepared for a public grilling about security lapses after five car bombs killed 127 people in Baghdad a day earlier.

Iraqi man, lucky dog reunite after Baghdad blast (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:25 PM PST AP - Liza is one lucky dog. And so, it turns out, is her family. The ginger-colored mutt stranded alone atop the bombed-out ruins of her Baghdad home was reunited with her owners Wednesday after a night spent chained to a railing, bringing a few smiles after the Iraqi capital's latest day of sorrow.

Ukraine reaches $2.5B arms deal with Iraq (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:33 AM PST AP - Ukraine will provide Iraq with $2.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment under a deal intended to shore up Iraq's fledgling armed forces before the planned pullout of U.S. troops, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said Wednesday.

Iraq PM fires Baghdad security forces chief (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:47 AM PST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki fired the head of Baghdad's security forces on Wednesday after bombings in the capital which killed 127 people, a statement from his office said.

Iraq bombers backed by foreign groups: police (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:30 AM PST AFP - The attackers who carried out a series of co-ordinated bombings in Baghdad that killed 127 people were backed by groups based in Syria or Saudi Arabia, a senior Iraqi policeman said on Wednesday.

School textbook highlights Iraq's Sunni-Shiite divide (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:46 AM PST AFP - As Suhair Abdul Khaaliq shelters from a rare Baghdad cloudburst, waiting for her seven-year-old daughter Rana to emerge from primary school, it's obvious she's angry about a new textbook.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,367 (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 05:41 PM PST AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, at least 4,367 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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