Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraqi court orders parliament back to work (AP)
• British deputy PM: Investigate Iraq leak claims (AP)
• Iraq's Sunni-backed political bloc rejects gas auction (Reuters)
• U.S. soldiers in Iraq restless in advisory role (Reuters)
• Court orders Iraqi parliament back to work (AFP)
• Maliki supporters say WikiLeaks revelations a plot (AFP)
• US under pressure on WikiLeaks allegations (AFP)
• WikiLeaks says logs show 15,000 more Iraq deaths (Reuters)
• Iraq should probe army torture reports: group (AFP)
• Iraq's Maliki says Wikileaks documents could be used in court (The Christian Science Monitor)

Iraqi court orders parliament back to work (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:50 AM PDT AP - Iraq's highest court on Sunday ordered parliament back to work after a virtual seven-month recess, intensifying pressure to break the political stalemate that has held up formation of a new government.

British deputy PM: Investigate Iraq leak claims (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:08 AM PDT AP - Allegations of prisoner abuse and civilian killings in Iraq from a cache of leaked U.S. secret military documents are extremely serious and must be investigated, a top British official said Sunday.

Iraq's Sunni-backed political bloc rejects gas auction (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - A Sunni-backed, cross-sectarian alliance which won the most votes in Iraq's March election said on Sunday it rejected the government's auction of gas field contracts, adding a new element of uncertainty to the deals.

U.S. soldiers in Iraq restless in advisory role (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - Captain Jason Dupuis had to talk to a psychologist about his experiences in the heat of battle, having endured mortar bombs and gunfire from insurgents at the height of the violence after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Court orders Iraqi parliament back to work (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 07:33 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's highest court ordered parliament to resume its work on Sunday, nearly eight months after inconclusive elections left the country without a new government.

Maliki supporters say WikiLeaks revelations a plot (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:24 AM PDT AFP - Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki are convinced the WikiLeaks release of secret US military documents is a plot to undermine his bid to stay in power following March elections.

US under pressure on WikiLeaks allegations (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 02:36 PM PDT AFP - Washington on Sunday came under increasing pressure to investigate allegations in the leaked Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks, which Britain's deputy premier called "shocking".

WikiLeaks says logs show 15,000 more Iraq deaths (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 11:17 PM PDT Reuters - WikiLeaks said on Saturday its release of nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war showed 15,000 more Iraqi civilians died than previously thought.

Iraq should probe army torture reports: group (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 06:17 PM PDT AFP - Iraq should investigate reports that its forces systematically tortured and abused detainees, Human Rights Watch has said after documents released by Wikileaks detailed abuse by Iraqi captors.

Iraq's Maliki says Wikileaks documents could be used in court (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 05:23 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The trove of leaked secret US military documents filtered its way through top levels in Iraq on Saturday, with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki saying they could be used as evidence in court cases and the US denying that it turned a blind eye to torture.

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