Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq's Qaeda asks ex-fighters to return, threatens attacks (Reuters)
• Hearing paints image of troubled soldier (AP)
• Court allows torture lawsuit against Rumsfeld (AP)
• Iraqi asylum seekers fret over U.S. withdrawal (Reuters)
• Audio: Iraq al-Qaida asks ex-members to return (AP)
• Iranian exiles demonstrate for UN, US protection (AFP)
• UN calls rights situation in Iraq 'fragile' (AFP)

Iraq's Qaeda asks ex-fighters to return, threatens attacks (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 04:48 PM PDT Reuters - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate has asked Sunni militia members who turned against the insurgency and joined forces with the U.S. military and the Shi'ite-led government to return to its ranks, threatening to attack those who do not "repent."

Hearing paints image of troubled soldier (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 04:43 PM PDT AP - Witnesses at a military hearing for a U.S. soldier accused of shooting and killing five fellow service members in 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq testified Monday that Army Sgt. John Russell was frustrated at the care he was receiving.

Court allows torture lawsuit against Rumsfeld (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 03:13 PM PDT AP - A lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for U.S. forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

Iraqi asylum seekers fret over U.S. withdrawal (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - After almost two years of waiting to resettle in the United States following four years service as a U.S. army interpreter in Iraq, Mohammed is starting to believe he might have to rethink his plans.

Audio: Iraq al-Qaida asks ex-members to return (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT AP - A new message posted online purportedly from al-Qaida in Iraq asks Sunni fighters who switched sides and joined forces with the U.S. and Iraqi government to return to the insurgent group, promising to forgive them and admitting that their departure had weakened the militants.

Iranian exiles demonstrate for UN, US protection (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 08:52 AM PDT AFP - Some 200 people demonstrated at the European headquarters of the United Nations Monday, demanding US and UN protection for Iranian exiles at the Ashraf refugee camp in Iraq.

UN calls rights situation in Iraq 'fragile' (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 02:49 AM PDT AFP - A UN report released on Monday said the human rights situation in Iraq is still "fragile," citing issues including economic and political stagnation, continued violence and attacks on minorities.

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