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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well near border (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST

Map locates al-Fakkah oil field where Iranian forces seized an oil wellAP - Iranian forces crossed into Iraq and seized an oil well just over the two countries' disputed border, Iraq's government said Friday, prompting a protest from Baghdad and providing a dramatic display of the sometimes tenuous relations between the wary allies.

Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well on border (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iranian forces entered southern Iraq before dawn Friday to seize control of an oil well in disputed territory on the border, a provocation that sent Iraqi security chiefs into emergency meetings, Iraqi government officials said.

Iraq demands Iran withdraw troops from oilfield (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST

Workers walk near flames of burning excess gas at Fakka oilfield, near Amara, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - Iraq demanded on Friday that Iran immediately withdraw its soldiers from a disputed oilfield on the two countries' border, but Tehran denied any incursion.

Top US officer and celebs visit troops in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:37 PM PST

Chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff Admiral Michael Mullen speaks during a press conference at the Contingency Operating Base Adder, 10 kms (six miles) outside the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. Mullen, visited troops in southern Iraq on Friday, accompanied by retired Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova and American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus.(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - The top US military officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, visited troops in southern Iraq on Friday, accompanied by retired Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova and American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

Iraq protests against Iranian takeover of oil well (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:30 PM PST

An Iraqi worker walks at the Halfaya oil field near the southern city of Amara on December 12. Iranian soldiers took control of an Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, triggering the ire of Baghdad which demanded their immediate withdrawal.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iranian soldiers took control of an Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, triggering the ire of Baghdad which demanded their immediate withdrawal.

US on watch for Iranian meddling in Iraq voting (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:13 PM PST

A worker walks at Fakka oilfield, near Amara, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan/FilesAP - The top U.S. military officer quizzed Iraqi leaders Friday about the influence and motives of next-door Iran as national elections approach, but made no promises when his hosts asked for surveillance equipment and other help to keep an eye on their neighbors.

Iraq demands withdrawal of Iranian troops (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:30 AM PST

Reuters - The Iraqi government demanded the immediate withdrawal on Friday of Iranian troops who have taken control of a disputed oilfield in southern Iraq.

Iran ex-rebels defy police orders to quit Iraq camp (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:02 AM PST

Members of the Iranian oppposition group People's Mujahedeen, protest at Camp Ashraf, 80 kms (50 miles) north of Baghdad in 1985. Disarmed Iranian rebels and their families have defied Iraqi police instructions for them to leave a border camp the government has ordered closed, an AFP correspondent has reported.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Disarmed Iranian rebels and their families defied Iraqi police instructions on Tuesday for them to leave a border camp the government has ordered closed, an AFP correspondent reported.

Iraq army on alert over threats against Christians (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:53 AM PST

An Iraqi police officer stands guard in Baghdad's al-Dora district outside an Orthodox church in April ahead of the Orthodox Christians' Palm Sunday. The Iraqi army has been put on alert because of threats against the country's Christian minority over the coming Christmas holidays, the defence ministry spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The Iraqi army has been put on alert because of threats against the country's Christian minority over the coming Christmas holidays, the defence ministry spokesman said on Friday.

Security checks choking and costing Baghdad dearly (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:28 AM PST

An Iraqi soldier walks past cars stuck in a traffic jam in the capital Baghdad. One million dollars go up in smoke each day in Baghdad due to traffic jams caused by checkpoints across the war-torn capital where security was beefed up in the wake of recent attacks.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - A million dollars in exhaust fumes pollutes the air of Baghdad daily thanks to traffic jams caused by security checkpoints that have proliferated after the waves of bombings that have hit the city.

Pentagon plays down security breach with US drones (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:25 AM PST

US army RQ-7B Shadow drones sit in a hangar at an army base near Baquba, north of Baghdad, in 2008. A day after the Pentagon acknowledged that Iraqi militants had used cheap software to intercept US drone feeds, a new report said senior military officials had dismissed that risk in 2004.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - A day after the Pentagon acknowledged that Iraqi militants had used cheap software to intercept US drone feeds, a new report on Friday said senior military officials had dismissed that risk in 2004.

SkyGrabber: hack of US drones shows how quickly insurgents adapt (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:23 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Revelations that Iraqi Shiite militants use cheap software available online to tap into live video feeds from Predator drones is just the latest indication of insurgents’ tech savvy â€" and ability to adapt to American military advances.

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