Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US soldier charged with killing troops in Iraq (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,425 (AP)
• Dallas exhibit gives sneak peek at Bush archives (AP)
• Big British defense cuts weaken Pentagon's top military partner (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraqi border guard and family members shot dead (AFP)
• Iraq awards gas fields as it bids to become major player (AFP)
• Kurds threaten to boycott Iraq census (AFP)
• Is Iran Pulling the Strings in Iraq? Not Quite (Time.com)
• Iraq PM Maliki predicts new govt 'very soon' (AFP)
• UN Iraq envoy unhurt after bomb attack on convoy (AFP)
• Top UN official survives bomb blast after meeting Iraq's Sistani (The Christian Science Monitor)

US soldier charged with killing troops in Iraq (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - An American soldier was charged Wednesday with killing two fellow U.S. troops and wounding a third after an argument last month in a former Iraqi insurgent stronghold turned deadly.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,425 (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at least 4,425 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Dallas exhibit gives sneak peek at Bush archives (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 02:08 PM PDT AP - A new exhibit will give the public its first glimpse into the archives of former President George W. Bush, including the bullhorn Bush used when he visited ground zero days after Sept. 11 and the pistol taken from Saddam Hussein when he was captured.

Big British defense cuts weaken Pentagon's top military partner (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When George W. Bush formed his 2003 “coalition of the willing” to invade Iraq, the president turned to Britain's Tony Blair â€" not only because the prime minister was one of the few “willing” world leaders, but also because the British military remained a robust defense force with global capabilities.

Iraqi border guard and family members shot dead (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 01:17 PM PDT AFP - An Iraqi border guard and four members of his family were killed at their house in the restive northern city of Mosul on Sunday evening, police said.

Iraq awards gas fields as it bids to become major player (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:21 AM PDT AFP - Iraq awarded three gas fields at an international auction on Wednesday as it vies to become a major world player in a policy the oil minister said is key to boosting the war-ravaged economy.

Kurds threaten to boycott Iraq census (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:20 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's Kurds might boycott the country's already delayed national census if the central government drops a question on ethnic identity, a senior regional official said on Wednesday.

Is Iran Pulling the Strings in Iraq? Not Quite (Time.com) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 10:00 AM PDT Time.com - Talk of Iran filling a vacuum left by U.S. departure is missing the point. Iraqi democracy has always produced governments closer to Tehran than to Washington

Iraq PM Maliki predicts new govt 'very soon' (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:06 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in Cairo on a regional tour to rally support for his candidacy, said Wednesday his country would "soon" have a new government, seven months after an inconclusive poll.

UN Iraq envoy unhurt after bomb attack on convoy (AFP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 08:06 PM PDT AFP - The UN envoy to Iraq, Dutch diplomat Ad Melkert, was unhurt after a bomb attack targeting a convoy of vehicles south of Baghdad, UN and police officials said.

Top UN official survives bomb blast after meeting Iraq's Sistani (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:48 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A roadside bomb hit the convoy of the top UN official in Iraq after a meeting with revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf Tuesday. UN envoy Ad Melkert was unhurt, but the blast killed an Iraqi policeman and wounded three others.

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