Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Military judge could end case of 24 Iraqi killings (AP)
• Allawi's surprising strength in election shows divided Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq's tight race prompts warnings of violence (AP)
• U.S. targets Iraqi with ties to al Qaeda network (Reuters)
• Iraq FM to remain at Arab summit after differences resolved (AFP)
• Iraq nervously awaits election results (AFP)
• Iraq election increases women in parliament – regardless of vote count (The Christian Science Monitor)

Military judge could end case of 24 Iraqi killings (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - The news came at a low point in the war in Iraq and seemed to reflect much of what was going wrong: A Marine squad killed 24 people in the town of Haditha in November 2005, including unarmed women and children in their homes.

Allawi's surprising strength in election shows divided Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — Political enemies of the secular Iraqi candidate Ayad Allawi purged his electoral ticket of anyone they considered to be linked to the former regime's Baath Party.

Iraq's tight race prompts warnings of violence (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PDT AP - Iraqi election results Friday will likely show a virtual tie between the two top vote-getting blocs led by the prime minister and his chief rival, a political equation that could add up to bitter political wrangling and risk re-igniting violence.

U.S. targets Iraqi with ties to al Qaeda network (Reuters) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - The Treasury on Thursday levied sanctions against an Iraqi with ties to an al Qaeda-linked support network that Washington says is operating in Iraq.

Iraq FM to remain at Arab summit after differences resolved (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:17 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he will stay the course for a summit of Arab leaders in Libya after Baghdad and Tripoli resolved a dispute that had him ready to pack and go home.

Iraq nervously awaits election results (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 06:58 AM PDT AFP - Iraqis nervously awaited results from the country's March 7 election, set to be released on Friday, amid a tight battle between two main rival blocs and fears of a nascent political crisis.

Iraq election increases women in parliament – regardless of vote count (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:11 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Maysoun al Damlouji has just one word for the male politicians who are sure to be upset when they find out their newly won parliamentary seats will be handed to female candidates under a quota to increase the role of women in the Iraqi government.

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