Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Army captain who stole $690,000 gets 30 months (AP)
• Iraqi troops arrest head of Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Islam: US (AFP)
• Christians protest after north Iraq bomb attack (AFP)
• Qaeda claims attacks on Iraq TV executive, anti-terror chief (AFP)
• Iraqi politicians bicker over recount (AP)
• Iraq starts vote recount, may take almost 2 weeks (Reuters)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Election recount under way in Baghdad (AFP)
• Iraq election: Baghdad recount begins with a hitch (The Christian Science Monitor)

Army captain who stole $690,000 gets 30 months (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:36 PM PDT AP - An Oregon man who stole nearly $700,000 from the U.S. government while serving as an Army captain in Iraq was sentenced to 30 months in prison Monday.

Iraqi troops arrest head of Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Islam: US (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2010 01:56 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi troops on Monday arrested the head of the Ansar al-Islam insurgent group in Baghdad, US forces said in a statement.

Christians protest after north Iraq bomb attack (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2010 12:48 PM PDT AFP - Thousands of Christians protested in northern Iraq on Monday to condemn a bomb attack on a bus carrying students and workers which left one person dead and 80 wounded.

Qaeda claims attacks on Iraq TV executive, anti-terror chief (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2010 12:39 PM PDT AFP - Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for attacks last month which killed an Iraqi anti-terror chief and severely wounded a television executive, posts on a jihadi website showed Monday.

Iraqi politicians bicker over recount (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 10:58 AM PDT AP - The Iraqi prime minister's coalition cried foul just one hour into a partial vote recount that began Monday and demanded the process be halted, the latest political tussle delaying the formation of an Iraqi government in the aftermath of the close election.

Iraq starts vote recount, may take almost 2 weeks (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2010 10:57 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq began a manual recount on Monday of 2.5 million votes cast in a parliamentary election held nearly two months ago, a tally that stalled talks to form a new government amid rising fears of renewed sectarian violence.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 10:30 AM PDT AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Election recount under way in Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2010 08:00 AM PDT AFP - An election recount that could alter who becomes Iraq's prime minister began in Baghdad on Monday amid allegations of ballot-stuffing, the latest in a series of threats to the vote's credibility.

Iraq election: Baghdad recount begins with a hitch (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 May 2010 07:09 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s coalition Monday tried to throw another wrench into the slow-moving Iraq election process by calling for an audit in addition to a manual recount of votes from the March 7 parliamentary elections.

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