Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• 3 suicide bombers used to kill tenacious Iraqi cop (AP)
• Iraq death toll set to be lowest since invasion (AFP)
• Monitoring group: Iraq war deaths drop in 2010 (AP)
• Iraq civilian death toll lowest since invasion: study (Reuters)
• Killing of Iraq police chief highlights security struggles as US draws down (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq takes over former US detention facility (AFP)
• Suicide bombers kill four in Iraq police station (AFP)
• Murder trial for British contractor opens in Iraq (AP)
• Suicide bombers kill police chief in Mosul attack (Reuters)

3 suicide bombers used to kill tenacious Iraqi cop (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:15 PM PST AP - Police commander Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri knew al-Qaida wanted him dead. He was renowned in the tense northern city of Mosul for his relentless pursuit of the terror group, and insurgents had tried at least five times to kill him for it. On the sixth attempt, al-Qaida left little to chance.

Iraq death toll set to be lowest since invasion (AFP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:10 PM PST AFP - Civilian deaths from violence in Iraq are on track to be the lowest number this year since the 2003 US-led invasion, according to a preliminary report released on Thursday by a monitoring group.

Monitoring group: Iraq war deaths drop in 2010 (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST AP - A British group monitoring Iraqi civilian deaths said in its annual report that the number has dropped slightly since 2009 but warned of a lingering, low-level conflict in the years ahead.

Iraq civilian death toll lowest since invasion: study (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST Reuters - The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence in Iraq this year fell to its lowest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but the decline is slowing as low-level conflict takes root, a study showed on Thursday.

Killing of Iraq police chief highlights security struggles as US draws down (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:26 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A senior police commander and three other cops in Iraq's northern city of Mosul â€" the most violent of Iraq's major cities â€" were murdered by suicide bombers shortly after dawn today.

Iraq takes over former US detention facility (AFP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:25 AM PST AFP - Camp Bucca, a military installation in southern Iraq where tens of thousands of detainees were once held by the US military, was transferred to Iraqi control on Wednesday.

Suicide bombers kill four in Iraq police station (AFP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:09 AM PST AFP - Two suicide bombers on Wednesday killed four policemen in a police station in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, including an officer who oversaw a deadly raid on militants, security officials said.

Murder trial for British contractor opens in Iraq (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:18 AM PST AP - The trial of a British security contractor charged with killing two of his colleagues last year opened Wednesday in Baghdad with testimony from a guard who said the contractor shot him.

Suicide bombers kill police chief in Mosul attack (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:50 AM PST Reuters - Three suicide bombers stormed into a police battalion headquarters on Wednesday and killed the commander in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police sources said.

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