Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Ex-Army translator acquitted of working as agent (AP)
• 12 'Qaeda members' escape Iraq prison (AFP)
• Twelve insurgents escape from prison in Iraq's Basra (Reuters)
• Detainees don police uniforms in Iraq jailbreak (AP)
• Sadr's followers demand Biden stay away from Iraq (Reuters)

Ex-Army translator acquitted of working as agent (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:27 PM PST AP - A jury on Friday acquitted a former military translator of secretly working as an Iraqi agent in the U.S. but convicted him of making false statements when he sought a security clearance.

12 'Qaeda members' escape Iraq prison (AFP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:18 AM PST AFP - A dozen suspected members of Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq escaped from a prison in the south of the country on Friday morning, police said.

Twelve insurgents escape from prison in Iraq's Basra (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 08:56 AM PST Reuters - A dozen insurgents linked to al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate have escaped from a prison in the southern oil hub of Basra, the head of the security committee at Basra's provincial council said on Friday.

Detainees don police uniforms in Iraq jailbreak (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST AP - A dozen terror suspects disguised in police uniforms broke out of an Iraqi jail Friday, prompting a manhunt across the nation's south for what officials called a dangerous group of top-ranking insurgents linked to al-Qaida.

Sadr's followers demand Biden stay away from Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:55 AM PST Reuters - Followers of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on Friday after prayers to condemn a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and demand U.S. forces leave the country.

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