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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Expert lawyers to declare Iraq war illegal: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 05:41 PM PST

A British soldier (R) walks along as US helicopters land during training operations for Iraqi troops at a desert range some 40 kms south of the town of Latifiyah in May 2009. Two former government lawyers involved in the preparations for Britain's invasion of Iraq will testify at a public inquiry this week that the March 2003 conflict was illegal, reports said Sunday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Two former government lawyers involved in the preparations for Britain's invasion of Iraq will testify at a public inquiry this week that the March 2003 conflict was illegal, reports said Sunday.

Biden: US to appeal dismissal of Blackwater case (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 05:38 PM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden is holding talks with Iraqi leaders amid growing tensions over plans to ban election candidates because of suspected links to Saddam Hussein's regime. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)AP - The U.S. will appeal a court decision dismissing manslaughter charges against five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday.

U.S. to appeal dismissal of Blackwater charges: Biden (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 05:14 PM PST

Iraqi parliament speaker Ayad al-Samarai (R) receives U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) at the Office of the President in Baghdad January 23, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The government will appeal a court decision to dismiss charges against Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday.

Biden confident Iraqis to settle election dispute (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

In this photo released by the Iraq Prime Minister's Office, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden is holding talks with Iraqi leaders amid growing tensions over plans to ban election candidates because of suspected links to Saddam Hussein's regime. (AP Photo/Iraq Prime Minister's Office, HO )AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says he's confident Iraqis are working toward a solution to difficult pre-election dispute.

US Marines' Iraq command ends; Biden in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 04:18 PM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, speak to the press after their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden is holding talks with Iraqi leaders amid growing tensions over plans to ban election candidates because of suspected links to Saddam Hussein's regime. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)AP - The U.S. Marines marked the end of nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday by handing the Army their command of Anbar province, once one of the war's fiercest battlefields but now a centerpiece of U.S.-Iraqi cooperation.

US to appeal ruling favouring Blackwater in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 12:13 PM PST

An Iraqi woman walks past the site in Baghdad where Blackwater guards opened fire in September 2007. The United States said Saturday it will appeal a judge's decision to clear five American security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqis in 2007 while working for the notorious US firm Blackwater.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - The United States said Saturday it will appeal a judge's decision to clear five American security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqis in 2007 while working for the notorious US firm Blackwater.

US Marines leave former Al-Qaeda hotspot in western Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 11:26 AM PST

This photo released by the US military shows US Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Leach radioing other marines during an operation in the al-Anbar province of Iraq in 2008. US Marines left the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar on Saturday after almost seven years of operations in what was once Iraq's epicentre of Al-Qaeda activity and insurgent violence.(AFP/US Marine Corps/File/Tyler W. Hill)AFP - US Marines left the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar on Saturday after almost seven years of operations in what was once Iraq's epicentre of Al-Qaeda activity and insurgent violence.

Biden 'confident' Iraq election row will be resolved (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 11:16 AM PST

In this handout image made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad. Biden said on Saturday he was confident Iraq's leaders would find a AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday he was confident Iraq's leaders would find a "just" solution to a bitter row that has seen hundreds of candidates banned from a March 7 general election.

Biden visits Iraq amid election row (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 07:50 AM PST

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden told Iraqi officials on Saturday the United States backed a ban on Saddam Hussein's Baath party and said he had faith Iraq would resolve a row over the banning of election candidates suspected of links to it.

(AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 06:36 AM PST

AP - Biden: US to appeal dismissal of Blackwater case involving Baghdad shooting

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