Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Broker: NY bomb suspect didn't like Bush, Iraq war (AP)
• Iraq Shi'ite blocs to join forces in parliament (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,397 (AP)
• Iraq's Shiites unite to try to form new government (AP)
• Iraq deadlock broken as Shiite parties join forces (AFP)
• Iraq PM's bloc allies with rival Shiite group: statement (AFP)
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• Shiite militia reviving in post-election Iraq (AP)
• Iraq's presidency urges quick government formation (Reuters)
• SEAL jury hears tape of alleged assault victim (AP)
• Iraqis try to heal mental scars after years of war (AP)
• 2 US soldiers in Iraq die in non-combat incidents (AP)

Broker: NY bomb suspect didn't like Bush, Iraq war (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 03:29 PM PDT AP - A real estate broker says the Times Square bombing suspect told him years ago he disliked President George W. Bush and the Iraq war.

Iraq Shi'ite blocs to join forces in parliament (Reuters) Posted: 04 May 2010 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq's two big Shi'ite political coalitions, one led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and one whose leaders have close ties to Iran, agreed on Tuesday on an alliance to form a single bloc in parliament, officials said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,397 (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at least 4,397 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq's Shiites unite to try to form new government (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 02:43 PM PDT AP - Iraq's two largest Shiite electoral blocs announced Tuesday they have formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government, though they have yet to work out the contentious question of who would become prime minister.

Iraq deadlock broken as Shiite parties join forces (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2010 01:47 PM PDT AFP - Iraq looked headed for a new government Tuesday after the country's two biggest Shiite Muslim alliances struck a deal following months of post-election haggling that had brought politics to a standstill.

Iraq PM's bloc allies with rival Shiite group: statement (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2010 12:28 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc allied with its main Shiite rival on Tuesday, leaving the newly formed alliance just four seats short of a parliamentary majority, a statement said.

(AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT AP - Iraqi officials: 2 main Shiite blocs form alliance; puts them 4 seats from governing majority.

Shiite militia reviving in post-election Iraq (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 11:41 AM PDT AP - A once-feared Shiite militia that was crippled two years ago by defections and a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown has quietly started to regroup, adding street muscle to the Shiite party that emerged strongest from Iraq's parliamentary elections.

Iraq's presidency urges quick government formation (Reuters) Posted: 04 May 2010 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's presidential council warned on Tuesday that further delays in forming a new government could push the country back to violence after a March parliamentary vote produced no outright winner.

SEAL jury hears tape of alleged assault victim (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT AP - A jury in the court-martial of a Navy SEAL accused of punching a suspected terrorist in Iraq heard the alleged victim testify Tuesday that he was blindfolded, handcuffed, beaten and kicked after his capture in September.

Iraqis try to heal mental scars after years of war (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 12:12 AM PDT AP - Jabar Abdul-Zahra's flashbacks are so vivid he can feel the asphalt against his cheek that night six years ago when he lay pinned to the ground between his two critically wounded brothers, the three of them caught in the crossfire as American troops and local militiamen fought in a Baghdad neighborhood.

2 US soldiers in Iraq die in non-combat incidents (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 11:10 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in Iraq from injuries sustained in separate incidents unrelated to combat.

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