Yahoo! News: Iraq

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Army general: US should aid Iraqi defense (AP) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:12 AM PDT AP - The four-star general nominated to be the next Army chief told Congress Thursday that the U.S. should provide whatever defense assistance that Iraq believes it needs beyond 2011, particularly in light of what he called stepped-up Iranian efforts to pressure the U.S. to abandon Iraq.

Iraq Shi'ite militia splinters into hit squads, gangs (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:17 AM PDT Reuters - Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army has spawned dozens of renegade splinter groups which frequently assassinate Iraqi officials on behalf of foreign sponsors, Sadrist and security officials say.

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