'Months' before Iraq government, says US general (AFP)

The top US general in command of forces in Iraq, Ray Odierno (pictured), has predicted it would take AFP - The commander of US forces in Iraq has predicted it would take "a couple of months" for leaders to form a post-election government but downplayed fears of instability.



[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:16:30 GMT]
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US Iraq commander likes 'Hurt Locker' (AFP)

(From L-R) Nominee for Actor in a Leading Role Jeremy Renner (AFP - The commander of US troops in Iraq on Tuesday praised Oscar-winning drama "The Hurt Locker," saying that unlike some media coverage it showed the complexities on the field.



[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:20:24 GMT]
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US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident (AP)

The top US general in command of forces in Iraq, Ray Odierno (pictured), has predicted it would take AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq.



[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:28:28 GMT]
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382 (AP)
AP - As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:05:27 GMT]
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Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims (AP)

A file photo of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he listens to questions during his visit to Langside college in Glasgow, Scotland November 6, 2009. REUTERS/David Moir/FilesAP - Britain opened an inquiry Tuesday into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004, some of the most serious allegations made against British forces over the war and occupation of the country.



[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:44:47 GMT]
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Initial results delayed, Iraq still counts ballots (AP)

Electoral workers carry ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Iraqis are awaiting initial election results for Baghdad, a key location accounting for almost a fifth of the country's ballots and other provinces. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's election commission says ballots are still being counted in the historic parliamentary elections and backed off from an expected announcement of partial results.



[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:05:10 GMT]
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Baghdad holds key as Iraq awaits initial vote results (AFP)

Iraqi workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad count votes. Iraq awaited initial results from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq awaited initial results Tuesday from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position.



[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:46:11 GMT]
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First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday (Reuters)

Iraqi workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad count votes. Iraq awaited initial results from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Wednesday, an electoral commission official said on Tuesday.



[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:33:28 GMT]
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Real Hurt Lockers in Iraq: Life is no movie (AP)

FILE - In this March 1, 2010 file photo, Tech Sgt. Jeremy Phillips waits for his team members to prepare a detonation outside of Forward Operating Base Garry Owen on Monday in Maysan Province, Iraq.  (AP Photo/Matt Ford) U.S. military's explosive experts are basking in their job's newfound fame after the Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' took home the best picture prize at Sunday's Academy Awards in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Matt Ford)AP - American bomb disposal experts in Iraq say few people understood what they did.



[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:02:04 GMT]
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After Iraq election, fragile democracy faces the real test (The Christian Science Monitor)

Electoral workers sit amongst piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Iraqis are awaiting initial election results for Baghdad a key location accounting for almost a fifth of the country's ballots and other provinces. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)The Christian Science Monitor - The Iraq election has shored up the country’s fragile democracy, but the months ahead are fraught with potential dangers far more worrying than the bombs that echoed through Baghdad as voters went to the polls over the weekend.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:08:00 GMT]
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In Iraq, the Methboub family waits – and copes (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Expectations of good news have rarely been higher in the poor Iraqi household of Karima Selman Methboub, whose son Ali is due in coming weeks to be released from prison after more than 1-1/2 years.
[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:40:00 GMT]
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Top court to decide on anti-gay protests at military funerals (Reuters)
Reuters - The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church at funerals for U.S. military members killed in Iraq.
[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:07:20 GMT]
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Years before US can judge Iraq success: general (AFP)

General Ray Odierno speaks to the press in Baghdad in 2009. The top US general in Iraq has said it could be years before the United States can gauge whether its long military campaign there had achieved any measure of success.(AFP/File/Arthur Macmillan)AFP - The top US general in Iraq said Monday it could be years before the United States can gauge whether its long military campaign there had achieved any measure of success.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:30:08 GMT]
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Iraq election turnout down, likely months before new government (The Christian Science Monitor)

An Iraqi man casts his vote for the parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgents attacks, Iraqis went to the polls on foot Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country's still-fragile democracy to move forward at a time of uncertainty over a looming U.S. troop drawdown and still jagged sectarian divisions. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi election workers began tallying votes from 47,000 polling stations across the country Monday, a day after the country pulled off a landmark vote despite dozens of scattered explosions that went off in Baghdad and in other parts of the country.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:59:00 GMT]
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Britain won respect in Middle East over Iraq: Miliband (AFP)

The government's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, pictured on March 5, said Monday.(AFP/File/Francisco Leong)AFP - Britain's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:16:31 GMT]
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Odierno says US troop withdrawal plan on schedule (AP)

A US soldier patrols the area near the Independent High Electoral Commission headquarters in Baghdad. President Barack Obama, who has promised to withdraw all US troops from Iraq by the end of next year, paid tribute to AP - The top U.S. general in Iraq says the Iraqi military performed superbly on Sunday's mostly peaceful election day and that President Barack Obama's plan to remove American combat troops from that country by Sept. 1 is proceeding on schedule.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:26:04 GMT]
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After Iraq's Elections, Who Will Lead the Country? (Time.com)
Time.com - The election is over. But the counting -- and the dealing -- could go on for a while
[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:05:00 GMT]
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'The Hurt Locker' rules on historic Oscars night (AFP)

Film-maker Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman ever to win the Oscar for best director. Iraq war drama AFP - Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" blew away box office king "Avatar" to take six Oscars, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the best director award on a historic Hollywood night.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:22:41 GMT]
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Obama calls Iraq vote an 'important milestone' (AP)

President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden at his side, makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington about the elections in Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010.  'I have great respect for the millions of Iraqis who refused to be deterred by acts of violence, and who exercised their right to vote today,' Obama said. 'Their participation demonstrates that the Iraqi people have chosen to shape their future through the political process. ' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama praised the Iraqi people for passing "an important milestone" Sunday, when millions turned out for national elections despite insurgent attacks that killed more than 30 people.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:16:59 GMT]
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Obama keeps U.S. troop withdrawal plan after Iraq poll (Reuters)

President Barack Obama, backed by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks to reporters on the parliamentary election in Iraq, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an "important milestone" on Sunday despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all U.S. troops from the country.



[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:11:32 GMT]
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