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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Cleric vows attacks if US troops stay in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 13, 2011 file photo, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is surrounded by bodyguards as he speaks at Friday prayers in Kufa, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, in Iraq. Al-Sadr said in a statement made on his website Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, that U.S. forces who stay past the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline are fair game to attack. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)AP - A powerful anti-American Shiite cleric in Iraq with thousands of loyal followers threatened on Sunday that U.S. forces who stay past the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline are fair game to attack.

Kuwait will build megaport despite threat: official (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:42 PM PDT

An audience attends a 2004 presentation in Kuwait City on the proposed Bubiyan island state-of-the-art container port. Kuwait said on Sunday that threats by Iraqi militants will not deter the oil-rich emirate from completing the construction of a controversial megaport between the two nations.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - Kuwait said on Sunday that threats by Iraqi militants will not deter the oil-rich emirate from completing the construction of a controversial megaport between the two nations.

Kirkuk joint 'Golden Lions' face uncertain future (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:23 PM PDT

US soldiers and their Iraqi counterparts meet at a trilateral checkpoint manned by US, Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the disputed city of Kirkuk in July, 2011. Iraqi leaders have trumpeted a joint Arab-Kurdish AFP - Iraqi leaders have trumpeted a joint Arab-Kurdish "Golden Lions" security unit in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk but key issues remain over its funding and expansion.

Libya says key town recaptured from rebels (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:51 AM PDT

Libyan rebels come under fire at an intersection beyond Bir Ghanam during fighting with forces loyal to Libya's leader Moamer Kadhafi, 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of the Libyan capital Tripoli on August 6. Rebels in the western Libyan town of Zliten were said to be low on ammunition and on the defensive on Sunday, as the regime said its forces had retaken Bir Ghanam.(AFP/Colin Summers)AFP - Government troops have recaptured the strategic town of Bir Ghanam, southwest of Tripoli, from rebel forces, Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi told reporters on Sunday.

Iraq's Sadr warns against post-2011 US presence (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:52 AM PDT

Radical anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, seen here in January 2011, warned that any US training mission in Iraq after 2011 would amount to an occupation force and need to be opposed by AFP - Radical anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned that any US training mission in Iraq after 2011 would amount to an occupation force and need to be opposed by "military means," in a letter seen on Sunday.

U.S. military trainers could be targets: Iraq's Sadr (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's fiercely anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has warned that U.S. military trainers will be targets if they stay in the country beyond a year-end deadline for American troops to leave.

Eight killed in Iraq violence (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:17 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in Iskandiriyah, 2009. Insurgents killed at least six people in a bomb attack on the home of a Shiite family in a mainly Sunni town south of Baghdad, part of nationwide violence that left a total of eight dead.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Insurgents killed at least six people in a bomb attack on the home of a Shiite family in a mainly Sunni town south of Baghdad on Sunday, part of nationwide violence that left a total of eight dead.

Iraqis angry over Abu Ghraib ringleader's release (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:55 AM PDT

Specialist Charles Graner speaks with reporters in Fort Hood, Texas in 2005. Iraqis on Sunday expressed anger at the release of the ringleader of US guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, and said US troops should not be granted further immunity from Iraqi prosecution.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jana Birchum)AFP - Iraqis on Sunday expressed anger at the release of the ringleader of US guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, and said US troops should not be granted further immunity from Iraqi prosecution.

Iraq PM moves to fire minister over power deals (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:34 AM PDT

An Iraqi electrician checks the main power switchboard of a building in Baghdad, 2010. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered that his electricity minister be fired for approving $1.7 billion in allegedly improper contracts.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered that his electricity minister be fired for approving $1.7 billion in allegedly improper contracts, officials said on Sunday.

Iraq electricity minister fired over $1.7B deals (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 02:38 AM PDT

AP - Iraq's deputy prime minister says the country's electricity minister has been fired after signing two deals worth $1.7 billion without following the proper government guidelines.

Officials: 6 killed in an attack in central Iraq (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:53 AM PDT

An audience attends a 2004 presentation in Kuwait City on the proposed Bubiyan island state-of-the-art container port. Kuwait said on Sunday that threats by Iraqi militants will not deter the oil-rich emirate from completing the construction of a controversial megaport between the two nations.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AP - Officials say six civilians have been killed and 14 others injured by bombs planted near two homes in central Iraq.

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