Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Key Sunni: Iraq facing 'last chance' for democracy (AP)
• Iraq postpones nationwide census: minister (AFP)
• Iraq crackdown on bombers brings silenced killings (Reuters)
• In Northern Iraq, a Population Census Raises Tensions (Time.com)
• Iraq's Military Flexes to Deter Any Sunni Backlash (Time.com)

Key Sunni: Iraq facing 'last chance' for democracy (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:21 AM PDT AP - An Iraqi governor and leading Sunni politician said Sunday that the nation's "last chance for democracy" could be derailed if the Shiite prime minister keeps his job despite losing to a Sunni-backed coalition in elections seven months ago.

Iraq postpones nationwide census: minister (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:47 AM PDT AFP - Iraq again postponed its first census in more than two decades because of political wrangling over disputed areas in the country's north, a deputy minister said on Sunday.

Iraq crackdown on bombers brings silenced killings (Reuters) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:44 AM PDT Reuters - Militants in Iraq are resorting increasingly to guns with silencers to attack security forces and government officials, as successes against insurgents have made it harder for them to carry out trademark bombings.

In Northern Iraq, a Population Census Raises Tensions (Time.com) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT Time.com - Everyone from the Kurds to the Arabs to the Turkmen wants a big share of Kirkuk, the ancient but oil-soaked Iraqi city. But a census may give the Kurds the best argument to take it all

Iraq's Military Flexes to Deter Any Sunni Backlash (Time.com) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:10 AM PDT Time.com - As Sunnis bristle at being shut out of power by a new intra-Shi'ite political pact, the army beefs up security in former hotbeds of insurgency. But the resultant friction could trigger the backlash it aims to prevent

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