Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• An Ex-U.S. Soldier Visits Iraq's Old Battlefields (Time.com)
• In Iraq's Old Battlefields: Two Kinds of Americans (Time.com)
• Biden calls Iraqi Kurdish leader (AFP)
• Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki: Iraq within days of ending political stalemate (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Kurd: Deal closer on settling Iraq political limbo (AP)
• Supporters of radical Shi'ite cleric rally in Iraq (Reuters)
• Iraqis on edge as rocket attacks intensify (Reuters)
• Iraq's political gambits move to regional stage (AP)
• As Fallujah Rebuilds, the Bitterness of War Remains (Time.com)

An Ex-U.S. Soldier Visits Iraq's Old Battlefields (Time.com) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT Time.com - Continuing his tour of Iraq, a former American soldier visits the area around Ramadi to see how a kind of normal life is taking hold after years of violence

In Iraq's Old Battlefields: Two Kinds of Americans (Time.com) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT Time.com - The people of Anbar province may not have liked Americans but they learned to hate al-Qaeda more. But they also learned to prefer one kind of U.S. soldier to another

Biden calls Iraqi Kurdish leader (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:02 PM PDT AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday called Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani as tortuous efforts continued to form a government seven months after Iraq's elections.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki: Iraq within days of ending political stalemate (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:08 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his Shiite coalition is close to forming a government and could announce a new coalition by next week, ending Iraq's long-running political crisis.

Kurd: Deal closer on settling Iraq political limbo (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:04 AM PDT AP - Iraqi political leaders took a step closer Friday to unsnarling the nation's seven-month political gridlock, according to a key Kurdish negotiator who cited a tentative deal that would keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power.

Supporters of radical Shi'ite cleric rally in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 09:21 AM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets in Iraq on Friday to show support for their leader's decision to nominate Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister for a second term.

Iraqis on edge as rocket attacks intensify (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 06:43 AM PDT Reuters - Sunni and Shi'ite insurgents are reviving the tactic of firing rockets at Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, unsettling the Iraqi capital's residents and adding to a sense that security is eroding as U.S. troops withdraw.

Iraq's political gambits move to regional stage (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT AP - Iraq's political bazaar is branching out.

As Fallujah Rebuilds, the Bitterness of War Remains (Time.com) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:10 AM PDT Time.com - The city that was synonymous with the anti-American insurgency and rebellion has been largely rebuilt. But a former U.S. solder finds memories of war long and unforgiving

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