Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,473 (AP)
• Norway Muslims share nation's grief and hope for unity (Reuters)
• US transfers security at Basra port to Iraq (AFP)
• Army chief: Iran may seek mass casualties in Iraq (AP)
• Al-Qaida in Iraq appeals for fundraising ideas (AP)
• Qaeda militant killed by own bomb: Iraq police (AFP)
• Iraqi Kurdistan bans female genital mutilation (AFP)
• US takes on Iraq pullout 'one bite at a time' (AFP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,473 (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:47 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at least 4,473 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Norway Muslims share nation's grief and hope for unity (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT Reuters - As central Oslo reeled from Norway's worst massacre in modern history, a blond man in the grieving crowd asked Iraqi-born Iman al-Kofi, wearing a headscarf, for a hug.

US transfers security at Basra port to Iraq (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:35 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi forces on Tuesday took charge of security at the oil export terminals at the southern port of Basra from US troops, an Iraqi navy official said.

Army chief: Iran may seek mass casualties in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:26 AM PDT AP - Iran's stepped-up arming of Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq who are targeting American troops may be designed to trigger a "Beirut-like moment" of mass U.S. casualties, the Obama administration's nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Tuesday.

Al-Qaida in Iraq appeals for fundraising ideas (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:50 AM PDT AP - Al-Qaida militants in Iraq made an online appeal Tuesday for new fundraising ideas, saying they are in dire need of money to help thousands of widows and children of slain fighters.

Qaeda militant killed by own bomb: Iraq police (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:36 AM PDT AFP - An Al-Qaeda militant has been killed together with his two children when a car bomb he was making at his home exploded near the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, police said on Tuesday.

Iraqi Kurdistan bans female genital mutilation (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:33 AM PDT AFP - Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed a draft law banning female genital mutilation by the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan.

US takes on Iraq pullout 'one bite at a time' (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:30 PM PDT AFP - From flyers warning troops the post office will shut soon to disused housing units waiting to be dispatched to their new destination, the signs are everywhere: US forces are packing up to leave Iraq more than eight years after they first arrived.

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