Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Attacks in Iraq down, Al-Qaeda arrests up: US general (AFP)
• US general: Iraqis lead security ops 'across the country' (AFP)
• Qaeda in Iraq struggling after leadership blow: U.S. (Reuters)
• Kurds say small unit of Iranian troops enters Iraq (Reuters)
• US general: most al-Qaida leaders in Iraq killed (AP)
• 34 top Al-Qaeda Iraq leaders detained or killed: US (AFP)
• Iraqi refugees haunted by horrors they left behind (Reuters)
• Iraqi cinemas struggle to restore former glory (AFP)
• Turkish Kurdish rebels declare end to unilateral ceasefire (AFP)
• BP Among the Companies Vying for Iraq's Oil (Time.com)

Attacks in Iraq down, Al-Qaeda arrests up: US general (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT AFP - High-profile attacks and casualty figures in Iraq fell in 2010 to their lowest level since the US invasion, while the number of Al-Qaeda leaders captured or killed soared, the US commander in Iraq said Friday.

US general: Iraqis lead security ops 'across the country' (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:59 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi forces are leading security efforts "across the country," including on most counterterrorism operations, the top US general in Iraq said Friday.

Qaeda in Iraq struggling after leadership blow: U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:24 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or captured 34 of the top 42 al Qaeda leaders in Iraq in the past 90 days, severing the group from al Qaeda's senior leadership and leaving it struggling to regroup, Army General Ray Odierno said on Friday.

Kurds say small unit of Iranian troops enters Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - A small unit of Iranian soldiers has entered Iraqi territory in pursuit of Kurdish rebels in the north, officials in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Friday.

US general: most al-Qaida leaders in Iraq killed (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:33 AM PDT AP - The top American commander in Iraq said Friday that most of the senior leaders of al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq — 34 out of 42 — have been captured or killed over the past three months.

34 top Al-Qaeda Iraq leaders detained or killed: US (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:17 AM PDT AFP - US and Iraqi security forces in the past three months have "detained or killed" 34 of the top 42 Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders, the US commander in Iraq said Friday.

Iraqi refugees haunted by horrors they left behind (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 10:01 AM PDT Reuters - Nahla and her pharmacist husband Malik were prospering in the Shi'ite city of Kerbala, despite the sectarian and criminal violence unleashed by the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. They even bought a new house.

Iraqi cinemas struggle to restore former glory (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:02 AM PDT AFP - The Atlas film theatre in central Baghdad is a shadow of its former self -- its red seats are badly torn and white neon lights flicker constantly, stopping only when a power cut turns them off entirely.

Turkish Kurdish rebels declare end to unilateral ceasefire (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:23 AM PDT AFP - Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq announced on Friday they had ended their unilateral ceasefire with Turkey, as Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani paid a landmark visit to Ankara.

BP Among the Companies Vying for Iraq's Oil (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:20 PM PDT Time.com - The U.S. Embassy is showing off the potential for Iraq to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer of petroleum

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