Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq president opposes Tariq Aziz's death sentence (AP)
• Iraq vulnerable to air attack in 2012: US general (AFP)
• Sweden slams EU court for Iraqi asylum reviews (AP)
• Iraq president refuses to sign Aziz death order (AFP)
• Iraq's Talabani says will not sign Aziz death order (Reuters)

Iraq president opposes Tariq Aziz's death sentence (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:53 PM PST AP - Iraq's president declared on Wednesday that he will not sign off on the hanging of Tariq Aziz, joining the Vatican and others in objecting to the death sentence for a man who for years was the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Iraq vulnerable to air attack in 2012: US general (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 08:36 AM PST AFP - Iraq, which has no combat aircraft, will be vulnerable to an air attack for at least a year after American troops leave at the end of 2011, the spokesman for US forces in the country said on Wednesday.

Sweden slams EU court for Iraqi asylum reviews (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:32 AM PST AP - Sweden's immigration authority has criticized the European Court of Human Rights for being inefficient in handling complaints from Iraqi asylum-seekers.

Iraq president refuses to sign Aziz death order (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 05:20 AM PST AFP - President Jalal Talabani said on Wednesday he would never sign former deputy premier Tareq Aziz's execution order, stressing it was time to turn the page on Iraq's history of capital punishment.

Iraq's Talabani says will not sign Aziz death order (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:52 AM PST Reuters - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Wednesday he will not sign an execution order for Tareq Aziz, the former deputy of dictator Saddam Hussein sentenced to death last month for crimes against humanity.

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