Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq acknowledges Briton's killer escaped (AP)
• US troops unlikely to resume combat duties in Iraq (AP)
• U.S. ready to resume Iraq combat role if needed: Odierno (Reuters)
• Iran working against Iraqi democracy: US general (AFP)
• Resumption of US combat ops possible but unlikely: Odierno (AFP)
• Iraq aid worker's killer escaped a year ago (AFP)
• US solider killed in rocket attack in Iraq (AP)
• Official: Obama plans Iraq speech after vacation (AP)
• Sixteen wounded in Iraq electricity demo (AFP)

Iraq acknowledges Briton's killer escaped (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 05:09 PM PDT AP - Iraq's deputy justice minister acknowledged Sunday that a man convicted of killing a British aid worker in 2004 escaped from prison 11 months ago and that the government only learned of the breakout last month.

US troops unlikely to resume combat duties in Iraq (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - It would take "a complete failure" of the Iraqi security forces for the U.S. to resume combat operations there, the top American commander in Iraq said as the final U.S. fighting forces prepared to leave the country.

U.S. ready to resume Iraq combat role if needed: Odierno (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq said local security forces will be ready for the withdrawal of American troops next year, but the United States could return to combat operations if needed.

Iran working against Iraqi democracy: US general (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 02:15 PM PDT AFP - Iran is funding extremist groups in Iraq out of fear of a strong democracy as a neighbor, the commander of US forces in Iraq said Sunday.

Resumption of US combat ops possible but unlikely: Odierno (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 01:04 PM PDT AFP - The top US commander in Iraq admitted Sunday that a "complete failure" of Iraqi security forces could oblige the United States to resume combat operations there, but he called this an unlikely scenario.

Iraq aid worker's killer escaped a year ago (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT AFP - The convicted Iraqi mastermind of the killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan escaped from prison almost one year ago, a government minister admitted for the first time on Sunday.

US solider killed in rocket attack in Iraq (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 06:36 AM PDT AP - An American solider was killed in a rocket attack in southern Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. military said, marking the first American fatality since the last combat unit in Iraq pulled out of the country.

Official: Obama plans Iraq speech after vacation (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 06:16 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans a major speech on Iraq after his return to Washington as the last U.S. combat troops prepare to leave Iraq.

Sixteen wounded in Iraq electricity demo (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 01:26 AM PDT AFP - Dozens of Iraqis violently protested in the southern city of Nasiriyah to demand better power supplies, wounding 16 people including 10 policemen, witnesses and officials said on Sunday.

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