Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1473 topstories Iraq en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:38:59 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/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20090704/ml_iraq AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:38:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.0c46ba4f79d84e26b0004bdc838805ff.iraq_us_troops_biden_bag115.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=vf6lcWhcUPyCrAP2QF8wYg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence. Biden began Independence Day by greeting more than 200 U.S. soldiers who were becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in a marble domed hall at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces at Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the outskirts of Baghdad. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vice President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected the American's offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.0c46ba4f79d84e26b0004bdc838805ff.iraq_us_troops_biden_bag115.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=vf6lcWhcUPyCrAP2QF8wYg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence. Biden began Independence Day by greeting more than 200 U.S. soldiers who were becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in a marble domed hall at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces at Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the outskirts of Baghdad. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/pl_afp/iraqusdiplomacy afp/20090704/iraqusdiplomacy AFP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:40:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/pl_afp/iraqusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246736428980-11-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=n6Dx2I8vs3ksRQfW8L546A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="This photo made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office late July 3, 2009 shows US Vice President Joseph Biden (L) meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad.(AFP/IPMO-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq on Saturday told the United States to back off in its attempts to resolve rows between the strife-torn country's sects, saying such interference could cause problems and make matters worse.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/pl_afp/iraqusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246736428980-11-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=n6Dx2I8vs3ksRQfW8L546A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office late July 3, 2009 shows US Vice President Joseph Biden (L) meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad.(AFP/IPMO-HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestkirkuk afp/20090704/iraqunrestkirkuk AFP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:19:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestkirkuk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246721798207-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=QHFWw_g3fVDyM_DbW3oiyg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Iraqi soldiers inspect a bus that was destroyed in a suicide bomb attack in April 2009. A Kurdish militiaman, Turkman policeman and two Sunni Arab civilians have been killed in three separate attacks by guns fitted with silencers in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Kurdish militiaman, Turkman policeman and two Sunni Arab civilians have been killed in three separate attacks by guns fitted with silencers in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestkirkuk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246721798207-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=QHFWw_g3fVDyM_DbW3oiyg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi soldiers inspect a bus that was destroyed in a suicide bomb attack in April 2009. A Kurdish militiaman, Turkman policeman and two Sunni Arab civilians have been killed in three separate attacks by guns fitted with silencers in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_mideast_afp/fblgulfcupirq afp/20090704/fblgulfcupirq AFP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:34:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_mideast_afp/fblgulfcupirq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246725229849-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=BkKlf_ByNEu63KWtN3jy4Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A young Iraqi supporter follows his team's Group 1 Asian zone World Cup qualifying football match against Qatar in Dubai in 2008. Iraq is to construct a "Sport City" in the southern oil hub of Basra to host the Gulf Cup at the end of 2012, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq is to construct a "Sport City" in the southern oil hub of Basra to host the Gulf Cup at the end of 2012, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_mideast_afp/fblgulfcupirq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246725229849-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=BkKlf_ByNEu63KWtN3jy4Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A young Iraqi supporter follows his team's Group 1 Asian zone World Cup qualifying football match against Qatar in Dubai in 2008. Iraq is to construct a "Sport City" in the southern oil hub of Basra to host the Gulf Cup at the end of 2012, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/wl_nm/us_iraq_biden nm/20090704/us_iraq_biden Reuters world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:08:51 GMT Reuters - Iraq on Saturday ruled out foreign involvement in its efforts to reconcile rival factions, just after visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Iraqis to do more to bury grievances and stave off renewed conflict. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/wl_nm/us_iraq_arrest nm/20090704/us_iraq_arrest Reuters world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:04:08 GMT Reuters - Iraqi army forces arrested a man on Saturday suspected of being behind two vehicle bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk that killed more than 100 people, an Iraqi army official said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_us_deaths ap/20090703/us_iraq_us_deaths AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:30:11 GMT AP - As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 4,322 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/mcclatchy/20090703/wl_mcclatchy/3265382 mcclatchy/20090703/3265382 McClatchy Newspapers world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:51:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden's surprise two-day visit this weekend to Iraq was meant to "re-establish contact" with leaders here, but some Iraqis bristled at the messenger more than the message. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/usiraqpoliticssaddamfbi afp/20090703/usiraqpoliticssaddamfbi AFP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/usiraqpoliticssaddamfbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246625255176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=vECN..hfZjXLy_MwL4WJDA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed Iraqi dictator.(AFP/POOL/File/Chris Hondros)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed Iraqi dictator.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/usiraqpoliticssaddamfbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246625255176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=vECN..hfZjXLy_MwL4WJDA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed Iraqi dictator.(AFP/POOL/File/Chris Hondros)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_saddam_fbi_interviews ap/20090703/us_saddam_fbi_interviews AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_saddam_fbi_interviews"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.6ab375e3e53e45c89bea9caa967c656c.saddam_fbi_interviews_ny113.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=rQOgO1YwM4Bh5ACPEVxG4g--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="FILE - In this image released by the U.S. Army on Dec. 14, 2003, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home. Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center show new details about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both before and after he was ousted.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)" border="0" /></a>AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_saddam_fbi_interviews"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.6ab375e3e53e45c89bea9caa967c656c.saddam_fbi_interviews_ny113.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=rQOgO1YwM4Bh5ACPEVxG4g--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this image released by the U.S. Army on Dec. 14, 2003, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home. Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center show new details about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both before and after he was ousted.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_soldier_new_lawyer ap/20090702/us_iraq_soldier_new_lawyer AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:56:43 GMT AP - Army Reserve Maj. Miles Gengler didn't hesitate as he repeated the oath during his swearing-in as an attorney. His words just had to travel more than 6,000 miles from Baghdad's Green Zone to Michigan to be heard. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_usa_treasury_iraq nm/20090702/us_usa_treasury_iraq Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:25:37 GMT Reuters - The U.S. government on Thursday said it has declared Kata'ib Hizballah a foreign terrorist organization, saying the group is linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah and has posed a threat to stability in Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutmission afp/20090702/iraqusmilitarypulloutmission AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:24:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutmission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246566141324-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=26u9K7QD7OK.gu_.SPNMng--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US soldiers play basketball at Camp Warhorse in Baquba, 60 kms (35 miles) north of Baghdad, in 2007. It is business as usual for Camp Warhorse after the US military pullout from Iraqi towns and cities -- troops must follow orders and adapt to non-combat tasks in one of Iraq's most dangerous regions.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)" border="0" /></a>AFP - It is business as usual for Camp Warhorse after the US military pullout from Iraqi towns and cities -- troops must follow orders and adapt to non-combat tasks in one of Iraq's most dangerous regions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutmission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246566141324-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=26u9K7QD7OK.gu_.SPNMng--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US soldiers play basketball at Camp Warhorse in Baquba, 60 kms (35 miles) north of Baghdad, in 2007. It is business as usual for Camp Warhorse after the US military pullout from Iraqi towns and cities -- troops must follow orders and adapt to non-combat tasks in one of Iraq's most dangerous regions.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_iran_what_najaf_thinks ap/20090702/ml_iraq_iran_what_najaf_thinks AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_iran_what_najaf_thinks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.a521fe42af8f4c9f906970ed18b729c4.iraq_iran_what_najaf_thinks_bag508.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Tq0WegFhcpDJIxen_OfzBg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="This July 1, 2009 photo shows an Iranian woman outside the Imam Ail shrine in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq. There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf where the silence during Iran's postelection crisis says much about the deep complexities of their cross-border bonds. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)" border="0" /></a>AP - There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much about the deep complexities of their cross-border bonds.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_iran_what_najaf_thinks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.a521fe42af8f4c9f906970ed18b729c4.iraq_iran_what_najaf_thinks_bag508.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Tq0WegFhcpDJIxen_OfzBg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="This July 1, 2009 photo shows an Iranian woman outside the Imam Ail shrine in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq. There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf where the silence during Iran's postelection crisis says much about the deep complexities of their cross-border bonds. (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/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usattacksiraqsanctions afp/20090702/usattacksiraqsanctions AFP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:20:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usattacksiraqsanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246473165928-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UWOpWOydAYlA2J9.M5_Bbg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it froze the assets of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to the commander of Iran's Qods Force, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Shiite "extremist" group Kata'ib Hezbollah for being a security threat in Iraq(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States imposed financial sanctions Thursday on an adviser to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a Iraq-based Shiite group Kata'ib Hezbollah, branded a foreign terrorist outfit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usattacksiraqsanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246473165928-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UWOpWOydAYlA2J9.M5_Bbg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it froze the assets of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to the commander of Iran's Qods Force, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Shiite "extremist" group Kata'ib Hezbollah for being a security threat in Iraq(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/iraqfrancediplomacyeconomy afp/20090702/iraqfrancediplomacyeconomy AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:27:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/iraqfrancediplomacyeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246555604066-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=gTNH1J.BAosZjwaP5rA1PA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="In this handout made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon in Baghdad. Fillon made a lightning visit to Baghdad on Thursday with a delegation of officials and business leaders seeking to raise France's profile in Iraq.(AFP/IRAQI PM OFFICE)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon made a lightning visit to Baghdad on Thursday with a delegation of officials and business leaders seeking to raise France's profile in Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/iraqfrancediplomacyeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246555604066-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=gTNH1J.BAosZjwaP5rA1PA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this handout made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon in Baghdad. Fillon made a lightning visit to Baghdad on Thursday with a delegation of officials and business leaders seeking to raise France's profile in Iraq.(AFP/IRAQI PM OFFICE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutbiden afp/20090702/iraqusmilitarypulloutbiden AFP topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:05:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutbiden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246553608485-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=PDkL6pdIHk03Nkgxn_zsLg--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="US Vice President Joe Biden, pictured in May 2009, flew in to Baghdad on Thursday on a surprise visit just two days after a long-planned pullback of American troops from conflict-hit Iraq's towns and cities.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden was visiting Iraq Thursday in a surprise trip just days after US forces completed their pullout from Iraqi cities, the White House said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutbiden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246553608485-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=PDkL6pdIHk03Nkgxn_zsLg--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Vice President Joe Biden, pictured in May 2009, flew in to Baghdad on Thursday on a surprise visit just two days after a long-planned pullback of American troops from conflict-hit Iraq's towns and cities.(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/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/biden_iraq ap/20090702/biden_iraq AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:55:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/biden_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246726388216-11-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=RXsvNJJccCkVe8a9ZeCCfQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="US Vice President Joe Biden talks with soldiers at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad. Biden on Saturday celebrated Independence Day with American troops, including his soldier son Beau, at their base near Baghdad, giving a speech that mocked Saddam Hussein.(AFP/POOL/Khalid Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>AP - The White House says Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/biden_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246726388216-11-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=RXsvNJJccCkVe8a9ZeCCfQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Vice President Joe Biden talks with soldiers at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad. Biden on Saturday celebrated Independence Day with American troops, including his soldier son Beau, at their base near Baghdad, giving a speech that mocked Saddam Hussein.(AFP/POOL/Khalid Mohammed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_iraq ap/20090702/us_obama_iraq AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:30:02 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is telling the Associated Press that he always has reserved the right to adjust the U.S. troop withdrawal timetable in Iraq based on changing circumstances. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_apnewsalert ap/20090702/us_apnewsalert AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:51:15 GMT AP - VP Biden has arrived in Iraq to meet with leaders and discuss withdrawal of US troops.