Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Audit: US cannot account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP)
• 8.7 billion dollars in Iraq funds not accounted for: audit (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,413 (AP)
• Iraq political crisis deepens as parliament session scrapped (AFP)
• In Iraq, US military chief touts 'stunning' progress (AFP)
• Iraq arms inspector Blix warned of weak war evidence (Reuters)
• UN's Blix: UK, US relied on dubious intelligence (AP)
• U.S. can't account for $8.7 billion of Iraq's money: audit (Reuters)
• Mullen: Leak of Afghan materials may risk US lives (AP)
• GE to pay 23 million dollars after Iraq bribery charges (AFP)
• GE settles SEC charges on Iraq kickback scheme (Reuters)
• Iraq executed 230 people from 2005-2009 (AFP)
• Iraq parliament delayed, no end to stalemate in sight (Reuters)
• Iraq fights another form of violence - in the home (Reuters)
• Bombers hit pilgrimage and TV office in Iraq (Reuters)
• Iraqi Shiite group promoted 'virtue' by the sword (AFP)
• In Iraq, Mullen to review US troop withdrawal (AFP)

Audit: US cannot account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - A U.S. audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that there is little to show for the massive funds pumped into their cash-strapped, war-ravaged nation.

8.7 billion dollars in Iraq funds not accounted for: audit (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:53 PM PDT AFP - The Pentagon cannot properly account for nearly nine billion dollars in Iraqi oil revenues and other funds received for reconstruction programs after the 2003 US invasion, a US audit found Tuesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,413 (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:46 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at least 4,413 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 political crisis deepens as parliament session scrapped (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:22 PM PDT AFP - Iraq's parliament indefinitely postponed on Tuesday what would have been only its second session since March elections, extending a deadlock that has prevented formation of a new government.

In Iraq, US military chief touts 'stunning' progress (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 11:35 AM PDT AFP - The US military's top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, on Tuesday said a planned drawdown of US troops in Iraq was on track, citing "stunning" progress in security over the past three years.

Iraq arms inspector Blix warned of weak war evidence (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 11:33 AM PDT Reuters - Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix warned Washington and London in the weeks before the 2003 invasion of Iraq that he was growing less confident in evidence Iraq had banned weapons, he said on Tuesday.

UN's Blix: UK, US relied on dubious intelligence (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - The United Nations inspector who led a doomed hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq told Britain's inquiry into the 2003 invasion Tuesday that the U.S. and U.K. relied on flawed intelligence and showed dubious judgment in the buildup to war.

U.S. can't account for $8.7 billion of Iraq's money: audit (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:16 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Department of Defense was unable to account properly for $8.7 billion of Iraqi oil and gas money meant for humanitarian needs and reconstruction after the 2003 invasion, according to an audit released on Tuesday.

Mullen: Leak of Afghan materials may risk US lives (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:03 AM PDT AP - The top U.S. military officer says the leak of U.S. military documents about Afghanistan could put American lives at risk.

GE to pay 23 million dollars after Iraq bribery charges (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:44 AM PDT AFP - US industrial titan General Electric has agreed to pay over 23 million dollars to settle allegations that it bribed Iraqi officials, a US financial watchdog said on Tuesday.

GE settles SEC charges on Iraq kickback scheme (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:38 AM PDT Reuters - General Electric Co will pay $23.4 million to settle charges that executives bribed Iraqi government officials to win contracts, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.

Iraq executed 230 people from 2005-2009 (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:28 AM PDT AFP - Iraq executed 230 people from 2005 to 2009 and a further 1,200 have been sentenced to death, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.

Iraq parliament delayed, no end to stalemate in sight (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:41 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqi lawmakers called off a scheduled session of parliament on Tuesday as squabbling political factions said they needed more time to decide who will hold the nation's highest offices.

Iraq fights another form of violence - in the home (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:16 AM PDT Reuters - As the violence of sectarian warfare ebbs, Iraq's government has taken tentative first steps to combat another kind of violence -- domestic abuse, primarily against women.

Bombers hit pilgrimage and TV office in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:59 AM PDT Reuters - Two car bombs exploded near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala in southern Iraq on Monday, killing 19 mainly Shi'ite pilgrims and wounding 54, an Iraqi official said.

Iraqi Shiite group promoted 'virtue' by the sword (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:50 AM PDT AFP - A group of masked, sword-wielding Shiite youths aiming to "promote virtue and fight vice" terrorised a southern Iraqi city from early July until its members were rounded up.

In Iraq, Mullen to review US troop withdrawal (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:49 PM PDT AFP - The US military's top officer flies to Iraq Tuesday to review plans for a troop drawdown and efforts to form a new governing coalition, amid fresh violence targeting civilians.

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