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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/iraq topstories Iraq en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:25:02 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/20120214/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_mullah_trial ap/20120214/eu_norway_mullah_trial AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:25:02 GMT AP - Norwegian prosecutor Geir Evanger says an Iraqi-born cleric faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly making death threats against politicians and encouraging suicide bombings. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20120214/ml_iraq AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:15:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r121785988.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=d23IBuHRJXnuEPx0Mz9hKA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Handcuffed suspected militants sit behind a policeman standing guard as police present confiscated weapons and explosive materials for the media, in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, February 14, 2012. Police arrested 11 suspected militants in recent raid and search operations, a police source said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousuly (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two separate attacks against Iraqi security forces killed three people and wounded 18 others on Tuesday, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r121785988.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=d23IBuHRJXnuEPx0Mz9hKA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Handcuffed suspected militants sit behind a policeman standing guard as police present confiscated weapons and explosive materials for the media, in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, February 14, 2012. Police arrested 11 suspected militants in recent raid and search operations, a police source said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousuly (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_valentine_s_day ap/20120213/ml_iraq_valentine_s_day AP world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:17:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_valentine_s_day"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120212/capt.15873b5cbc8940afbcea529901b30db9-4167d17122b245158ca16c6c09a3c8fc-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Dfxc0uIQ9XP0J.cpm3cIug--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME -- In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 photo, an Iraqi man shops for Valentine's Day gifts in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's capital is embracing Valentine's Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation's most amorous celebration of the holiday ever. Street corners across Baghdad are blanketed with the synthetic red fur of teddy bears, while silken nighties and lip-shaped satin pillows hang in store fronts. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraq's capital is embracing Valentine's Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation's most amorous celebration of the holiday ever.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_valentine_s_day"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120212/capt.15873b5cbc8940afbcea529901b30db9-4167d17122b245158ca16c6c09a3c8fc-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Dfxc0uIQ9XP0J.cpm3cIug--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME -- In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 photo, an Iraqi man shops for Valentine's Day gifts in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's capital is embracing Valentine's Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation's most amorous celebration of the holiday ever. Street corners across Baghdad are blanketed with the synthetic red fur of teddy bears, while silken nighties and lip-shaped satin pillows hang in store fronts. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120212/ap_on_re_eu/eu_turkey_iraq_kurds ap/20120212/eu_turkey_iraq_kurds AP world Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:27:43 GMT AP - Turkish warplanes have bombed suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the military said Sunday &mdash; its second cross-border airstrike in just over a week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/us_nm/us_arizona_iraqi nm/20120211/us_arizona_iraqi Reuters us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:50:07 GMT Reuters - An Iraqi woman has been arrested in Arizona accused of beating her daughter and padlocking her to a bed in outrage after she spoke to a male student at school in violation of the family's traditional values, police said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120209/wl_ac/10944434_syrians_may_not_have_to_wait_long_for_help ac/20120209/10944434_syrians_may_not_have_to_wait_long_for_help ContributorNetwork world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:08:53 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | For months now, the situation in Syria could only be described as grim. Almost on a daily basis protesters against the government have been getting killed. The death toll is well into the hundreds. A government is essentially killing its own people. But one question is being raised in the eyes of many Syrians. The U.S. was there for Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq. When is America going to help Syria? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_us/us_terrorism_charges_iraqis ap/20120208/us_terrorism_charges_iraqis AP us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:27:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_us/us_terrorism_charges_iraqis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.7b24d991f31c44cf9411fd59a48ac8b7-7b24d991f31c44cf9411fd59a48ac8b7-0.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=VD7bqeC5zmprKjmrKdXUZg--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="FILE - In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 23, an Iraqi living as a refugee in Bowling Green, Ky., is shown. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell set a July 30 trial date during a conference call with prosecutors and an attorney for 24-year-old Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, who faces charges of attempting to provide material support to terrorists and terrorist organizations and conspiracy to transfer surface-to-air missile launcher systems. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service via The Courier-Journal)" border="0" /></a>AP - Secret documents suggest an Iraqi man facing charges of trying to funnel weapons and cash to al-Qaida operatives in his home country was "an agent of a foreign power," and his lawyers may not see or suppress those documents, a judge ruled Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_us/us_terrorism_charges_iraqis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.7b24d991f31c44cf9411fd59a48ac8b7-7b24d991f31c44cf9411fd59a48ac8b7-0.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=VD7bqeC5zmprKjmrKdXUZg--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 23, an Iraqi living as a refugee in Bowling Green, Ky., is shown. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell set a July 30 trial date during a conference call with prosecutors and an attorney for 24-year-old Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, who faces charges of attempting to provide material support to terrorists and terrorist organizations and conspiracy to transfer surface-to-air missile launcher systems. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service via The Courier-Journal)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/wl_nm/us_iraq_security nm/20120208/us_iraq_security Reuters world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:47:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/wl_nm/us_iraq_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120208/i/r720307620.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=YzUtqCbDcwtrjYiIBXrZ6g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Asadi speaks to Reuters during an interview in Baghdad February 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iraq's government intends to impose tough restrictions on private security companies to rein in what amounts to a "giant army" threatening the country's stability, a senior security official said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/wl_nm/us_iraq_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120208/i/r720307620.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=YzUtqCbDcwtrjYiIBXrZ6g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Asadi speaks to Reuters during an interview in Baghdad February 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/ts_nm/us_iraq_usa_embassy nm/20120208/us_iraq_usa_embassy Reuters topstories Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:18:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/ts_nm/us_iraq_usa_embassy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r121785988.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=d23IBuHRJXnuEPx0Mz9hKA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Handcuffed suspected militants sit behind a policeman standing guard as police present confiscated weapons and explosive materials for the media, in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, February 14, 2012. Police arrested 11 suspected militants in recent raid and search operations, a police source said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousuly (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. government is looking to cut the size of its embassy in Iraq, by far its largest and most expensive mission, months after the last American troops withdrew, U.S. officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/ts_nm/us_iraq_usa_embassy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r121785988.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=d23IBuHRJXnuEPx0Mz9hKA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Handcuffed suspected militants sit behind a policeman standing guard as police present confiscated weapons and explosive materials for the media, in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, February 14, 2012. Police arrested 11 suspected militants in recent raid and search operations, a police source said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousuly (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/us_nm/us_marine_haditha_hackers nm/20120207/us_marine_haditha_hackers Reuters us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:33:40 GMT Reuters - Lawyers for a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role in killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha slammed the international hacking collective Anonymous as "cowards" on Monday after they knocked out the firm's website and published internal e-mails on the web. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120206/wl_ac/10687163_was_the_iraq_war_worth_it_a_soldiers_perspective ac/20120206/10687163_was_the_iraq_war_worth_it_a_soldiers_perspective ContributorNetwork world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:46:54 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I want to preface this commentary by stating upfront that I am a former soldier and veteran of the 1991, (first) Persian Gulf war. Thus, I am not fundamentally opposed to the use of military force, particularly in opposition to abject tyranny and/or in direct defense of our nation -- the United States -- and its proven, steadfast allies. Having said this, let me be clear, I was opposed to this current, dubious incantation of the war on Iraq early on, and remain so after nine long years of irrevocable bloodshed and depletion of our nation's treasures -- both human and financial. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_iraq_veterans ap/20120206/us_obama_iraq_veterans AP us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:06:56 GMT AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will host a Feb. 29 dinner at the White House honoring members of the armed forces who served in Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/us_nm/us_missouri_parade nm/20120203/us_missouri_parade Reuters us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:41:41 GMT Reuters - Organizers of a parade for Iraq war veterans that drew thousands of flag waving spectators in St. Louis last weekend have been asked by people around the country for help in planning similar events, officials said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_war_parade ap/20120203/us_iraq_war_parade AP us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:04:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_war_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.9c7d846a18bd4bdfb879e7a8a2c8b5fd-37b7a7161636436d8f97cd185ddbf5cf-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=7Gm2PJ9K2XwYEpbqa4Tqqg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2012 file photo, participants in a parade to honor Iraq War veterans make their way along a downtown street in St. Louis. The parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_war_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.9c7d846a18bd4bdfb879e7a8a2c8b5fd-37b7a7161636436d8f97cd185ddbf5cf-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=7Gm2PJ9K2XwYEpbqa4Tqqg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2012 file photo, participants in a parade to honor Iraq War veterans make their way along a downtown street in St. Louis. The parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/wl_nm/us_iraq_violence_church nm/20120202/us_iraq_violence_church Reuters world Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:39:43 GMT Reuters - Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/wl_nm/us_turkey_iraq_kurds nm/20120202/us_turkey_iraq_kurds Reuters world Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:27:44 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/wl_nm/us_iraq_executions nm/20120201/us_iraq_executions Reuters world Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:48:21 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/wl_nm/us_iraq_sanctions nm/20120201/us_iraq_sanctions Reuters world Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:12:20 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120131/pl_nm/us_iraq_usa_drones nm/20120131/us_iraq_usa_drones Reuters politics Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:53:16 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday played down the use of U.S. drones in Iraq, saying the program was very limited and focused mainly on protecting the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120130/pl_ac/10902821_pentagons_failure_to_handle_iraqs_money_harms_americas_reputation ac/20120130/10902821_pentagons_failure_to_handle_iraqs_money_harms_americas_reputation ContributorNetwork politics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:10:58 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sara Sorcher of the National Journal reports the Department of Defense cannot account for some $2 billion given to it by the government of Iraq to pay bills on contracts awarded in 2003 and 2004. Auditors claim poor record-keeping led to the inability to track the money, while others insist that acceptable efforts were made and that the money made it to the appropriate recipients.