Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Sanctions-hit Iran fuels oil smuggling in Iraq's north (AFP)
• Iraq suicide bomber kills 45 in strike on anti-Qaeda militia (AFP)
• Tariq Aziz back in Iraqi court, says official (AP)
• Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq (AP)
• US on track for Iraq troop drawdown: Biden (AFP)
• Iraq combat mission on track for August end: Biden (Reuters)
• Biden: Iraq drawdown on schedule despite politics (AP)
• Jailed Tareq Aziz on trial over public funds: lawyer (AFP)
• Suicide bombers attack Iraq militia and kill over 40 (Reuters)
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Sanctions-hit Iran fuels oil smuggling in Iraq's north (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT AFP - The road that leads into Bashmakh is dominated by a snaking line of lorries whose tankers are filled with crude oil products being smuggled into neighbouring Iran in defiance of US sanctions.

Iraq suicide bomber kills 45 in strike on anti-Qaeda militia (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:19 PM PDT AFP - A suicide bomber targeting anti-Qaeda militiamen being paid their wages killed at least 45 people west of Baghdad on Sunday, in Iraq's deadliest single attack in more than two months.

Tariq Aziz back in Iraqi court, says official (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:03 PM PDT AP - Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and several other members of Saddam Hussein's regime appeared in court Sunday just days after their handover from the U.S. to Iraqi custody, an Iraqi official said.

Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:24 AM PDT AP - A suicide bomber ripped through a line of anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters waiting to collect their paychecks near an Iraqi military base as nearly 50 people were killed in violence west of Baghdad.

US on track for Iraq troop drawdown: Biden (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 07:28 AM PDT AFP - The United States remains on track for its drawdown in troops from Iraq by August despite the political stalemate in Baghdad, US Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

Iraq combat mission on track for August end: Biden (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:07 AM PDT Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday the end of U.S. combat missions in Iraq was on schedule for August and would not be delayed if the country failed to form a new government by that deadline.

Biden: Iraq drawdown on schedule despite politics (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:02 AM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden says the lengthy negotiations in the Iraqi government on power-sharing should not affect the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Jailed Tareq Aziz on trial over public funds: lawyer (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:01 AM PDT AFP - The lawyer of Iraq's jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz said on Sunday his client has gone on trial on new charges related to "wasting public funds."

Suicide bombers attack Iraq militia and kill over 40 (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:48 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber attacked government-backed Sunni militia on Sunday as they lined up to be paid on Baghdad's southwestern outskirts, killing at least 39 and wounding 41, Iraqi security sources said.

(AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:44 AM PDT AP - Iraqi officials say death toll has risen to 43 in suicide bombing in district near Baghdad.

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