Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraqi PM warns of attacks as U.S. withdraws: TV (Reuters)
• US points to oil as key to Iraq's postwar future (AP)
• US: $1.9M in computers for kids missing in Iraq (AP)
• Iraq road map: the new US ambassador explains hurdles (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Eight killed in Iraq violence, Qaeda militants arrested (AFP)
• US soldiers back from Iraq made 'America safer': Obama (AFP)
• Iraq gunmen kill three anti-Qaeda militiamen (AFP)
• Looking at lessons that can be learned from Iraq (AP)

Iraqi PM warns of attacks as U.S. withdraws: TV (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday his government had information al Qaeda-linked groups were planning a series of attacks across the country, state television reported.

US points to oil as key to Iraq's postwar future (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - When the U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein seven years ago, the Bush administration envisioned a liberated Iraq that was rich, stable, democratic and a shining example to the rest of the Arab world.

US: $1.9M in computers for kids missing in Iraq (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:05 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military is demanding to know what happened to $1.9 million worth of computers purchased by American taxpayers and intended for Iraqi schoolchildren that have instead been auctioned off by Iraqi officials for less than $50,000, the military said Friday.

Iraq road map: the new US ambassador explains hurdles (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:46 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Despite progress, Iraq still faces extraordinary problems with continued risks to US strategic interests as the county grapples with forming a new government, the new US ambassador said in his first public remarks since arriving here.

Eight killed in Iraq violence, Qaeda militants arrested (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:05 AM PDT AFP - At least eight people were killed in violence across Iraq on Friday, including three anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen, a week before the US military is due to end its combat mission in the country.

US soldiers back from Iraq made 'America safer': Obama (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:15 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama in a YouTube message on Friday thanked US troops back from Iraq for their "dedication" and "courage" that "has made America safer."

Iraq gunmen kill three anti-Qaeda militiamen (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:24 AM PDT AFP - Gunmen killed three anti-Qaeda militiamen in northern Iraq overnight in the latest revenge attack against the force credited with turning the tide against the jihadists, police said on Friday.

Looking at lessons that can be learned from Iraq (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:18 AM PDT AP - They are different wars in different regions, with different challenges. But as the war in Iraq winds down, there is a lot the U.S. military can learn and apply to Afghanistan, from how to deal with contractors to when to draw down troops.

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