Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• When U.S. troops leave Iraq, their tailor may follow them (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq death toll falls sharply in June: ministries (AFP)
• Obama: Military overburdened in Iraq, Afghanistan (AP)
• Female Circumcision Rife in Iraqi Kurdistan, Says Report (Time.com)
• 2 police officers killed in Iraq shootout (AP)
• As US troops leave, Iraq inches toward a new government (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq militants kill eight in attacks on police (AFP)
• Iraqi Kurds woo Turkish investment amid border tensions (AFP)

When U.S. troops leave Iraq, their tailor may follow them (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:02 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The fire snatched it all: Ed Hardy T-shirts, faux Versace sheets, knockoff Burberry bags and, worst of all, racks of bespoke suits ready to be picked up by American soldiers.

Iraq death toll falls sharply in June: ministries (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 12:41 PM PDT AFP - The number of Iraqis killed in violence fell sharply year-on-year in June, figures released on Wednesday showed, with a slight fall in deaths from last month also recorded.

Obama: Military overburdened in Iraq, Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 12:26 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says U.S. troops are carrying too much of the burden in Iraq and Afghanistan and doing too many things that are more appropriate for civilians, such as building schools and setting up justice systems.

Female Circumcision Rife in Iraqi Kurdistan, Says Report (Time.com) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:30 AM PDT Time.com - In June, Human Rights Watch released a study about female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, in Iraqi Kurdistan that stresses the prevalence of the practice and its lasting effects on women in the region

2 police officers killed in Iraq shootout (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:29 AM PDT AP - Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed two police officers in western Iraq.

As US troops leave, Iraq inches toward a new government (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:10 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraq’s Shiite alliance is proposing a new, more restrictive role for the prime minister. But months after Iraqis went to the polls in a pivotal national election, who that prime minister will be is uncertain. The only thing clear about the eventual new government is that it will be shaped by the sectarianism that almost everyone condemns.

Iraq militants kill eight in attacks on police (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:23 AM PDT AFP - Insurgents killed a police commander, his wife and a companion in western Iraq on Wednesday before claiming the lives of three policemen in a suicide bombing, and two more police died in a shooting in Baghdad, security officials said.

Iraqi Kurds woo Turkish investment amid border tensions (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:28 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Kurdish leaders told a visiting Turkish business delegation on Wednesday that tensions over cross-border raids by the Turkish army should not be allowed to affect booming trade.

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