Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion (Reuters)
• Gates: Iran supplying arms to Iraqi Shiite groups (AP)
• Iraq's ancient Ur treasures 'in danger' (AFP)

Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down.

Gates: Iran supplying arms to Iraqi Shiite groups (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 06:23 AM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Shiite extremists, not al-Qaida terrorists, are to blame for most of the recent U.S. military deaths in Iraq, and they're "clearly getting some fairly sophisticated and powerful weapons" from Iran.

Iraq's ancient Ur treasures 'in danger' (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 01:56 AM PDT AFP - Standing before the imposing ziggurat which was once part of a temple complex at the Sumerian capital of Ur, Iraqi archaeologist Abdelamir Hamdani worried about the natural elements that are eating away at one of the wonders of Mesopotamia.

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