Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Ex-U.S. ally Chalabi, now closer to Iran, on the rise in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)
• U.N. urges Iraq to ratify atomic inspection protocol (Reuters)
• Iraq to reinstate 20,000 Saddam-era army officers (AP)
• UN to weigh lifting Saddam-era sanctions on Iraq (AP)
• Shiite cleric accuses Iraq ministers of corruption (AFP)
• Journalists complain of pre-poll intimidation in Iraq north (AFP)
• Iraq pushes on with reinstating Saddam-era troops (Reuters)
• Iraq election: Will sectarian divisions limit turnout? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Kurd-Arab feud threatens Iraq growth, investment (Reuters)
• Baghdad printers working flat out ahead of Iraq polls (AFP)

Ex-U.S. ally Chalabi, now closer to Iran, on the rise in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:34 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The Bush administration introduced Ahmad Chalabi, the former U.S. ally and perennially controversial Iraqi politician, as a secular, pro-Western Mr. Fix-It who could slide right into Saddam Hussein's old seat.

U.N. urges Iraq to ratify atomic inspection protocol (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:27 PM PST Reuters - The Security Council on Friday urged Iraq to ratify an agreement requiring it to accept intrusive inspections by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, which dismantled a covert Iraqi atom bomb program in the 1990s.

Iraq to reinstate 20,000 Saddam-era army officers (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:24 PM PST AP - Iraq on Friday reinstated 20,000 former army officers dismissed after the U.S.-led invasion, a landmark gesture at reconciliation ahead of the March 7 elections.

UN to weigh lifting Saddam-era sanctions on Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:13 PM PST AP - Iraq picked up momentum Friday in its bid to remove the U.N. trade sanctions that have been hampering its economy for nearly two decades in punishment for Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

Shiite cleric accuses Iraq ministers of corruption (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:52 AM PST AFP - One of Iraq's most senior Shiite clerics sharply criticised several ministers close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki late on Thursday, less than 10 days before a general election.

Journalists complain of pre-poll intimidation in Iraq north (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:49 AM PST AFP - Kurdish journalists covering the campaign for Iraq's March 7 general election have been subjected to attacks and have had their movements restricted, media groups said on Friday.

Iraq pushes on with reinstating Saddam-era troops (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:39 AM PST Reuters - Iraq has reinstated about 20,000 troops from Saddam Hussein's army under an initiative launched in 2008, but officials denied on Friday that the most recent reintegration was related to national elections next month.

Iraq election: Will sectarian divisions limit turnout? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:23 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A little over a week before the Iraq election, the country is a cauldron of political attacks, sectarian divisions, and conspiracy theories that could limit the turnout in the country’s most important national elections to date.

Kurd-Arab feud threatens Iraq growth, investment (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:16 AM PST Reuters - One summer day last year, insurgents drove a truck packed with explosives into a crowded market area in the small Iraqi town of Taza, unleashing a blast that killed 88 people and flattened dozens of clay brick homes.

Baghdad printers working flat out ahead of Iraq polls (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:42 PM PST AFP - Business has never been so good for Iraq's printers in the runup to the March 7 election, but the boom has its own headaches in a country short on printing presses and rife with religious sensitivities.

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