Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1473 topstories Iraq en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:04:21 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1473 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypolitics afp/20091125/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypolitics AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:04:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172086297-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=zl0SFkRe8Y_pxTgqXwRrog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Tony Blair (C) jumps from a tank after meeting troops at a British Army base near Basra in Iraq, in 2004. Britain was told days before invading Iraq that its weapons of mass destruction may have been unusable, a top official told a public inquiry Wednesday, adding the overall intelligence picture was patchy.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britain was told days before invading Iraq that its weapons of mass destruction may have been unusable, a top official told a public inquiry Wednesday, adding the overall intelligence picture was patchy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172086297-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=zl0SFkRe8Y_pxTgqXwRrog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tony Blair (C) jumps from a tank after meeting troops at a British Army base near Basra in Iraq, in 2004. Britain was told days before invading Iraq that its weapons of mass destruction may have been unusable, a top official told a public inquiry Wednesday, adding the overall intelligence picture was patchy.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry ap/20091125/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:31:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.4135d200b8f34f9d99a3eb5ac52b31c1.britain_iraq_inquiry_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cPoKFx1cNV7vaMU3y6jQCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and former US president George W. Bush, left, pose for the photographers, outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, were Britain's main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.4135d200b8f34f9d99a3eb5ac52b31c1.britain_iraq_inquiry_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cPoKFx1cNV7vaMU3y6jQCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and former US president George W. Bush, left, pose for the photographers, outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/kuwaitiraqoil afp/20091125/kuwaitiraqoil AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:22:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/kuwaitiraqoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259162362936-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=pu_FuYSdVH0r6z.6bBdzNg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Iraqi soldiers damaged Kuwaiti oil wells after their seven-month occupation in 1991. Iraq and Kuwait are engaged in "technical negotiations" to strike a deal over production from border oilfields that have been at the heart of previous conflicts.(AFP/File/Nicolas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq and Kuwait are engaged in "technical negotiations" to strike a deal over production from border oilfields that have been at the heart of previous conflicts, a Kuwaiti oil official has said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/kuwaitiraqoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259162362936-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=pu_FuYSdVH0r6z.6bBdzNg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi soldiers damaged Kuwaiti oil wells after their seven-month occupation in 1991. Iraq and Kuwait are engaged in "technical negotiations" to strike a deal over production from border oilfields that have been at the heart of previous conflicts.(AFP/File/Nicolas Kamm)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20091125/ml_iraq AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:56:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.09a6ef6d14964afc9969704c8f8823fb.u_s__army_freedom_team_salute_bw7.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=zLLYzv6BhGKRZYMWSSjF9w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute Ambassadors (l-r) Barbara Foelber, Amanda Schildt, and Kaitlin Merritt display some of the thousands of thank you cards sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for the Thanksgiving Holiday. (Photo: U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute)" border="0" /></a>AP - Assailants broke into a house and killed six family members before dawn Wednesday in an area north of Baghdad that was once a stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraqi officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.09a6ef6d14964afc9969704c8f8823fb.u_s__army_freedom_team_salute_bw7.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=zLLYzv6BhGKRZYMWSSjF9w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute Ambassadors (l-r) Barbara Foelber, Amanda Schildt, and Kaitlin Merritt display some of the thousands of thank you cards sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for the Thanksgiving Holiday. (Photo: U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_iraq_election nm/20091125/us_iraq_election Reuters world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_iraq_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r2132672090.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=v_p8MpKXdGbyj4QE9RpTKA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi attends the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Sharm el-Sheikh July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled El Fiqi/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. and U.N. officials have proposed solutions to Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president to stop him vetoing for a second time a law needed for an election to take place next year, an official said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_iraq_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r2132672090.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=v_p8MpKXdGbyj4QE9RpTKA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi attends the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Sharm el-Sheikh July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled El Fiqi/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest afp/20091125/iraqunrest AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:18:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259154935518-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Skycwlv_z4V2sVj1W9SEQA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Iraqi women look on as police commandos patrol the southern city of Karbala. Iraqi police said unknown attackers broke into a house and slit the throats of two women in a brutal killing in which four other people including a teenage girl were gunned down.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Unknown attackers on Wednesday broke into a house and slit the throats of two women in a brutal Iraqi killing in which four other people including a teenage girl were gunned down, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259154935518-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Skycwlv_z4V2sVj1W9SEQA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi women look on as police commandos patrol the southern city of Karbala. Iraqi police said unknown attackers broke into a house and slit the throats of two women in a brutal killing in which four other people including a teenage girl were gunned down.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/iraqunrestkarbala afp/20091125/iraqunrestkarbala AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:38:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/iraqunrestkarbala"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259134671518-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=JNB7OZs4cCIwiEk.X_vnlQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An Iraqi soldier stands guard along a highway near Karbala. Two bombs within minutes of each other exploded at a restaurant early Wednesday in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, wounding at least 26 people, police and medical officials said.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two bombs within minutes of each other exploded at a restaurant early Wednesday in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, wounding at least 26 people, police and medical officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/iraqunrestkarbala"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259134671518-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=JNB7OZs4cCIwiEk.X_vnlQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi soldier stands guard along a highway near Karbala. Two bombs within minutes of each other exploded at a restaurant early Wednesday in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, wounding at least 26 people, police and medical officials said.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_us_deaths ap/20091125/us_iraq_us_deaths AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:01:47 GMT AP - As of Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at least 4,365 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/20091124/pl_afp/iraqvote afp/20091124/iraqvote AFP politics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:44:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/pl_afp/iraqvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259091734647-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=TrScXyrwtDZjoa5owp4jBA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama (R) speaks alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) during a Cabinet Meeting in the White House in Washington, DC, on November 23. The United States upped pressure on Iraqi politicians to reach a deal on holding elections as Washington sought to avoid delays on the pullout of thousands of troops from the country.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States upped pressure on Iraqi politicians on Tuesday to reach a deal on holding elections as Washington sought to avoid delays on the pullout of thousands of troops from the country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/pl_afp/iraqvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259091734647-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=TrScXyrwtDZjoa5owp4jBA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (R) speaks alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) during a Cabinet Meeting in the White House in Washington, DC, on November 23. The United States upped pressure on Iraqi politicians to reach a deal on holding elections as Washington sought to avoid delays on the pullout of thousands of troops from the country.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_afp/iraqustechnologyheritagecompanygoogle afp/20091124/iraqustechnologyheritagecompanygoogle AFP topstories Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_afp/iraqustechnologyheritagecompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259061716877-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=ny.zxz2EaODn4mqwwKjNLg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Google chief executive Eric Schmidt (R) presents the Google logo to Qais Rashid, the chairman of the board of Antiquities and Heritage, following a press conference at the recently-restored National Museum in Baghdad. US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, Schmidt said in Baghdad on Tuesday.(AFP/Sabah Arar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, its chief executive said in Baghdad on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_afp/iraqustechnologyheritagecompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259061716877-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=ny.zxz2EaODn4mqwwKjNLg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google chief executive Eric Schmidt (R) presents the Google logo to Qais Rashid, the chairman of the board of Antiquities and Heritage, following a press conference at the recently-restored National Museum in Baghdad. US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, Schmidt said in Baghdad on Tuesday.(AFP/Sabah Arar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_google ap/20091124/ml_iraq_google AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.67b5caf8540d4e7f9a3d9f1b7844f6b7.iraq_museum_google_bag105.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=f.KRnmY4QOTZ9HmLc0D1FA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Google chief Eric Schmidt, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill attend a ceremony at Iraq's national museum, in Baghdad, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Internet search engine Google is documenting the treasures of Iraq's national museum, home to priceless artifacts from the Stone Age through Islamic periods, and will make the photographs available online early next year, the company's chairman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.67b5caf8540d4e7f9a3d9f1b7844f6b7.iraq_museum_google_bag105.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=f.KRnmY4QOTZ9HmLc0D1FA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google chief Eric Schmidt, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill attend a ceremony at Iraq's national museum, in Baghdad, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Internet search engine Google is documenting the treasures of Iraq's national museum, home to priceless artifacts from the Stone Age through Islamic periods, and will make the photographs available online early next year, the company's chairman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/iraqenergyoilsabotage afp/20091124/iraqenergyoilsabotage AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:44 GMT AFP - Exports of Iraqi oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan were interrupted because of sabotage against a pipeline in northern Iraq, the oil ministry said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestreligionsunni afp/20091124/iraqunrestreligionsunni AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:19 GMT AFP - Two Sunni religious leaders were killed in and around the Iraqi capital on Tuesday by magnetic bombs attached to their cars, security officials said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_defense ap/20091124/eu_britain_defense AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:53 GMT AP - Britain's defense ministry says it will formally order a public inquiry this week into the alleged abuse and killing of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypoliticsopen afp/20091124/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypoliticsopen AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypoliticsopen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259054880870-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=bH8v9bnNIPqMcljTWGPqAw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="British soldiers search Iraqis on the outskirts of Basra. A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war has opened in London, with the chairman vowing not to "shy away from criticism" of individuals or institutions over the controversial conflict.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war held its first hearing Tuesday, six and a half years after Tony Blair controversially led the country in backing the US-led conflict.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryinquirypoliticsopen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259054880870-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=bH8v9bnNIPqMcljTWGPqAw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="British soldiers search Iraqis on the outskirts of Basra. A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war has opened in London, with the chairman vowing not to "shy away from criticism" of individuals or institutions over the controversial conflict.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091124/wl_csm/oinquiry csm/20091124/oinquiry The Christian Science Monitor world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Britain's official inquiry into the Iraq war got under way in London on Tuesday, but it's not likely to satisfy many of those who have long been awaiting it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryprobe afp/20091124/britainiraqmilitaryprobe AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:26:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259033089233-1-0.jpg?x=121&y=130&q=85&sig=jfGOgs6wSkV.54jIUgvjwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="An Iraqi prisoner looks through the bars of his prison cell in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The government is to announce details this week of an inquiry into the alleged torture and murder of Iraqi detainees by British troops, a spokeswoman has said.(AFP/File/Hani al-Obeidi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britain's defence minister will this week announce details of an inquiry into the alleged torture and murder of Iraqi detainees by British troops, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/britainiraqmilitaryprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259033089233-1-0.jpg?x=121&y=130&q=85&sig=jfGOgs6wSkV.54jIUgvjwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi prisoner looks through the bars of his prison cell in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The government is to announce details this week of an inquiry into the alleged torture and murder of Iraqi detainees by British troops, a spokeswoman has said.(AFP/File/Hani al-Obeidi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_us/us_westernized_woman_killed ap/20091124/us_westernized_woman_killed AP us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:01:28 GMT AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized has pleaded not guilty in a Phoenix court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/pl_afp/iraqvoteus afp/20091123/iraqvoteus AFP politics Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:45:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/pl_afp/iraqvoteus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1259019928799-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7pP3qWQE_L8vmnEcfXka2g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The United States is "deeply involved" in efforts to help Iraqi rivals adopt an electoral law, but elections may be delayed, Secretary of Stage Hillary Clinton, pictured on November 16, said Monday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States is "deeply involved" in efforts to help Iraqi rivals adopt an electoral law, but elections may be delayed, Secretary of Stage Hillary Clinton said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/pl_afp/iraqvoteus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1259019928799-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7pP3qWQE_L8vmnEcfXka2g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The United States is "deeply involved" in efforts to help Iraqi rivals adopt an electoral law, but elections may be delayed, Secretary of Stage Hillary Clinton, pictured on November 16, said Monday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091123/wl_mcclatchy/3363506 mcclatchy/20091123/3363506 McClatchy Newspapers world Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:18:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD &mdash; Iraq's pivotal national elections, originally scheduled for January, faced a likely delay of weeks or even longer after wrangling over a law setting terms for the polls broke down Monday.