Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Hiker moms 'shocked' by story on children's arrest (AP)
• Attacks targeting Iraqi forces kill at least 10 (AP)
• Iran nabbed US hikers on Iraqi side of border: report (AFP)
• Iraq through the eyes of a tree healer (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Five killed as suicide bombers target Iraq troops and police (Reuters)
• Suicide bombers kill five as 12 die in Iraq unrest (AFP)
• Shi'ite rifts threaten to prolong Iraq government delay (Reuters)
• Yemen holds German, Iraqi in attack on British envoy (AFP)

Hiker moms 'shocked' by story on children's arrest (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - The mothers of three American hikers held in Iran on suspicion of espionage said Thursday they hope a report that their children were arrested on the Iraqi side of the border will help lead to their release.

Attacks targeting Iraqi forces kill at least 10 (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:38 PM PDT AP - A spate of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and their allies killed at least 10 people on Thursday, half in suicide bombings in the northern city of Mosul, officials said.

Iran nabbed US hikers on Iraqi side of border: report (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:42 AM PDT AFP - The three US hikers being held in Iran after allegedly straying into their country in 2009 were actually detained by Iranian police on the Iraqi side of the border, The Nation magazine reported Thursday.

Iraq through the eyes of a tree healer (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:02 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Jawad Kadhim rides his rusty bicycle through Baghdad neighborhoods that have been transformed by violence, sealed off by concrete blast walls and emptied of their once close-knit inhabitants.

Five killed as suicide bombers target Iraq troops and police (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:12 AM PDT Reuters - Three suicide bombers killed five police and army personnel and wounded nine others in two separate attacks in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Thursday, security officials said.

Suicide bombers kill five as 12 die in Iraq unrest (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:51 AM PDT AFP - Three suicide bombers killed four police and a soldier in separate attacks in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul on Thursday, as violence claimed a total of 12 lives nationwide, police said.

Shi'ite rifts threaten to prolong Iraq government delay (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:41 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's main Shi'ite-led blocs are facing serious problems in deciding on a candidate for prime minister, straining their alliance and threatening to prolong the delay in forming a government, party officials said.

Yemen holds German, Iraqi in attack on British envoy (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:48 AM PDT AFP - Yemeni authorities are questioning a German, an Iraqi and two Yemenis in connection with a failed suicide attack on the British ambassador in Sanaa, the ministry of defence website said on Thursday.

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