Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US troop withdrawal on track in Iraq: envoy (AFP)
• US Ambassador to Iraq sees delay in govt formation (AP)
• Spate of Christian killings before Iraq March vote (Reuters)
• Top cleric urges Iraqis to turn out for March vote (AP)
• Slogans on Baghdad checkpoints offer a dream Iraq (AP)
• Iraq to seize security contractors' heavy weapons (Reuters)
• Iraq Shiite spiritual leader urges big poll turnout (AFP)
• Fourth Christian killed in northern Iraq (AFP)
• Turkey, Iraq revive rail link (AFP)
• US troops in Iraq below 100,000 for first time since 2003 (AFP)

US troop withdrawal on track in Iraq: envoy (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 05:14 PM PST AFP - The United States is on track to pull out troops from Iraq regardless of the outcome of the upcoming elections, which could lead to a lengthy transition of power, the US ambassador has said.

US Ambassador to Iraq sees delay in govt formation (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST AP - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Wednesday it could take months to form a new government after elections next month but insisted the United States was determined to pull all combat troops out of the country by the end of August.

Spate of Christian killings before Iraq March vote (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:41 AM PST Reuters - Four Christians have been killed in the last four days by gunmen in Iraq's turbulent north, weeks ahead of an election in which the minority group's vote could be a factor in a Kurd-Arab tussle for power.

Top cleric urges Iraqis to turn out for March vote (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:30 AM PST AP - Iraq's top Shiite cleric urged voters Wednesday to turn out for parliamentary elections set for March 7 but distanced himself from any particular coalition.

Slogans on Baghdad checkpoints offer a dream Iraq (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:21 AM PST AP - The slogans express the country's dream of unity: "Iraq is for everyone." But the reality lies in where they are plastered and spraypainted — on the hundreds of checkpoints that carve up the capital.

Iraq to seize security contractors' heavy weapons (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:12 AM PST Reuters - Iraq will seize heavy weapons from foreign security firms and expel within days ex-Blackwater contractors still in the country, Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said on Wednesday.

Iraq Shiite spiritual leader urges big poll turnout (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 05:13 AM PST AFP - Iraq's leading Shiite cleric called on voters on Wednesday to turn out massively for next month's general election but did not endorse any particular party.

Fourth Christian killed in northern Iraq (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:05 AM PST AFP - A Christian student was found dead in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, the fourth in as many days, amid warnings of rising violence against the minority ahead of March 7 polls.

Turkey, Iraq revive rail link (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:29 AM PST AFP - The first passenger train from Iraq arrived in Turkey on Wednesday after the two neighbours revived a historic rail link as part of a drive to boost bilateral ties, officials said.

US troops in Iraq below 100,000 for first time since 2003 (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:19 AM PST AFP - The size of the US force in Iraq has dropped below 100,000 troops for the first time since the invasion of the country in 2003, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

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