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Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US envoy says Iraq critical to global energy needs (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

US Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, pictured February 2011, said on Saturday that the State Department has asked for a $6.2 billion budget for Iraq in 2012, underscoring that its oil and gas reserves were critical for the world's future energy needs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The US ambassador in Baghdad said on Saturday that the State Department has asked for a $6.2 billion budget for Iraq in 2012, underscoring that its oil and gas reserves were critical for the world's future energy needs.

US envoy: Iraq killings won't sway troop decision (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:49 AM PDT

An elderly Iraqi woman looks on as she sits at the entrance to her house in old city of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Obama administration is still willing to keep thousands of American troops in Iraq next year if requested, despite a series of deadly attacks on soldiers by Shiite militiamen, the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad said Saturday.

Iraq, Canada firm sign deal for 10 power plants (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:13 AM PDT

An Iraqi youth works in June 2011 at Sadr City's new power station. Canadian firm Capgent signed a 1.66-billion-dollar contract with Iraq's electricity ministry on Saturday to build 10 power plants of 100 megawatts each, the ministry said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Canadian firm Capgent signed a 1.66-billion-dollar contract with Iraq's electricity ministry on Saturday to build 10 power plants of 100 megawatts each, the ministry said.

British journalist's Iraq kidnapper jailed 15 years (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 06:45 AM PDT

An April 2008 picture from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense shows freed British journalist Richard Butler with British and Iraqi security staff in Basra. An Iraqi court handed down a 15-year jail term on Saturday to a man it convicted of taking part in the abduction of a British journalist in 2008, a judiciary spokesman said.(AFP/null)AFP - An Iraqi court handed down a 15-year jail term on Saturday to a man it convicted of taking part in the abduction of a British journalist in 2008, a judiciary spokesman said.

Iran smuggles weapons to Iraq, Afghanistan: report (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:05 PM PDT

File picture shows Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards during a parade in Tehran. The Iranian military smuggled new deadly munitions to its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent months in order to accelerate the US withdrawals from these countries, The Wall Street Journal reported(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - The Iranian military smuggled new deadly munitions to its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent months in order to accelerate the US withdrawals from these countries, The Wall Street Journal reported

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