Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Eight Iraqis to be tried over British soldier deaths: London (AFP)
• Qaeda threatens to stop Iraq vote, as campaign opens (AFP)
• Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader threatens polls violence (AFP)
• Iraq election campaign opens with concern over sectarian disqualifications (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Raid on arms smugglers in Iraq kills 5 villagers (AP)
• Blasts kill six in holy Shiite city: Iraqi officials (AFP)
• Iraqi politics in disarray as US pullback nears (AP)
• US says five Iran-backed insurgents killed near Iraq border (AFP)
• Five killed as U.S., Iraqi troops raid border village (Reuters)
• Deplorable services dampen Iraqi appetite to vote (Reuters)

Eight Iraqis to be tried over British soldier deaths: London (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:51 PM PST AFP - Eight Iraqis are set to go on trial in connection with the deaths of six British soldiers at the hands of an Iraqi mob in 2003, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday.

Qaeda threatens to stop Iraq vote, as campaign opens (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:48 PM PST AFP - Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq threatened military action in a bid to prevent a parliamentary election being held next month, as official campaigning started in the country on Friday.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader threatens polls violence (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:37 PM PST AFP - The leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, threatened in an audio recording Friday to stop Iraqi parliamentary elections by "military means," the SITE monitoring service said.

Iraq election campaign opens with concern over sectarian disqualifications (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 11:06 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Campaigning opened on Friday for Iraq’s parliamentary elections in an election season marked by high-profile attacks and overshadowed by the banning of more than 500 candidates for alleged ties to former dictator Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party.

Raid on arms smugglers in Iraq kills 5 villagers (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:02 AM PST AP - At least five people were killed Friday in an Iraqi-U.S. raid on a village near the Iranian border that targeted suspected weapons smugglers, officials said.

Blasts kill six in holy Shiite city: Iraqi officials (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 09:57 AM PST AFP - A string of explosions killed six Iraqis including a woman and child on Friday in coordinated attacks in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, emergency services said.

Iraqi politics in disarray as US pullback nears (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 08:16 AM PST AP - With elections looming and the U.S. withdrawal of combat troops less than seven months away, political disarray is threatening Iraq's future as well its past.

US says five Iran-backed insurgents killed near Iraq border (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 07:30 AM PST AFP - The US military on Friday said five insurgents from an "Iranian-backed terrorist organisation" were killed in a shootout in an Iraqi-led anti-smuggling operation southeast of Baghdad.

Five killed as U.S., Iraqi troops raid border village (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 07:05 AM PST Reuters - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops killed at least five people Friday in a raid on suspected members of what Washington calls an Iranian-backed terrorist group, the U.S. military said.

Deplorable services dampen Iraqi appetite to vote (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 07:04 AM PST Reuters - Seven years after the U.S.-led invasion ushered in democracy, Iraqis making do with a few hours of power a day and living amid mounds of rubbish and pools of sewage wonder if they should vote in a March election.

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