Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US troops who have died in Iraq and Kuwait (AP)
• Iraq protesters accuse security troops of beatings (AP)
• Weapons smuggled to Syria from Iraq seized: SANA (AFP)
• Iraq, Afghanistan veterans struggle to find jobs (AP)
• Iraq Kurds protest, man tries to set himself ablaze (Reuters)
• Iraq protesters call for jobs and better services (AFP)
• Iraq Sunni fighters still waiting for promised jobs (Reuters)

US troops who have died in Iraq and Kuwait (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:07 PM PST AP - Army Sgt. Lashawn D. Evans

Iraq protesters accuse security troops of beatings (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:07 PM PST AP - Several Iraqis among a crowd of protesters in Baghdad accused security forces Friday of detaining and beating them for taking part in earlier demonstrations calling for better services and a corruption-free government.

Weapons smuggled to Syria from Iraq seized: SANA (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:22 AM PST AFP - Syrian security forces have seized weapons smuggled into the country from neighbouring Iraq aimed at "sowing trouble" in the country, the official SANA news agency reported on Friday.

Iraq, Afghanistan veterans struggle to find jobs (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 09:32 AM PST AP - More than 1 in 5 young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was unemployed last year, the Labor Department said Friday.

Iraq Kurds protest, man tries to set himself ablaze (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PST Reuters - A protester tried to set himself on fire in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdish zone on Friday, where demonstrators have camped out on a square to call for the ouster of the powerful regional administration.

Iraq protesters call for jobs and better services (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 05:01 AM PST AFP - Hundreds of Iraqi protesters demanded jobs and better basic services on Friday, in the latest challenge to the government as a wave of popular uprisings sweeps across the Arab world.

Iraq Sunni fighters still waiting for promised jobs (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:48 AM PST Reuters - After years of fighting al Qaeda, Ahmed Ali gave up on Iraqi politicians' promises of a new government job, put down his weapons and moved away from his village to work as a fruit and vegetable peddler.

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