Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Plea deal possible for Iraqi accused in killing (AP)
• Trial starts for man accused of being Iraqi agent (AP)
• Cleric who fought US returns to Iraq from exile (AP)
• Radical cleric Sadr returns to Iraq as hero (AFP)
• U.S. foe, Sadr, returns to Iraq after exile (Reuters)
• Iraq Veteran Embeds with Former Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Iran foreign minister visits Iraq (AFP)
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• Iran FM heads to Baghdad to boost ties (AFP)

Plea deal possible for Iraqi accused in killing (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:26 PM PST AP - Attorneys began discussing a possible plea deal for an Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because he believed she was too Westernized, but failed to come to an agreement Wednesday.

Trial starts for man accused of being Iraqi agent (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:33 PM PST AP - A former U.S. military translator accused of conspiring to help the regime of fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein simply passed along benign information in the 1990s about Iraqi Christians in the United States, a defense lawyer told jurors Wednesday on the first full day of trial.

Cleric who fought US returns to Iraq from exile (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:04 PM PST AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a fierce opponent of the United States and head of Iraq's most feared militia, came home Wednesday after nearly four years in self-imposed exile in Iran, welcomed by hundreds of cheering supporters in a return that solidifies the rise of his movement.

Radical cleric Sadr returns to Iraq as hero (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:23 AM PST AFP - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr returned to Iraq on Wednesday to a hero's welcome in his stronghold of Najaf after nearly four years outside the country, an AFP correspondent said.

U.S. foe, Sadr, returns to Iraq after exile (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:34 AM PST Reuters - Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr returned to Iraq on Wednesday from years of self-imposed exile in Iran, after his faction struck a deal to join a new government, Sadrist officials said.

Iraq Veteran Embeds with Former Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:30 AM PST Time.com - A former U.S. Army captain embeds as a journalist with his old unit, which has been reassigned to Afghanistan after several years in Iraq.

Iran foreign minister visits Iraq (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:55 AM PST AFP - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met with Iraq's prime minister and foreign minister in Baghdad on Wednesday in his second trip abroad since taking over the post.

(AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:50 AM PST AP - Iraqi officials: Anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr returns to Iraq after nearly 3-year absence.

Iran FM heads to Baghdad to boost ties (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:58 PM PST AFP - Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is heading for Iraq on Wednesday for a trip aimed at boosting bilateral ties between the two neighbours, the ISNA news agency reported.

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