Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraqi immigrant who ran over daughter gets 34 yrs. (AP)
• Iraqi jailed in Arizona for 34 years in daughter's killing (Reuters)
• Iran: Could the MEK Be Evicted from Camp Ashraf by Iraqi Military? (Time.com)
• U.N. rights chief urges probe of deaths at Iraqi camp (Reuters)
• Troop Withdrawal Could Be Double-Edged Sword for Americans, Iraqis (ContributorNetwork)
• Iraq raided rebels under growing Iranian influence (AFP)
• Iraq demo rules miff protesters, sports officials (AFP)
• UN rights chief seeks Iran exile camp probe (AFP)
• UN rights chief urges probe into Iraq camp deaths (AP)

Iraqi immigrant who ran over daughter gets 34 yrs. (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - An Iraqi immigrant was sentenced Friday to 34 1/2 years in an Arizona prison for running over and killing his 20-year-old daughter because she became too Westernized.

Iraqi jailed in Arizona for 34 years in daughter's killing (Reuters) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - An Arizona judge on Friday sentenced an Iraqi immigrant to 34-1/2 years in jail for murder and assault charges including killing his daughter by running her down with a Jeep because she had become too Westernized.

Iran: Could the MEK Be Evicted from Camp Ashraf by Iraqi Military? (Time.com) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT Time.com - As Baghdad's ties with Tehran warm up, a community of defiant Iranian dissidents has become an irritant -- and a focus of confrontation

U.N. rights chief urges probe of deaths at Iraqi camp (Reuters) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 02:44 PM PDT Reuters - The U.N. human rights chief on Friday called for an independent investigation into the deaths of 34 people at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq after Iraqi security forces moved against it last week.

Troop Withdrawal Could Be Double-Edged Sword for Americans, Iraqis (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:32 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | For eight years the U.S. military has been mired in a protracted war-turned-insurgency in Iraq. But now, at least on paper, the lingering engagement is marching to a close. As stipulated by the US-Iraqi Security Agreement signed in 2008, all US forces must withdraw by Dec. 31, 2011. That means starting sometime soon, probably late summer, the United States will begin to remove its remaining 47,000 troops, leaving behind only a few hundred soldiers and marines who would be tied to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Iraq raided rebels under growing Iranian influence (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:58 AM PDT AFP - Last week's deadly Iraqi raid on an Iranian opposition base inside its territory signals the growing influence of neighbouring Iran, as US forces prepare to withdraw at the end of this year.

Iraq demo rules miff protesters, sports officials (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:55 AM PDT AFP - Anti-government protesters and sports officials in Baghdad formed an unlikely team on Friday, complaining about new rules banning street rallies in the capital.

UN rights chief seeks Iran exile camp probe (AFP) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT AFP - United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday called for an independent inquiry into the Iraqi military's raid at an Iranian exiles' camp which left at least 34 people dead.

UN rights chief urges probe into Iraq camp deaths (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:48 AM PDT AP - The U.N.'s human rights chief called Friday for an independent probe into the deaths of at least 34 people during last week's Iraqi military raid on a camp housing Iranian exiles, some of whom she said appeared to have been crushed to death.

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