Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq mulling U.S. bid to keep custody of detainee (Reuters)
• Images of Gadhafi, and Gatekeeping in the Digital Age (ContributorNetwork)
• US lawmakers blast plans for training Iraqi police (AP)
• Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq (Reuters)
• Biden: US troop exit marks new beginning with Iraq (AP)
• EU urged to help Iranian dissidents in Iraq (AP)
• Biden says U.S. pullout brings new phase with Iraq (Reuters)
• Hurt by war in Iraq, a Baghdad museum reemerges (The Christian Science Monitor)

Iraq mulling U.S. bid to keep custody of detainee (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:06 PM PST Reuters - Iraqi authorities are weighing a U.S. request to allow the United States to retain custody of a captured Hezbollah operative, instead of handing him over to Baghdad by a December 31 deadline, the top U.S. military officer told Reuters on Wednesday.

Images of Gadhafi, and Gatekeeping in the Digital Age (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST ContributorNetwork - It wasn't long ago that information was filtered for dissemination, deemed newsworthy or acceptable before available for consumer consumption. In the age of the Internet, the news consumer is only a click away from the hanging of Saddam Hussein or the slaying of journalist Daniel Pearl.

US lawmakers blast plans for training Iraqi police (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PST AP - Democrats and Republicans are joining together in harshly criticizing a State Department program for training Iraq's police force.

Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:25 AM PST Reuters - Camp Echo's dusty motorpools are empty, its private contract caterers have long gone home and murals depicting the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York's twin towers have been painted over.

Biden: US troop exit marks new beginning with Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:22 AM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his trip to Baghdad ahead of the U.S. military pullout marks a new beginning between Iraq and the United States, but protests in Iraq against his visit demonstrated the difficulties the relationship will face.

EU urged to help Iranian dissidents in Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:24 AM PST AP - The European Union should urge Iraq to drop its plan to close a camp of Iranian dissidents and prevent a "massacre" of its residents, a prominent EU parliamentarian said Wednesday.

Biden says U.S. pullout brings new phase with Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:56 AM PST Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq by the end of the year opened a new phase in relations between the two countries, including a robust security partnership.

Hurt by war in Iraq, a Baghdad museum reemerges (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:23 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With a snip of red ribbon, a new exhibit opened Nov. 17 at the Iraqi Museum, providing one more sign that Iraq is leaving behind the worst horrors of war and creating a new normal.

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