Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• In an Afghan Valley of Death, Good News -- for Now (Time.com)
• Justice: Blackwater case should have gone forward (AP)
• Turkish military kills 4 Kurdish rebels in Iraq (Reuters)
• Military: Turkish troops cross into northern Iraq (AP)
• Senator presses State for details on Iraq security (AP)
• Iraq: Bomb kills Sunni militia leader near Baghdad (AP)
• Turkish troops enter Iraq, kill four Kurdish rebels (AFP)
• HRW urges Iraqi Kurds to ban female circumcision (AP)
• HRW urges Iraq Kurds to ban female circumcision (AFP)

In an Afghan Valley of Death, Good News -- for Now (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - An Iraqi-style, U.S. supported local militia appears to have brought stability to a once tumultuous area. But funding is running out and the Taliban loom

Justice: Blackwater case should have gone forward (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - The Justice Department has told a federal appeals court that there was more than enough untainted evidence to justify a trial for five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad.

Turkish military kills 4 Kurdish rebels in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:02 PM PDT Reuters - Turkish military forces killed four Kurdish separatists in a raid into northern Iraq on Wednesday, the military said, as fighting escalates between the rebels and Turkish security forces.

Military: Turkish troops cross into northern Iraq (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:23 PM PDT AP - Turkey sent hundreds of elite troops into northern Iraq on Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas in an operation that could increase tensions within the region.

Senator presses State for details on Iraq security (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:54 AM PDT AP - A U.S. senator is demanding that the State Department tell Congress what role contractors will play in a combat-ready force planned to protect diplomats in Iraq after American military forces leave.

Iraq: Bomb kills Sunni militia leader near Baghdad (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:05 AM PDT AP - The leader of a government-backed Sunni militia was killed in a bombing west of Baghdad Wednesday, one in a series of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and their allies.

Turkish troops enter Iraq, kill four Kurdish rebels (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:33 AM PDT AFP - Turkish soldiers on Wednesday crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels for the first time in two years and bombed targets across the border, killing four militants, the army said.

HRW urges Iraqi Kurds to ban female circumcision (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:19 AM PDT AP - Human Rights Watch called on Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to ban the practice of female genital mutilation, and said in a report released Wednesday that the majority of women in the self-ruled region undergo the medically risky and emotionally painful procedure.

HRW urges Iraq Kurds to ban female circumcision (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:31 AM PDT AFP - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Iraqi Kurdish authorities to outlaw female circumcision in the face of growing evidence of use of the physically and emotionally damaging practice.

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