Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Al-Qaida in Iraq threatens attacks on Christians (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,426 (AP)
• Coptic pope says God turned Qaeda threat to 'good' (AFP/File)
• Iraq parliament to meet, Maliki may form govt (Reuters)
• Fearful Iraqi Christians face fresh Qaeda threats (AFP)
• Egypt Muslim leaders denounce Qaeda threat to Copts (AFP)
• Baghdad school system struggling as pupils resume studies (AFP)
• Iraq welcomes talks in Saudi on new govt (AFP)
• Baghdad bombs death toll reaches 64, minister says (Reuters)
• Qaeda group in Iraq says Christians 'legitimate targets' (AFP)

Al-Qaida in Iraq threatens attacks on Christians (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq has threatened more attacks on Christians after a siege on a Baghdad church that left 58 people dead, linking the warning to claims that Egypt's Coptic Church is holding women captive for converting to Islam.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,426 (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:14 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at least 4,426 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Coptic pope says God turned Qaeda threat to 'good' (AFP/File) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:23 PM PDT AFP/File - The head of Egypt's Coptic church said on Wednesday that an Al-Qaeda threat against Copts had inadvertently turned to "good" by creating sympathy for his church.

Iraq parliament to meet, Maliki may form govt (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq's parliament will meet on Monday to elect a speaker, the chamber said on Wednesday, a move that could break an eight-month political deadlock and lead to Nuri al-Maliki's reappointment as prime minister.

Fearful Iraqi Christians face fresh Qaeda threats (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:39 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Christians faced on Wednesday threats of more violence after Al-Qaeda said Christians everywhere are "legitimate targets," in the wake of a bloodbath at a Baghdad church the foreign minister called "barbaric."

Egypt Muslim leaders denounce Qaeda threat to Copts (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:33 AM PDT AFP - An Al-Qaeda threat to Egypt's Coptic Christians has met with growing condemnation from Muslim figureheads and the press in Egypt, which said it was an attack on national unity.

Baghdad school system struggling as pupils resume studies (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:03 AM PDT AFP - Discarded drinks cans and plastic bags litter the halls of al-Mamuniyeh state school in Baghdad where, despite over a billion dollars of US spending on Iraqi education, children squeeze into dim, crowded classrooms, often without books or electricity.

Iraq welcomes talks in Saudi on new govt (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:22 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday his country welcomed a Saudi proposal to host talks for resolving a deadlock over forming a government, nearly eight months after polls.

Baghdad bombs death toll reaches 64, minister says (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:27 AM PDT Reuters - The death toll from a series of bomb blasts in mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday has reached 64 with 360 wounded, Iraq's health minister said.

Qaeda group in Iraq says Christians 'legitimate targets' (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:53 PM PDT AFP - An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq has declared Christians "legitimate targets" as a deadline expired for Egypt's Coptic church to free women allegedly held after converting to Islam, SITE monitors said Wednesday.

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