Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Gang steals $5.5 million from Iraq bank (AFP)
• Iraq bank robbers steal $5 million, guards drugged (AP)
• US deports 4 men of 'national security interest' (AP)
• British Iraq war probe quizzes Bremer, Crocker on US trip (AFP)
• Iraqi Kurdistan oil output 'could hit 200,000 bpd this year' (AFP)
• Iraqis can't get pensions, visas, or permits due to Iraq election limbo (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq war badly planned, poorly resourced: Bremer (Reuters)
• Lufthansa plans Baghdad-Munich service in September (AFP)
• Death and betrayal stalk police in Iraq (Reuters)
• Texas memorial planned for fallen soldiers of Iraq, Afghanistan wars (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gang steals $5.5 million from Iraq bank (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 11:35 AM PDT AFP - Robbers broke into a branch of state-owned Rafidain bank with the help of a guard and stole 5.5 million dollars near the holy Shiite city of Najaf in southern Iraq, a local official said on Friday.

Iraq bank robbers steal $5 million, guards drugged (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 11:33 AM PDT AP - Robbers stole $5.5 million from a bank near the Iraqi city of Najaf on Friday after a policeman drugged fellow bank guards by slipping sleeping medication into their tea, police and government officials said.

US deports 4 men of 'national security interest' (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 10:54 AM PDT AP - U.S. immigration officials say four men of "national security interest" are among 31 people deported from the U.S. recently. Most were flown to the Middle East.

British Iraq war probe quizzes Bremer, Crocker on US trip (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 09:54 AM PDT AFP - Britain's Iraq war inquiry questioned US diplomats Paul Bremer and Ryan Crocker among other officials during a visit to the United States last week, it said Friday.

Iraqi Kurdistan oil output 'could hit 200,000 bpd this year' (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 09:51 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Kurdistan could raise oil production to 200,000 barrels per day by the end of 2010 and hopes to resume crude exports, the autonomous region's energy minister was quoted as saying Friday.

Iraqis can't get pensions, visas, or permits due to Iraq election limbo (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 May 2010 06:48 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Athab Jabbar runs a house of worship, so it tugs at his conscience that his gun-toting guards aren't licensed by the Iraq government and that he isn't properly registered with the central Shiite Muslim religious authorities.

Iraq war badly planned, poorly resourced: Bremer (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2010 06:07 AM PDT Reuters - Planning for the 2003 invasion of Iraq was inadequate and not enough troops were sent to ensure post-conflict security, the former U.S. diplomat who led the civilian occupation authority after the war has told a British inquiry.

Lufthansa plans Baghdad-Munich service in September (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 03:54 AM PDT AFP - Lufthansa, the biggest European airline by passenger numbers, said on Friday that it is to operate flights to Baghdad from Munich in southern Germany from September 30, the first such service for 20 years.

Death and betrayal stalk police in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2010 12:51 AM PDT Reuters - At 10 a.m. (2:00 a.m. ET) on Monday this week, Lieutenant-Colonel Ali Khalaf says the police department in the Iraqi town of Ramadi issued an order for him to return to the force after eight months out of work.

Texas memorial planned for fallen soldiers of Iraq, Afghanistan wars (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 May 2010 03:55 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend will include visits to the national war memorials in the nation’s capital.

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