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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Briton freed after Iraq kidnap ordeal arrives home (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:55 PM PST

Freed hostage Peter Moore (centre, with cap) arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.(AFP/POOL/Ben Birchall)AFP - A Briton freed this week after being kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 flew home Friday for a reunion with his family, officials said, as controversy over his ordeal refused to die down.

Iraq: U.S. Blackwater case dismissal "unacceptable" (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:34 PM PST

Blackwater Worldwide security guard Nick Slatten (C) leaves the federal courthouse after being arraigned with 4 fellow Blackwater guards on manslaughter charges for allegedly killing 14 unarmed civilians and wounding 20 others in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad, in Washington, January 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Iraq expressed anger on Friday with a U.S. federal court ruling that threw out all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of gunning down Iraqi civilians in 2007.

Iraqis outraged as Blackwater case thrown out (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq. A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday Dec. 31, 2009 against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - Iraqis seeking justice for 17 people shot dead at a Baghdad intersection responded with bitterness and outrage Friday at a U.S. judge's decision to throw out a case against a Blackwater security team accused in the killings.

Iraq death toll drops to lowest level since invasion (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:37 AM PST

Iraqi security officers check a vehicle at a checkpoint in central Baghdad in April 2009. Violence in Iraq dropped dramatically in 2009 to its lowest level since the 2003 invasion, figures showed on Friday, but a monitoring group warned that security gains were levelling off.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Violence in Iraq dropped dramatically in 2009 to its lowest level since the 2003 invasion, figures showed on Friday, but a monitoring group warned that security gains were levelling off.

Former hostage Moore arrives back in Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST

Freed hostage Peter Moore (L) gets into a waiting car after arriving at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire January 1, 2010. REUTERS/Ben Birchall/PoolReuters - Computer programer Peter Moore, freed this week two and a half years after being taken hostage by militants in Iraq, arrived back in Britain on Friday, the Foreign Office said.

Blackwater chief hails ruling in Iraq shooting case (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:50 AM PST

Members of the US private security company Blackwater are pictured aboard a Hughes 500 helicopter securing the way of a US convoy in Baghdad in 2006. The CEO of the company formerly known as Blackwater issued a statement praising a judge's decision to dismiss charges against five of his firm's security guards charged with fatally shooting 14 unarmed Iraqis.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - The CEO of the company formerly known as Blackwater praised a US judge's decision to dismiss charges against five of his firm's security guards charged with fatally shooting 14 unarmed Iraqis.

Iraq kidnap hostage arrives back in Britain: officials (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:14 AM PST

Freed hostage Peter Moore (centre, with cap) arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.(AFP/POOL/Ben Birchall)AFP - A British man kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 arrived back in Britain on Friday, two days after his release from two-and-a-half years in captivity, the Foreign Office confirmed.

British hostage held in Iran after Iraq kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:57 AM PST

Gen. David Petraeus, the leading American general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, speaks with reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Gen. Petraeus, who used to be the top American commander in Iraq, says the upcoming Iraq election in March is of 'enormous importance' to the country's future, but warned of violence leading up to it. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - A British computer programmer seized in Iraq was held in Iran for at least part of his captivity, the U.S. general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said on Friday.

Iraq expresses astonishment over Blackwater (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 08:52 AM PST

Members of the US private security company Blackwater are pictured aboard a Hughes 500 helicopter securing the way of a US convoy in Baghdad in 2006. Iraq said on Friday it had begun taking steps to AFP - Iraq expressed astonishment over the dropping of charges against Blackwater guards accused of killing 14 civilians in 2007, one of the bloodiest incidents involving a private security firm here.

Petraeus hails progress as US transforms Iraq command (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 07:45 AM PST

US soldiers and Iraqi police carry out their last patrol along the streets of Khan Bani Saad some 10 kms south of the town of Baquba in 2009. A top US general has hailed progress in Iraq while American forces undergo a transformation, with their command renamed to reflect the fact that no other countries have troops here.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Top US General David Petraeus hailed progress in Iraq at a ceremony on Friday to rename the military command of US forces here, the only troops still deployed in the country.

Iraq PM faces wiser competition in national vote (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 07:31 AM PST

Reuters - Little has been done to improve Iraq's impoverished city of Basra, but for one slum dweller, the fact that no more corpses are dumped outside his door means Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gets his vote.

December 1st month without US combat death in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2009 file photo, the casket of U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan Roberge is carried out of St. Cecilia's church after funeral services in Leominster, Mass. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. The 22-year-old private was killed by a suicide car bomber near Mosul, Iraq, while on patrol in a Humvee. This year was the least deadly for American forces in Iraq since the war began, according to figures compiled by The Associated Press, which showed the lowest number of American deaths since the war began nearly seven years ago. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)AP - December was the first month since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq nearly seven years ago in which no U.S. forces died in combat in the country.

Briton Moore spent part of captivity in Iran: U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 05:33 AM PST

Reuters - British computer programer Peter Moore, freed this week 2-1/2 years after his kidnapping in Iraq, spent at least part of his captivity in Iran, according to U.S. intelligence assessments.

Iraq 'regrets' US judge dropping Blackwater case (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 04:31 AM PST

Members of the US private security company Blackwater are pictured aboard a Hughes 500 helicopter securing the way of a US convoy in Baghdad in 2006. Iraq said on Friday it had begun taking steps to AFP - Iraq said it regretted the decision of a US judge to dismiss criminal charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of fatally shooting 14 people in Baghdad in September 2007.

AP News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 03:13 AM PST

AP - Judge tosses charges against Blackwater guards in Baghdad shooting case steeped in politics

Iraq civilian death toll down to 4,500 in 09: study (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 02:32 AM PST

Freed hostage Peter Moore (C) gets in a car after his arrival at Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Brize Norton. Moore, a computer expert, was released unharmed Wednesday after two-and-a-half years' captivity during which all four of his bodyguards, also Britons, are thought to have been killed.(AFP/POOL/Ben Birchall)Reuters - The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence fell by half in 2009 to about 4,500 but improvements in security have slowed and large-scale attacks took a major toll last year, a study has found.

Iraq death toll in 2009 lowest since the invasion (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 02:09 AM PST

Iraqi security officers check a vehicle at a checkpoint in central Baghdad in April 2009. Violence in Iraq dropped dramatically in 2009 to its lowest level since the 2003 invasion, figures showed on Friday, but a monitoring group warned that security gains were levelling off.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The number of people killed across Iraq in December was 367 and the civilian death toll in 2009 was 2,800, making the year the least violent since the US-led invasion of 2003, officials said.

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