Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Soldier guilty of Iraq deaths in Ga. court martial (AP)
• Obama warns Gaddafi of "no let up" (Reuters)
• Iraq to fuel generators to head off power protests (AFP)
• Iraqi forces eye readiness ahead of U.S. pullout (Reuters)
• Iraq's Arab Spring: Protests rise against persistent poverty in oil-rich nation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Soldier guilty of Iraq deaths in Ga. court martial (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:13 PM PDT AP - An Army sergeant was found guilty on Wednesday of two counts of premeditated murder in the 2008 slayings of his squad leader and another U.S. soldier at a patrol base in Iraq, but he was spared the death penalty when the military jury didn't return a unanimous verdict.

Obama warns Gaddafi of "no let up" (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday there would be 'no let-up' in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night of heavy NATO bombing in Tripoli.

Iraq to fuel generators to head off power protests (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 05:33 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's government will provide free fuel to power generators nationwide throughout the scorching summer, it said on Wednesday, to try to head off another wave of protests over poor electricity supplies.

Iraqi forces eye readiness ahead of U.S. pullout (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 10:24 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq's military is preparing an assessment that may acknowledge gaps in the country's security forces, according to two sources familiar with the matter, a move that could bolster arguments to extend the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

Iraq's Arab Spring: Protests rise against persistent poverty in oil-rich nation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 May 2011 11:58 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - While other Arab countries are rising up against dictators, Iraq’s is already gone â€" Saddam Hussein, toppled eight years ago, is now almost a distant memory for younger Iraqis. But Iraqis are taking to the streets to ask why millions are living in poverty in one of the most oil-rich countries in the world.

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