Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA (AP)
• Iraq culture chief escapes assassination bid (AFP)
• AP sources: Crocker top pick for Afghan post (AP)

Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT AP - In a major national security reshuffle, President Barack Obama is sending CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon to replace Robert Gates, a widely praised Bush holdover, and replacing Panetta at the spy agency with Gen. David Petraeus, the high-profile commander of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Iraq culture chief escapes assassination bid (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:04 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's top theatre and film official narrowly escaped assassination on Wednesday when a magnetic "sticky bomb" affixed to his car detonated shortly after he parked it, he told AFP.

AP sources: Crocker top pick for Afghan post (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:18 AM PDT AP - Seasoned diplomat Ryan Crocker has emerged as the top candidate to become the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, part of a far-reaching revamping of the nation's top leadership in the conflict there, now in its 10th year.

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