Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Holy Land Christians pray for victims of Iraq church attack (AFP)
• Outlook improves for two large southern Iraq oilfields: SOC (AFP)
• Iraq postpones crucial parliament session (AFP)
• Al-Qaida claims Baghdad attacks on Shiites (AP)
• Iraqi Qaeda claims bombs against Shiite 'insults' (AFP)
• Lawyers sue for UK inquiry into Iraq abuse claims (AP)
• Iraqi al Qaeda group predicts more bloody days (Reuters)
• Iraq's idle MPs urged to return $40 mln in pay (AFP)
• Baghdad Attacks: Could They End Iraq's Political Impasse? (Time.com)
• Iraq parliament session pressures Iraqiya bloc (Reuters)

Holy Land Christians pray for victims of Iraq church attack (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:12 PM PDT AFP - Christian leaders in the Holy Land gathered on Friday in Bethlehem for a mass in memory of the 46 worshippers killed in the Al-Qaeda assault on a Baghdad church.

Outlook improves for two large southern Iraq oilfields: SOC (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PDT AFP - Output at one of southern Iraq's largest oilfields is on the uptick after sharp declines, and it should bottom out at a second field next month before turning higher, the head of South Oil Co said in comments published on Friday.

Iraq postpones crucial parliament session (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:38 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi MPs on Friday postponed a meeting to elect a speaker and kick off the process of forming a government, as civil society groups seek to recover 40 million dollars from deputies left idle over the past eight months.

Al-Qaida claims Baghdad attacks on Shiites (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:23 AM PDT AP - Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq on Friday claimed responsibility for a string of attacks on Baghdad's Shiite districts this week that left 91 people dead, and threatened more strikes against the country's majority sect.

Iraqi Qaeda claims bombs against Shiite 'insults' (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:31 AM PDT AFP - Al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said on Friday it was behind car bombings against Shiites in Baghdad this week that killed 64 people, saying they were revenge for "insults" and threatening more attacks.

Lawyers sue for UK inquiry into Iraq abuse claims (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:47 AM PDT AP - Lawyers for 222 Iraqi civilians are suing the British government, claiming their clients were subjected to a regime of systematic abuse by British soldiers and interrogators — and that their only realistic remedy is a far-reaching public investigation into how the U.K. treated its captives in Iraq.

Iraqi al Qaeda group predicts more bloody days (Reuters) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:32 AM PDT Reuters - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said on Friday that recent attacks in Baghdad were "the beginning of the downpour" and many more bloody days would come.

Iraq's idle MPs urged to return $40 mln in pay (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:56 AM PDT AFP - Civil society groups said on Friday they are to launch a legal battle for Iraqi MPs left idle since a March 7 poll to return 40 million dollars received in salaries and allowances over the past eight months.

Baghdad Attacks: Could They End Iraq's Political Impasse? (Time.com) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:50 AM PDT Time.com - Seven months have passed since Iraq elected a new parliament, but no new government has been formed. Will two horrific days scare the power brokers into action?

Iraq parliament session pressures Iraqiya bloc (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:43 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq's parliament elects a new speaker on Monday, eight months after an inconclusive election, in a move that could force Sunni forces to join a Shi'ite-Kurd alliance in a national unity government or risk falling apart.

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