Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Al-Qaida claims attack on Iraqi government center (AP)
• Middle East turmoil draws Turkey and Iraqi Kurds closer (Reuters)
• Iraq executes 17 after U.N. rebuke (Reuters)
• Iraq becomes dollar source for sanctions-hit Iran, Syria (Reuters)

Al-Qaida claims attack on Iraqi government center (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:59 AM PST AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq claimed responsibility for a bloody attack on a government compound in the Islamist militants' former stronghold west of Baghdad last month and vowed more attacks on the Shiite-led government as it tries to make up with its Sunni-backed members.

Middle East turmoil draws Turkey and Iraqi Kurds closer (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:34 AM PST Reuters - Upheaval in the Middle East and mutual economic interests are drawing together two unlikely partners; rising powerhouse Turkey and an entity whose name Turkish leaders hardly dare mention - Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq.

Iraq executes 17 after U.N. rebuke (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:48 AM PST Reuters - Iraq executed 17 people on Wednesday, days after U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay criticized Baghdad for carrying out a large number of executions and questioned the fairness of its judicial proceedings.

Iraq becomes dollar source for sanctions-hit Iran, Syria (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:12 AM PST Reuters - In the money changing shops dotted around Baghdad's Karrada district, Iraqi merchants dabble in many currencies, but these days some joke that banknotes from neighboring Iran and Syria are only worth plastering on windows as decorations.

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