Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Abducted Army linguist glad to be back in US (AP)
• Al-Sadr asks backers for input on future Iraq PM (AP)
• Iraq Election: Media Call Allawi Win, Deadlock Remains (Time.com)
• Security Council backs Iraq election results (AP)
• Mounting obstacles block efforts to form new Iraq government (AFP)
• Iran denies meddling in Iraqi politics (AFP)
• Iraq PM appeals poll results, Sadr plans referendum (Reuters)
• Dead soldier's father must pay organizer of anti-gay protest (AFP)
• Dad of a fallen Marine perseveres against protests at military funerals (The Christian Science Monitor)

Abducted Army linguist glad to be back in US (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:49 PM PDT AP - A civilian Army employee kidnapped while working as a linguist in Iraq released a statement Wednesday saying he is delighted to be back in the United States and is focused being able to reintegrate back into his normal life.

Al-Sadr asks backers for input on future Iraq PM (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - Iraq's political disarray deepened Wednesday when a potential kingmaker withheld his support from both big election winners and said he would ask his supporters to make the choice in a referendum.

Iraq Election: Media Call Allawi Win, Deadlock Remains (Time.com) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - Iyad Allawi has accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's election, as Shi'ite rivals maneuver to deny him the premiership. An inconclusive outcome could leave Iraq politically adrift

Security Council backs Iraq election results (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 01:20 PM PDT AP - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on all political parties to respect Iraq's election results and the choices of the Iraqi people.

Mounting obstacles block efforts to form new Iraq government (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 12:46 PM PDT AFP - Charges of Iranian meddling, constitutional conflicts and bad blood between bitter rivals: obstacles blocking the formation of a new government have piled up in the aftermath of Iraq's general election.

Iran denies meddling in Iraqi politics (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 11:13 AM PDT AFP - Iran on Wednesday denied charges of meddling in Iraqi politics as alleged by Iyad Allawi whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's election, while vowing to help efforts to form a new government in Baghdad.

Iraq PM appeals poll results, Sadr plans referendum (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 09:56 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's prime minister said on Wednesday that his party had formally appealed the results from the country's tight parliamentary elections, a move that could further delay the formation of a new government.

Dead soldier's father must pay organizer of anti-gay protest (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 07:52 AM PDT AFP - The father of a US Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 has been ordered to pay 16,000 dollars to the preacher who organized an anti-gay protest during his son's funeral, an attorney has said.

Dad of a fallen Marine perseveres against protests at military funerals (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A father of a Marine killed in Iraq says he won't pay the legal fees of a protest group who picketed at his son's funeral in 2006 â€" at least not until he hears from the US Supreme Court on the matter.

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