Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Maliki says troops ready in talks with US's Mullen (AFP)
• Death penalty for three Saddam-era spies (AFP)
• Ban on Baghdad street protests angers Iraqis (Reuters)
• Saddam confidant acquitted in 1994 assassination (AP)
• At least 25 Iraqis killed in Syria bus crash (AFP)

Maliki says troops ready in talks with US's Mullen (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2011 11:58 AM PDT AFP - The Iraqi army can maintain security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Thursday in talks with America's top military officer, the latest official to visit Baghdad ahead of an upcoming US pullout.

Death penalty for three Saddam-era spies (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:45 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's High Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced to death three Saddam Hussein-era spies convicted of assassinating the father of a sitting Iraqi lawmaker in Beirut in April 1994.

Ban on Baghdad street protests angers Iraqis (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:32 AM PDT Reuters - A government ban on protests on the streets of the capital has led some Iraqis to question their leaders' commitment to democracy and the rule of law.

Saddam confidant acquitted in 1994 assassination (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:50 AM PDT AP - An Iraqi court has sentenced three members of Saddam Hussein's regime to death for their involvement in the assassination of a Saddam opponent. But the court acquitted top Saddam confidant Tariq Aziz.

At least 25 Iraqis killed in Syria bus crash (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:02 AM PDT AFP - Twenty-five Iraqis died and 20 were injured on Thursday when their bus hit two trucks and plunged into a valley between Damascus and the central city of Homs, the official news agency Sana said.

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