Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Al-Qaida claims it was behind twin Iraq bombings (AP)
• Escaped Iraq detainees are Qaeda suspects: police (AFP)
• Kirkuk police chief badly wounded by Iraq car bomb (AFP)
• As Iraq war winds down, US military cleans up hazardous waste (The Christian Science Monitor)

Al-Qaida claims it was behind twin Iraq bombings (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:32 AM PDT AP - Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings against its former insurgent allies that killed almost 50 people and said in an Internet statement posted Friday that it hoped the attacks would inspire others to "martyrdom."

Escaped Iraq detainees are Qaeda suspects: police (AFP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:29 AM PDT AFP - Four prisoners who escaped from a jail on the outskirts of Baghdad are suspected Al-Qaeda members, two of them believed to be leaders of the group's Iraq front organisation, a police source said on Friday.

Kirkuk police chief badly wounded by Iraq car bomb (AFP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:59 AM PDT AFP - A car bomb in Iraq's ethnically divided northern oil hub of Kirkuk seriously wounded its police chief and killed his son on Friday, a police officer said.

As Iraq war winds down, US military cleans up hazardous waste (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Jul 2010 02:42 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - American commanders in Iraq are working to demonstrate that they are clearing the country of tens of millions of pounds of US-made hazardous waste, rebutting claims that they are leaving behind a toxic legacy as US troops withdraw.

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