Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Former Army translator gets 18 months in prison (AP)
• Feds bust Iraqi-Mexican drug operation in Calif. (AP)
• Turkish military attacks PKK rebels in Iraq (Reuters)
• Officials: 2 Iraqi soldiers die in Baghdad clashes (AP)

Former Army translator gets 18 months in prison (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 03:20 PM PDT AP - A former military translator and Iraqi native convicted of making false statements to the U.S. government when he sought national security clearance was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison.

Feds bust Iraqi-Mexican drug operation in Calif. (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT AP - Federal officials said Thursday they've busted a drug trafficking ring involving Mexico's most powerful cartel and members of an Iraqi immigrant community in the U.S. who were caught selling illegal drugs, assault rifles, grenades and homemade explosives.

Turkish military attacks PKK rebels in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - Turkey launched a heavy air and artillery assault on Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq overnight after a declaration by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that he had lost patience with separatists fighting in southeastern Turkey.

Officials: 2 Iraqi soldiers die in Baghdad clashes (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:01 AM PDT AP - Health and security officials say two Iraqi soldiers and four militants have been killed in clashes in western Baghdad.

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