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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/iraq topstories Iraq en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:58:31 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/iraq http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_us_deaths ap/20100209/us_iraq_us_deaths AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:58:31 GMT AP - As of Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at least 4,375 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvoteexpatsjordan afp/20100209/iraqvoteexpatsjordan AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:53:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvoteexpatsjordan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737948656-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=23WGmAW8r.UQq6ylwaJNfQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Expatriate Iraqis look at a candidates list at a polling station in Amman in 2005. At least 10 polling stations are to open in Jordan for Iraqi expatriates to take part in their country's March 7 election, as part of worldwide out-of-country voting, Iraq's ambassador said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At least 10 polling stations are to open in Jordan for Iraqi expatriates to take part in their country's March 7 election, as part of worldwide out-of-country voting, Iraq's ambassador said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvoteexpatsjordan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737948656-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=23WGmAW8r.UQq6ylwaJNfQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Expatriate Iraqis look at a candidates list at a polling station in Amman in 2005. At least 10 polling stations are to open in Jordan for Iraqi expatriates to take part in their country's March 7 election, as part of worldwide out-of-country voting, Iraq's ambassador said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqoilcompany afp/20100209/iraqoilcompany AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqoilcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265733674350-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=NINaUzt6lOy7xKi5pvJ5Pg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A man walks close to a flare at the North Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq. Iraq's oil ministry has announced the launch of a fourth state company responsible for overseeing development in recently auctioned fields in the centre of the country.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq's oil ministry on Tuesday announced the launch of a fourth state company responsible for overseeing development in recently auctioned fields in the centre of the country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqoilcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265733674350-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=NINaUzt6lOy7xKi5pvJ5Pg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks close to a flare at the North Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq. Iraq's oil ministry has announced the launch of a fourth state company responsible for overseeing development in recently auctioned fields in the centre of the country.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitarypoliticsinquiry afp/20100209/britainiraqmilitarypoliticsinquiry AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:08:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitarypoliticsinquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265727889800-1-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=IDna9G8rzGSixrlluYLP3w--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March.(AFP/File/Carl Court)" border="0" /></a>AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March, a spokesman for the probe said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitarypoliticsinquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265727889800-1-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=IDna9G8rzGSixrlluYLP3w--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="photo" title="British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March.(AFP/File/Carl Court)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_iraq_election_baath nm/20100209/us_iraq_election_baath Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:10 GMT Reuters - Almost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq's upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly and lost the chance to appeal, an Iraqi legal body said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_murtha ap/20100209/us_obit_murtha AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:22:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_murtha"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3615085948ea4238a6e4c0f1d2c3f3dd.obit_murtha_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5.XxisUsbayGsTPOJv_zyg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_murtha"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3615085948ea4238a6e4c0f1d2c3f3dd.obit_murtha_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5.XxisUsbayGsTPOJv_zyg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsiraq afp/20100209/uspoliticsiraq AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsiraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265660525490-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tE46xnbrZOfTXaeOVbJI0A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US congressman John Murtha, who died Monday of complications from gallbladder surgery at age 77, was a fierce critic of the Iraq war despite being a staunchly pro-military former marine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsiraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265660525490-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tE46xnbrZOfTXaeOVbJI0A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100209/ts_csm/279107 csm/20100209/279107 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:48 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Until his public break with the Bush administration over the war in Iraq on Nov. 17, 2005, Rep. John Murtha (D) of Pennsylvania, who died Monday after surgery, was best known for the billions of dollars he secured for his district behind closed doors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry ap/20100208/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:18:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.50aaac89ef724048ab294ac94a4d3fc7.britain_iraq_inquiry_lst104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N1ThcHzWbFtbWfsdUrqb3w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, arrives at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, to give evidence before the Iraq Inquiry, which is investigating the circumstances surrounding British involvement in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.50aaac89ef724048ab294ac94a4d3fc7.britain_iraq_inquiry_lst104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N1ThcHzWbFtbWfsdUrqb3w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, arrives at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, to give evidence before the Iraq Inquiry, which is investigating the circumstances surrounding British involvement in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/08599196082400 time/20100208/08599196082400 Time.com us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:55:00 GMT Time.com - The first of two excerpts from TIME contributing editor Jim Frederick's new book, Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_us_toll_capsules_january ap/20100208/us_iraq_us_toll_capsules_january AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:52:52 GMT AP - Army Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20100208/ml_iraq AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:02:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265763730765-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=TcM1S17Iq6.Yz0FZN08t3w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraq's prime minister says he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a ban on candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections for their suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265763730765-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=TcM1S17Iq6.Yz0FZN08t3w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvote afp/20100208/iraqvote AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:51:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265545729852-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=IVFsp4NLJORG5T9hcp8EAg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Iraqis protest in the central shrine city of Najaf against the standing in the upcoming elections of some candidates with links to the outlawed Baath party. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he has received assurances that judges will resolve a simmering row over who can stand in Iraq's general election before official campaigning starts on February 12.(AFP/Qassem Zein)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday he has received assurances that judges will resolve a simmering row over who can stand in Iraq's general election before official campaigning starts on February 12.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265545729852-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=IVFsp4NLJORG5T9hcp8EAg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Iraqis protest in the central shrine city of Najaf against the standing in the upcoming elections of some candidates with links to the outlawed Baath party. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he has received assurances that judges will resolve a simmering row over who can stand in Iraq's general election before official campaigning starts on February 12.(AFP/Qassem Zein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/iraqsocialwomenmarriage afp/20100208/iraqsocialwomenmarriage AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:08:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/iraqsocialwomenmarriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265612832086-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DKAAnP6vPIoOBh3_AVVjbg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File photo shows two women recruits standing in front of their peers as they participate in a graduation ceremony for more Iraqi Police students in southern Baghdad. Official Iraqi statistics show that there are 102 men for every 100 women, but the ratio varies significantly depending on the age group, underpinning the plight of Iraq's single women.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Zina Nabil, a pretty 28-year-old Sunni Arab, thought she had found her man. But like many other Iraqi women, she was forced to abandon her marriage plans three years ago because of sectarian hostilities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/iraqsocialwomenmarriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265612832086-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DKAAnP6vPIoOBh3_AVVjbg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows two women recruits standing in front of their peers as they participate in a graduation ceremony for more Iraqi Police students in southern Baghdad. Official Iraqi statistics show that there are 102 men for every 100 women, but the ratio varies significantly depending on the age group, underpinning the plight of Iraq's single women.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary afp/20100207/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary AFP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:07:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265569612908-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t9JaPQI15Iq0PDj7d.kKgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi mourners carry the coffins of victims who were killed in a bomb attack in Karbala, during a mass funeral in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 6. US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the "barbaric actions" of a morally bankrupt Al-Qaeda following a series of attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq blamed on the extremist network.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the "barbaric actions" of a morally bankrupt Al-Qaeda following a series of attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq blamed on the extremist network.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265569612908-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t9JaPQI15Iq0PDj7d.kKgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi mourners carry the coffins of victims who were killed in a bomb attack in Karbala, during a mass funeral in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 6. US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the "barbaric actions" of a morally bankrupt Al-Qaeda following a series of attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq blamed on the extremist network.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_iraq_politics_baath nm/20100207/us_iraq_politics_baath Reuters world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:40:06 GMT Reuters - An Iraqi appeals panel that angered Shi'ite leaders by suspending a ban on candidates accused of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party until after an election reversed its decision on Sunday, politicians said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_afp/iraqvoteparliament afp/20100207/iraqvoteparliament AFP world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:03:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_afp/iraqvoteparliament"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265545729852-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=8CQXZXkGrR6bHx..6uMn.g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Iraqis protest in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 7 against the standing in the upcoming elections of some candidates with links to the outlawed Baath party. Iraq's parliament postponed to Monday an emergency session called to debate a decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in next month's elections.(AFP/Qassem Zein)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq's parliament postponed to Monday an emergency session called to debate a decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in next month's elections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_afp/iraqvoteparliament"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265545729852-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=8CQXZXkGrR6bHx..6uMn.g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Iraqis protest in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 7 against the standing in the upcoming elections of some candidates with links to the outlawed Baath party. Iraq's parliament postponed to Monday an emergency session called to debate a decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in next month's elections.(AFP/Qassem Zein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusshiitekidnap afp/20100207/iraqusshiitekidnap AFP world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:59:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusshiitekidnap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265470338917-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=119&q=85&sig=0lIjhIJzPK94K1B1YXkS1A--" align="left" height="119" width="130" alt="A video posted on the www.iraq-moqawama.com website allegedly shows hostage Issa Salomi in US military uniform. Radical Shiite Islamists who claim to have kidnapped the contractor said on Sunday they are also holding a second American hostage captured two years ago.(AFP/HO)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Radical Shiite Islamists who claim to have kidnapped a US military contractor of Iraqi origin said on Sunday they are also holding a second American hostage captured two years ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusshiitekidnap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265470338917-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=119&q=85&sig=0lIjhIJzPK94K1B1YXkS1A--" align="left" height="119" width="130" alt="photo" title="A video posted on the www.iraq-moqawama.com website allegedly shows hostage Issa Salomi in US military uniform. Radical Shiite Islamists who claim to have kidnapped the contractor said on Sunday they are also holding a second American hostage captured two years ago.(AFP/HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wl_nm/us_iraq_usa_contractor nm/20100206/us_iraq_usa_contractor Reuters world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:14:27 GMT Reuters - An Iraqi militant group said on Saturday it kidnapped a U.S. civilian contractor last month and was negotiating the release of the body of another. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_elections ap/20100206/ml_iraq_elections AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:43:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.e8b7a91cf4284bcfb9dff25a1555841a.iraq_election_bag105.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=RT_kwZUJ4kaKxE3eUoOYBA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Qassim al-Aboudi of the Independent High Electoral Commission holds a ballot during a news conference in Baghdad, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.e8b7a91cf4284bcfb9dff25a1555841a.iraq_election_bag105.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=RT_kwZUJ4kaKxE3eUoOYBA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Qassim al-Aboudi of the Independent High Electoral Commission holds a ballot during a news conference in Baghdad, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)