Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Deadly Turkish strike felt by Kurdish refugees in Iraq (Reuters)
• Tunisia seeks guarantee to extradite Libyan ex-PM (Reuters)
• Analysis: Blocs pursue short-term fixes for Iraq political crisis (Reuters)
• Iraq official warns of abuse of security forces (AP)
• Iraqi civilian deaths climb in 2011: study (Reuters)

Deadly Turkish strike felt by Kurdish refugees in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:06 AM PST Reuters - Seventeen years away from their homes in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast have done little to diminish their longing to return, but for a group of refugees in Iraq, the killing of 35 relatives by Turkish jets last week showed why it was not safe to go back.

Tunisia seeks guarantee to extradite Libyan ex-PM (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:04 AM PST Reuters - Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki told Libya on Monday that his country would extradite former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi to Tripoli to face charges of abuse of office if Libya guaranteed him a fair trial.

Analysis: Blocs pursue short-term fixes for Iraq political crisis (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST Reuters - Looking to step back from the brink, Iraq's fractious political blocs are working on short-term solutions to cool a crisis that threatened a slide back into sectarian strife, but fundamental differences may be left to smolder.

Iraq official warns of abuse of security forces (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:59 AM PST AP - Iraq's parliament speaker warned Monday that human rights violations are putting the country's fragile democracy at risk, the latest pronouncement in a rapidly developing sectarian spat that threatens to destabilize the country after U.S. troops pulled out.

Iraqi civilian deaths climb in 2011: study (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:00 AM PST Reuters - The number of civilians killed in violence in Iraq rose slightly in 2011 from the previous year, as daily bombings and attacks continued to claim victims almost nine years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, a study showed on Monday.

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