Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Brown to testify at Iraq inquiry before poll: reports (AFP)
• US embassy seeks Iraqi fans on Facebook (AFP)
• Talabani queries Iraq ban on 'Saddam' candidates amid demos (AFP)
• US Embassy in Baghdad looking for Facebook friends (AP)
• Iraq leader seeks ruling on committee behind ban (AP)
• Ex-UK foreign secretary defends Iraq war decision (AP)
• Iraqi presidency seeks court decision on Baath ban (Reuters)
• Former UK foreign minister defends Iraq War backing (Reuters)
• Iraq president queries legality of candidate blacklist (AFP)
• Briton in Iraq court over security guard shootings (AFP)
• Iraqis protest in support of 'Saddam' candidates ban (AFP)
• US military: Soldier dies in Iraq vehicle accident (AP)
• Baghdad plans 75,000 apartments to modernize slum (Reuters)
• Up to 10 percent of Iraqis disabled by war, sanctions (Reuters)

Brown to testify at Iraq inquiry before poll: reports (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:24 PM PST AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's appearance at the Iraq war inquiry will be brought forward to before elections amid growing pressure for him to give evidence, reports said Thursday.

US embassy seeks Iraqi fans on Facebook (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 11:46 AM PST AFP - In what could be seen as a new front in cyber diplomacy or a naive gesture, depending on your point of view, the US embassy in Baghdad launched a Facebook page on Thursday to "reach out to Iraqis."

Talabani queries Iraq ban on 'Saddam' candidates amid demos (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 11:31 AM PST AFP - The row over a ban on election candidates with alleged links to Saddam Hussein escalated on Thursday as Iraq's president questioned the ruling's legality and thousands of Shiites held street protests.

US Embassy in Baghdad looking for Facebook friends (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 11:11 AM PST AP - The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is looking for Iraqi friends on Facebook.

Iraq leader seeks ruling on committee behind ban (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 10:43 AM PST AP - Iraq's president sought to calm rising pre-election tensions Thursday, pushing for a legal ruling on whether a political vetting panel had the right to blacklist hundreds of candidates for suspected links to Saddam Hussein's Sunni-led regime.

Ex-UK foreign secretary defends Iraq war decision (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 10:04 AM PST AP - Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told the country's Iraq Inquiry on Thursday that he agonized over the decision to topple Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with force, but feels officials made the best decision they could.

Iraqi presidency seeks court decision on Baath ban (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:03 AM PST Reuters - Iraq's presidency council has asked a court to rule on the legitimacy of a panel that banned scores of candidates from the March election because of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party, the president said on Thursday.

Former UK foreign minister defends Iraq War backing (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:05 AM PST Reuters - Britain's former foreign minister said on Thursday he deeply regretted the loss of life in Iraq but defended his decision to back the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

Iraq president queries legality of candidate blacklist (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 07:24 AM PST AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani cast doubt on Thursday on the legality of a controversial committee that has barred more than 500 candidates linked to Saddam Hussein from standing for election.

Briton in Iraq court over security guard shootings (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:31 AM PST AFP - The trial of a British security guard accused of shooting dead two colleagues in Baghdad was on Thursday adjourned to next month to allow a psychiatric evaluation of the defendant, a lawyer said.

Iraqis protest in support of 'Saddam' candidates ban (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:20 AM PST AFP - Thousands of Iraqis held rallies in the mainly Shiite cities of Basra, Karbala and Najaf on Thursday in support of a decision to bar election candidates linked to executed dictator Saddam Hussein.

US military: Soldier dies in Iraq vehicle accident (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:02 AM PST AP - The U.S. military in Iraq says a soldier has died of injuries from a vehicle accident that was not related to combat.

Baghdad plans 75,000 apartments to modernize slum (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:59 AM PST Reuters - The city of Baghdad asked foreign companies on Thursday to sign up for a project to design and build 75,000 apartments, the first phase of a $10 billion plan to rebuild the Iraqi capital's sprawling Sadr City slum.

Up to 10 percent of Iraqis disabled by war, sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:01 AM PST Reuters - Amputee Hamza Hameed is a living reminder of the U.S. "shock and awe" bombardment during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, one of up to three million Iraqis disabled after years of war, sanctions and economic deprivation.

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