Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,412 (AP)
• Iraq oil revenues 95% of state income: minister (AFP)
• US wants greater effort from Iraq to form government (AFP)
• Iraqis angry at more delays in forming government (Reuters)
• Iran-backed group eyed attack on US bases in Iraq: general (AFP)
• Iraq cabinet to summon Kurds over Iran fuel sales (Reuters)
• Odierno: Iran threat to US troops in Iraq on rise (AP)
• Clinton: Iraq must form government soon (AP)
• Oil smuggling to Iran embarrassment for Iraq (AP)
• At least 11 dead in Iraq attacks (AFP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,412 (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:21 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at least 4,412 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq oil revenues 95% of state income: minister (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:38 AM PDT AFP - Revenues from oil sales account for 95 percent of Iraq's income, Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said on Tuesday, underlining the war-battered nation's reliance on crude to rebuild its economy.

US wants greater effort from Iraq to form government (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:24 AM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged Iraqis on all sides to make greater efforts to overcome differences and end a four-month stalemate in forming a government.

Iraqis angry at more delays in forming government (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqis sweltering in blistering summer heat with little state-supplied power on Tuesday criticized yet another delay in forming a new government after the election in March.

Iran-backed group eyed attack on US bases in Iraq: general (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:55 AM PDT AFP - Iranian-backed militants recently received specialist training inside Iran to help mount an attack on American military bases in Iraq, the top US commander in Baghdad said on Tuesday.

Iraq cabinet to summon Kurds over Iran fuel sales (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:48 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's oil minister on Tuesday criticized the authorities of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region for allowing fuel to be exported to neighboring Iran without approval from the central government.

Odierno: Iran threat to US troops in Iraq on rise (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:37 AM PDT AP - The U.S. military is beefing up security around its bases in Iraq in anticipation of Iranian-backed militants looking to score propaganda points by attacking American soldiers leaving the country, the U.S. commander said Tuesday.

Clinton: Iraq must form government soon (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:31 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Tuesday stepped up pressure on Iraqi leaders to overcome a five-month political impasse that has prevented the formation of a new government as the U.S. prepares to end its combat mission there at the end of August.

Oil smuggling to Iran embarrassment for Iraq (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT AP - The smuggling of tens of thousands of gallons a day of crude oil and refined fuels from northern Iraq to Iran, in violation of new U.S. sanctions, is stoking tensions between Iraq's central government and its Kurdish provincial counterparts.

At least 11 dead in Iraq attacks (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:34 AM PDT AFP - At least 11 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, including three by a device which blew up in a mock coffin during a demonstration, security officials said.

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