Yahoo! News: Iraq

Alaska soldier ordered to remove Facebook video (AP)
Gunmen kill Iraqi who won parliamentary seat: police (Reuters)
US commander in Iraq nominated for new post: Pentagon (AFP)
Gunmen kill newly elected lawmaker in Iraq (AP)
More US troops in Afghanistan than Iraq, a first (AP)
Pro-Allawi MP gunned down in north Iraq (AFP)
More US troops in Afghanistan than Iraq: Pentagon (AFP)
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US soldier dies in northern Iraq (AP)

Alaska soldier ordered to remove Facebook video (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2010 05:26 PM PDT

AP - An Alaska-based soldier is under investigation for allegedly posting a video on his Facebook site showing Iraqi children being taunted.

Gunmen kill Iraqi who won parliamentary seat: police (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Gunmen shot dead on Monday an Iraqi politician elected to parliament in March for the cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, police said.

US commander in Iraq nominated for new post: Pentagon (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2010 01:53 PM PDT

AFP - The commander of US forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, will step down in the fall to take up a new assignment, after playing a pivotal role in the Iraq war, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Gunmen kill newly elected lawmaker in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2010 01:52 PM PDT

AP - Gunmen in northern Iraq killed a newly elected lawmaker from a Sunni-backed list that narrowly won Iraq's March elections, officials said, in a slaying certain to rattle the fragile political system.

More US troops in Afghanistan than Iraq, a first (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2010 01:46 PM PDT

AP - More U.S. forces are serving in Afghanistan than in Iraq, the Pentagon said Monday, a first since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and a reflection of the new primacy of the nine-year Afghan war.

Pro-Allawi MP gunned down in north Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2010 12:28 PM PDT

AFP - An Iraqi MP from ex-premier Iyad Allawi's bloc was assassinated on Monday, the first first such murder since elections more than two months ago which have still not resulted in a new government.

More US troops in Afghanistan than Iraq: Pentagon (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2010 11:34 AM PDT

AFP - For the first time, more US forces are deployed in Afghanistan than Iraq, amid a buildup of American troops in the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Monday.