Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US to close base near camp housing Iranian exiles (AP)
• Iraqi Shi'ite blocs announce merger (Reuters)
• Five killed in Baghdad suicide bombing (AFP)
• US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait (AP)
• Car bomb in Baghdad kills 4 (Reuters)
• US military sees no sign of Iranian incursion in Iraqi north (AFP)
• Iran protests bigger threat than Iraq war: officials (Reuters)
• UNHCR says some 60 Iraqis sent home from Europe (AP)

US to close base near camp housing Iranian exiles (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:42 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military will relinquish control of a base near a compound housing an Iranian opposition group next month, a move that will close a chapter on one of the most intractable issues in U.S.-Iraqi relations.

Iraqi Shi'ite blocs announce merger (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:21 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq's two main Shi'ite electoral blocs said on Thursday they would unite under a new name, National Alliance, but they have yet to resolve their differences over their choice for prime minister.

Five killed in Baghdad suicide bombing (AFP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 12:03 PM PDT AFP - A suicide bomber killed three members of an anti-Al-Qaeda militia and two soldiers in west Baghdad on Thursday, a spokesman said.

US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:55 AM PDT AP - Army Maj. Ronald W. Culver

Car bomb in Baghdad kills 4 (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT Reuters - A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol Thursday in a mainly Sunni district of Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 10, an Interior Ministry source said.

US military sees no sign of Iranian incursion in Iraqi north (AFP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:21 AM PDT AFP - The US military said Thursday it had no evidence to substantiate a report that Iranian troops have been building a small fort on Iraqi territory since crossing the border in pursuit of Kurdish rebels.

Iran protests bigger threat than Iraq war: officials (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - Iran's post-election protests one year ago posed a bigger threat to the Islamic Republic than the devastating 1980s war with Iraq, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying Thursday.

UNHCR says some 60 Iraqis sent home from Europe (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 03:43 AM PDT AP - Some 60 Iraqis who failed to gain asylum have been deported from several European countries and sent back to Baghdad despite concerns the situation is still too dangerous for their return, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday.

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