Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Obama: combat mission in Iraq to end this month (Reuters)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Maliki says impasse over Iraqi govt not his fault (Reuters)
• Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq (AP)
• Iraq's PM warns his critics want a weak leader (AP)
• US combat mission in Iraq to end on schedule Aug 31: Obama (AFP)
• Obama takes credit for ending U.S. combat mission in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi paper sued for one billion dollars over bribes story (AFP)
• Five killed in Iraq attacks: officials (AFP)
• Iraq delays gas bid round until October (AFP)

Obama: combat mission in Iraq to end this month (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to make good on his promise to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of August, despite a dangerous political deadlock in Baghdad and a recent surge in militant violence.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Maliki says impasse over Iraqi govt not his fault (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday his desire to serve a second term as prime minister was not holding up the formation of a new government and asked Iraqis to have patience.

Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - Nearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, President Barack Obama on Monday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops — "as promised and on schedule" — as a major success despite deep doubts about the Iraqis' ability to police and govern their country.

Iraq's PM warns his critics want a weak leader (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:46 PM PDT AP - Iraq's prime minister warned Monday that his critics want to install a weak leader that would leave the nation riven by sectarian divisions and prey to local warlords.

US combat mission in Iraq to end on schedule Aug 31: Obama (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:13 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama pledged Monday that the United States will end its combat mission in Iraq as scheduled on August 31 despite a recent flare-up in violence.

Obama takes credit for ending U.S. combat mission in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:03 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday declared that at month's end the U.S. will end its combat mission in Iraq "as promised and on schedule," and he pledged to veterans, "Your country is going to take care of you when you come home."

Iraqi paper sued for one billion dollars over bribes story (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:17 AM PDT AFP - An Iraqi newspaper is facing a one billion dollar lawsuit from a key Kurdish party it alleged had taken kickbacks on oil deals with neighbouring Iran, a press freedom group said on Monday.

Five killed in Iraq attacks: officials (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:36 AM PDT AFP - Bomb attacks Monday in Baghdad and a town in western Anbar province killed five people and wounded seven, officials said, amid a surge in Iraq violence linked to stalled efforts to form a government.

Iraq delays gas bid round until October (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:46 AM PDT AFP - Iraq has delayed until October a tender to develop three gas fields with estimated reserves that total about 11 trillion cubic feet (317 billion cubic metres), an oil ministry spokesman said Monday.

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