Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Gunmen kill Iraqi tasked with purging Saddamists (AP)
• Gunmen kill Iraqi official who purged Saddam loyali (Reuters)
• Head of Iraq anti-Baath committee gunned down (AFP)
• Iraq de-Baathification panel head killed: officials (AFP)
• Sadr supporters rally against US presence in Iraq (AFP)
• Spain says Libya sent message proposing cease-fire (AP)
• Iraq inks $7.25bn housing deal with S. Korea firm (AFP)
• Sadr followers rally against U.S. army staying in Iraq (Reuters)
• Spain says receives Libya ceasefire request (Reuters)
• Soldier guilty of Iraq deaths in Ga. court martial (AP)

Gunmen kill Iraqi tasked with purging Saddamists (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 02:55 PM PDT AP - The head of a committee tasked with rooting out Iraqis with ties to Saddam Hussein's deposed regime and who was once arrested for alleged ties to Shiite militias was shot to death late Thursday in Baghdad, officials said.

Gunmen kill Iraqi official who purged Saddam loyali (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT Reuters - Gunmen Thursday killed a senior Iraqi politician who helped purge members of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath party from politics in the latest of a wave of killings targeting politicians and officials.

Head of Iraq anti-Baath committee gunned down (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT AFP - The head of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee was gunned down while on his way home in Baghdad on Thursday, while nine other policemen and soldiers were killed in nationwide unrest.

Iraq de-Baathification panel head killed: officials (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT AFP - The head of Iraq's controversial de-Baathification committee was assassinated in east Baghdad late on Thursday, security officials said.

Sadr supporters rally against US presence in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2011 09:44 AM PDT AFP - Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged a mass rally in Baghdad on Thursday against US forces, as Iraqi leaders consider asking for an extended American troop presence.

Spain says Libya sent message proposing cease-fire (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 07:13 AM PDT AP - Spain's government said Thursday that it has received a message from Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi proposing an immediate cease-fire in his country's conflict with rebels.

Iraq inks $7.25bn housing deal with S. Korea firm (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2011 05:08 AM PDT AFP - Iraq signed a $7.25 billion deal with a South Korean firm to build a completely new neighbourhood east of Baghdad, officials said on Thursday, in a bid to alleviate a worsening housing shortage.

Sadr followers rally against U.S. army staying in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT Reuters - Anti-U.S. Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr brought thousands of Shi'ite supporters onto Baghdad streets Thursday in a show of force against any extension of the U.S. military presence in Iraq past a year-end deadline.

Spain says receives Libya ceasefire request (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 03:34 AM PDT Reuters - Spain, one of several NATO allies involved in Libya, said on Thursday it had received a proposal from Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi for an immediate ceasefire.

Soldier guilty of Iraq deaths in Ga. court martial (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 07:11 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.

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