Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Crackdown escalates in east Syria, protesters killed (Reuters)
• Spanish judge want to quiz Iraq PM over killings (AP)
• 5 indicted in Iraqi contract kickback scheme (AP)
• UK Iraq Inquiry hears that spy agency cut corners (AP)
• Spanish judge to probe Iraqi raid on refugee camp (AFP)
• Iraqi lawmakers irked by manipulated manual voting (Reuters)
• Iran's ambassador hurt in Baghdad accident (AFP)

Crackdown escalates in east Syria, protesters killed (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead two pro-democracy protesters on Thursday in eastern provincial capital Deir al-Zoran, residents said, as a crackdown escalated against dissent in the tribal region bordering Iraq's Sunni heartland.

Spanish judge want to quiz Iraq PM over killings (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:09 PM PDT AP - A Spanish judge wants to question Iraq's prime minister and three Iraqi army officers in a probe into the killing of Iranians exiled in Iraq.

5 indicted in Iraqi contract kickback scheme (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:59 PM PDT AP - Three former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and two foreign contractors participated in a kickback scheme surrounding the award of more than $50 million in construction contracts in Iraq, according to an indictment handed down Thursday.

UK Iraq Inquiry hears that spy agency cut corners (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:13 PM PDT AP - A former British intelligence official said the country's spy agency cut corners while collecting evidence to back the government's case for the war in Iraq.

Spanish judge to probe Iraqi raid on refugee camp (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:02 AM PDT AFP - A Spanish judge will investigate the alleged role of three Iraqi officers, including the head of the army, in a deadly raid last April on a refugee camp housing thousands of outlawed Iranian opponents.

Iraqi lawmakers irked by manipulated manual voting (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:13 AM PDT Reuters - Many lawmakers are calling on Iraq's parliament to start using electronic voting, arguing that the current system conducted by a show of hands allows leaders of political blocs to manipulate the results.

Iran's ambassador hurt in Baghdad accident (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:53 AM PDT AFP - Iran's ambassador to Iraq was slightly injured in an accident at a checkpoint outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, a security official said on Thursday.

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