Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Vegas man gets 5 years for Iraq weapon conspiracy (AP)
• Thousands of Iraqis protest Baathist arrest campaign (Reuters)
• Vigils for injured vet, police clear Tenn. protest (AP)
• Death toll in Baghdad's twin bombings rises to 32 (AP)
• Death toll in Baghdad bombings rises to 30: sources (Reuters)
• Park honors fallen soldier, beloved canine comrade (AP)
• Oakland mayor sorry for clash that injured ex-Marine (Reuters)
• Injured soldier spurs veteran support for "Occupy" (Reuters)

Vegas man gets 5 years for Iraq weapon conspiracy (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:48 AM PDT AP - A Las Vegas man who helped federal prosecutors convict an active-duty Navy SEAL of selling war weapons and machine guns from Iraq in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.

Thousands of Iraqis protest Baathist arrest campaign (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:27 AM PDT Reuters - Thousands of Iraqis blocked a highway in western Anbar province Friday to protest against a campaign to arrest former military officers and members of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party.

Vigils for injured vet, police clear Tenn. protest (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:21 AM PDT AP - Anti-Wall Street demonstrators held vigils for an Iraq War veteran seriously injured during a protest clash with police in California as some Occupy encampments came under growing pressure from authorities to abandon sites in parks and plazas.

Death toll in Baghdad's twin bombings rises to 32 (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:39 AM PDT AP - The death toll from a twin bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad rose on Friday to 32 — the worst violence to hit Iraq since President Barack Obama last week said all American forces would leave the country by the end of this year.

Death toll in Baghdad bombings rises to 30: sources (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:38 AM PDT Reuters - The death toll in a bomb attack on a busy commercial street in northeastern Baghdad has climbed to at least 30, with scores wounded, police and hospital sources said on Friday.

Park honors fallen soldier, beloved canine comrade (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT AP - Cpl. Kory Wiens was so fond of Cooper, the military dog he worked with, that he planned to stay in the Army long enough to adopt him when the Labrador retriever's bomb-sniffing career was over.

Oakland mayor sorry for clash that injured ex-Marine (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has apologized for a clash between police and protesters during a march against economic inequality that left an ex-Marine wounded, and said she would meet with demonstrators.

Injured soldier spurs veteran support for "Occupy" (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:19 PM PDT Reuters - A former soldier wounded in a protest on the streets of Oakland after surviving two tours in Iraq has put a new face on the 'Occupy' movement by galvanizing veteran backing for the push against economic inequality in the United States.

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