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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Abducted Army linguist returning to San Diego (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:46 PM PDT

AP - An Iraqi-American who was kidnapped in Baghdad while working for American troops was overjoyed and fatigued as he prepared to return home to San Diego from an Army base in San Antonio, his family said Friday.

Division among Iraq's Shiites good news for Allawi (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:38 PM PDT

Supporters of anti-American radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr cast their votes in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 2, 2010. Supporters are turning up for a self-styled referendum on the nation's next prime minister. The voting on Friday and Saturday has no legal authority but it is widely seen as a way for the cleric to back someone other than his archenemy, incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. A bloc by secular Ayad Allawi won a two-seat lead over al-Maliki's group, but neither has a majority to rule alone. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - When the coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki narrowly lost at the polls, he raised the prospect that he could pull ahead by gaining the support of other Shiite-dominated alliances. Since then the largest of those groups have been reaching out — but not to him.

Iraq, Afghan wars biggest logistical effort since WWII: US general (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 12:19 PM PDT

US Army soldiers unload a robot to deactivate an IED they discovered on a main road in Yosef Khel district of Paktika province. The US military's drawdown in Iraq and buildup in Afghanistan represents the biggest movement of troops and equipment since World War II, a top general said Friday.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The US military's drawdown in Iraq and buildup in Afghanistan represents the biggest movement of troops and equipment since World War II, a top general said Friday.

Iraq's Sadrists go to the polls in PM 'referendum' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 10:35 AM PDT

Iraqis vote for candidates nominated to the prime minister position in an unofficial referendum conducted by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad's Shiite suburb of al-Shoala. Polls opened in a ballot of Iraq's Sadrists on Friday over who should be the country's leader, while ex-premier Iyad Allawi received a boost after a key Shiite party backed his bloc for government.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Polls opened in a ballot of Iraq's Sadrists on Friday over who should be the country's leader, while ex-premier Iyad Allawi received a boost after a key Shiite party backed his bloc for government.

Army moves troops, gear from Iraq to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:42 AM PDT

AP - The military is scrambling to finish what it calls the largest movement of troops and equipment since the buildup of World War II as it draws down in Iraq and ramps up in Afghanistan.

Iraq's Sadrists hold vote for prime minister choice (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:55 AM PDT

Ammar al-Hakim, the leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), casts his vote in the Iraqi parliamentary election at a polling station in the Green Zone in Baghdad March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Ali Abbas/PoolReuters - Supporters of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stood in long lines on Friday to vote their choice for prime minister of Iraq in a two-day referendum that carried no government sanction or legal weight.

Sadrists, Iraq's new kingmakers, hold sway in vote (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 01:28 AM PDT

An Iraqi woman casts her ballot in Sadr City. Iraq's Sadrists started voting on who should lead the war-torn country, as they try to capitalise on a strong electoral showing that made them the biggest religious bloc in March polls.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's Sadrists started voting on Friday on who should lead the war-torn country, as they try to capitalise on a strong electoral showing that made them the biggest religious bloc in March polls.

Six Iraq al Qaeda leaders killed or arrested: U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 12:01 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier mans a checkpoint at one of two entrances leading into the al-Amin neighbourhood of Baghdad, in 2008. The number of Iraqis killed in violence last month was the highest this year, authorities have said, as the country's political parties discuss forming a government after March 7 polls.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -U.S. and Iraqi troops have killed or arrested at least six suspected al Qaeda leaders allegedly involved in an extortion and assassination ring in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

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