Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,397 (AP)
• Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot (AP)
• Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn't there a new government? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• US gets China, Russia on board for Iran sanctions (AP)
• Iraq says prisoners released by US rejoined Qaeda (AFP)
• Taliban Suicide Bomb in Kabul Shatters Capital's Calm (Time.com)
• UK Iraq inquiry to question officials in US (AP)
• Afghan Strategy: U.S. Stands By Deals with Tribal Elders (Time.com)
• Iraq forces: Al-Qaida plot on World Cup uncovered (AP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,397 (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at least 4,397 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - An alleged al-Qaida militant detained in Iraq said Tuesday he had talked to friends about attacking Danish and Dutch teams at the World Cup in South Africa next month to avenge insults against the Prophet Muhammad.

Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn't there a new government? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 May 2010 02:24 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — Millions of Iraqi voters defied bombings and intimidation to cast ballots in the country's March 7 parliamentary election, which was billed as historic because it was the first since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 to be organized, carried out and secured by Iraqis.

US gets China, Russia on board for Iran sanctions (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - The United States introduced a United Nations resolution aimed at Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program on Tuesday, having won long-sought and pivotal support from China and Russia for new sanctions against its powerful Revolutionary Guard and new measures to try to curtail Iran's military, financial and shipping activities.

Iraq says prisoners released by US rejoined Qaeda (AFP) Posted: 18 May 2010 10:27 AM PDT AFP - An Iraqi security spokesman on Tuesday said prisoners released by the US military rejoined Al-Qaeda in senior roles that saw them plan and commit bloody attacks inside the country.

Taliban Suicide Bomb in Kabul Shatters Capital's Calm (Time.com) Posted: 18 May 2010 09:50 AM PDT Time.com - A TIME reporter hears Tuesday's suicide car bomb blast in Kabul and compares the capital's scene to that of Baghdad, examining the so-called progress

UK Iraq inquiry to question officials in US (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 09:08 AM PDT AP - Britain's Iraq war inquiry panel arrived in the United States on Tuesday as it continues to investigate mistakes made in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but officials are not expected to hold talks with former President George W. Bush.

Afghan Strategy: U.S. Stands By Deals with Tribal Elders (Time.com) Posted: 18 May 2010 08:10 AM PDT Time.com - An attempt to use an Iraqi solution to insurgency backfires when members of a tribe receiving U.S. funding start shooting at each other

Iraq forces: Al-Qaida plot on World Cup uncovered (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 07:30 PM PDT AP - Iraqi security forces have detained an al-Qaida militant suspected of planning an attack targeting the World Cup in South Africa next month, an official said Monday.

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