Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Arab Protests Inspire Return of Iraq Shoe Thrower (Time.com)
• PM urges Iraqis not to attend 'Saddamist' demos (AFP)
• Suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq (Reuters)
• PM warns Iraqis to stay away from Friday protest (AP)
• Study says US wasted billions in Iraq, Afghanistan (AFP)
• Iraqi shoe-thrower arrested for supporting protesters (Reuters)
• West Iraq suicide attack kills 11: police (AFP)
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• Iraqis rally through social media in "day of rage" (Reuters)
• Kurdish protests mar 'The Other Iraq' (AP)

Arab Protests Inspire Return of Iraq Shoe Thrower (Time.com) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:10 PM PST Time.com - When the protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square showed their shoes to insult Mubarak, many thought back to Muntazer al-Zaidi

PM urges Iraqis not to attend 'Saddamist' demos (AFP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on Iraqis not to participate in massive planned demonstrations in Baghdad on Friday, describing their organisers as insurgents and loyalists of Saddam Hussein.

Suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:47 PM PST Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up during a ceremony in a cultural center in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi Thursday, killing 15 people and wounding 21, government officials and a hospital source said.

PM warns Iraqis to stay away from Friday protest (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:22 AM PST AP - Iraq's prime minister warned his people to boycott an anti-government protest planned for Friday, saying it was being organized by supporters of the ousted Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida.

Study says US wasted billions in Iraq, Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:02 AM PST AFP - Corruption and waste has cost the US government billions of reconstruction dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an official study on wartime contracting released on Thursday.

Iraqi shoe-thrower arrested for supporting protesters (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:32 AM PST Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush was arrested by security forces in Baghdad Thursday for encouraging people to rally for better services.

West Iraq suicide attack kills 11: police (AFP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:06 AM PST AFP - A suicide bomber killed 11 people who were commemorating the birth of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Thursday, police said.

(AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST AP - Iraqi official says suicide bombing in Ramadi kills 8 people, including 7 police.

Iraqis rally through social media in "day of rage" (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:14 AM PST Reuters - A wave of uprisings across the Arab world have inspired Iraqi youth to plug into social media and organize their own "day of rage" on Friday against poor basic services in Iraq.

Kurdish protests mar 'The Other Iraq' (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:14 PM PST AP - A city that stands out in Iraq for its quality of life — the electricity works, the water's clean and there's even a bowling alley — has turned violent and tense in the past week as at least four protesters have been killed in marches against cronyism and corruption.

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