Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• AP Interview: Iraq-US training deal likely (AP)
• Judge rules Iraqi can be tried in civilian court (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,477 (AP)
• Iraqi air defense: A work in progress (Reuters)
• Iraq signs deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes (Reuters)
• U.S. says won't ignore Iran-backed attacks in Iraq (Reuters)
• Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)

AP Interview: Iraq-US training deal likely (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:28 PM PDT AP - With a year-end deadline for the pullout of U.S. troops looming, Iraq's foreign minister said Tuesday he believes there will be an agreement with the United States to train his country's military and talks are already under way in Baghdad.

Judge rules Iraqi can be tried in civilian court (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT AP - A federal judge has ruled that an Iraqi national charged in Kentucky with terrorism-related crimes can be tried in civilian court.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,477 (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, at least 4,477 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi air defense: A work in progress (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 07:44 AM PDT Reuters - Saddam Hussein once commanded one of the most powerful airforces in the Middle East with 40,000 personnel and 1,000 aircraft including Soviet MiG and French Mirage fighters.

Iraq signs deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:18 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster its air force, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday.

U.S. says won't ignore Iran-backed attacks in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 03:09 PM PDT Reuters - The United States will not "sit idly by" while its forces are harmed by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, the top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, said on Thursday.

Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:11 PM PDT AP - Moammar Gadhafi's former prime minister is arrested in Tunisia, as Libya's new rulers and NATO warn the fugitive leader and his loyalists that they are running out of places to hide. Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was arrested overnight with two other people after they were found without visas in the southern town of Tameghza, near Tunisia's border with Algeria, The three were appearing in court to face charges of illegal entry into Tunisia.

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