Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Ongoing violence may hurt Iraq investment: U.S. general (Reuters)
• Sources: 10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq (AP)
• Twin suicide attacks kill 35 north of Baghdad (AFP)
• Double bombing kills 37 at Iraqi government office (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,469 (AP)
• US opens consulate in Iraqi city of Basra (AFP)
• Bombers strike Iraq govt building, at least 28 dead (Reuters)
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• At least 35 killed in twin blasts north of Baghdad (AFP)

Ongoing violence may hurt Iraq investment: U.S. general (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - Failure to curb bombings and attacks by militia groups and insurgents in Iraq could spark a flight of foreign investment from the war-battered country, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Tuesday.

Sources: 10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:37 PM PDT AP - The White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq next year, U.S. officials say, despite opposition from many Iraqis and key Democratic Party allies who demand that President Barack Obama bring home the American military as promised.

Twin suicide attacks kill 35 north of Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:09 PM PDT AFP - Twin suicide bombs ripped through the city of Taji north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 35 people, officials said, after Iraq suffered the year's deadliest month in June.

Double bombing kills 37 at Iraqi government office (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:48 AM PDT AP - A car packed with explosives and a roadside bomb went off back-to-back outside a municipal building north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 37 people and wounding 54, Iraqi police and a hospital doctor said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,469 (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:47 AM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at least 4,469 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US opens consulate in Iraqi city of Basra (AFP) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:17 AM PDT AFP - The United States opened a consulate Tuesday in Basra, a port city in southern Iraq with key oil installations and export terminals, a statement said.

Bombers strike Iraq govt building, at least 28 dead (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:01 AM PDT Reuters - A car bomb and a roadside bomb blew up in a crowded parking lot outside a government building north of Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.

(AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:32 PM PDT AP - Sudanese news agency: 197 African migrants bound for Saudi feared drowned off Sudan's coast.

At least 35 killed in twin blasts north of Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:19 AM PDT AFP - At least 35 people were killed and 28 wounded in a double bomb attack in the city of Taji north of Baghdad on Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.

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