Provides the latest RSS feeds for Iraq News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The US News.com http://www.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c31d0aaa23b24a75/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:34 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:34 -0500 30 A list representing Iraq's two largest Kurdish parties is far ahead of a reform-minded challenger in a northern Iraqi province, according to early results. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031634/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:52:44 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031634/ A secularist list headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday alleged major fraud in Iraq's national election this week. Members of Allawi's Iraqiya list called a news conference f... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031635/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:52:42 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031635/ (IDM) BAGHDAD (AP) — A police official says U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband.The official says the incident took place late Wednesday... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031313/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:52:16 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031313/ BAGHDAD — A police official says U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband. The official says the incident took place late Wednesday in... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031301/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:40 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031301/ An electoral worker sorts through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary ele... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031604/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:31 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031604/ BAGHDAD (AP) - Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister, who had the lead in two provinces in the mainly Shiite sou... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031636/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:35:03 -0500 KRQE http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031636/ Who can build a coalition? An electoral worker in Baghdad counts ballot papers from the recent Iraqi elections. Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images "No red lines" is the official line from Ira... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33032037/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:32:21 -0500 The Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33032037/ Baghdad - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition and former prime minister Ayad Allawi's Iraqi List led early returns from two provinces each in Iraq's parliamentary elections, elector... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33032036/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:29:24 -0500 Earth Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33032036/ BAGHDAD—Preliminary election results released by Iraq's electoral commission show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is winning in two Shiite provinces in southern Iraq. The results were the first v... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031589/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:49:37 -0500 Denver Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031589/ initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thursday. Four days after the election, Maliki and Allawi have emerged nationally as the main candidates for the post of ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33032035/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:42:28 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33032035/ Nouri al-Maliki, the incumbent prime minister, and Iyad Allawi, a former prime minister, are leading in Iraq's general election, initial results have shown. Thursday's results put al-Maliki's coaliti... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031624/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:39:49 -0500 Al Jazeera http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33031624/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A cross-sectarian, secularist alliance headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is ahead in two Iraqi provinces north of Baghdad, early results from the country's electoral ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028892/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:26:46 -0500 West Australian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028892/ Posted on: Thursday, 11 March 2010, 09:00 CST DEAD SEA, Jordan — Breast cancer continues to rise in Iraq, and scientists have established the Iraqi National Cancer Research Program to better unde... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028292/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:18:35 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028292/ The purposeful purple patch DOZENS of explosions woke up voters in Baghdad on March 7th, heralding the day of the general election. Every few minutes another thunderous bang reminded them to stay at h... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028893/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:59 -0500 The Economist http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028893/ By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 11, 2010 – Servicemembers quizzed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates about Afghanistan, the elections in... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028319/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:06 -0500 Defense Link http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028319/ The Basra Memorial Wall marks the 178 UK service personnel and one MoD civilian who lost their lives in the six years of conflict following the invasion. It was originally built in 2006 outside the H... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028360/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:29 -0500 Sky News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028360/ Nouri al-Maliki at an election rally. Early results showed the prime minister's coalition ahead in two southern Shia provinces. Photograph: Mohammed Ameen/Reuters Early results from http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028370/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:42:59 -0500 The Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028370/ Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has undergone surgery but is in good health, his office said on Thursday without specifying what the procedure was for. Maliki, who was operated on Wednesday, left... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028363/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:41:00 -0500 iafrica.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028363/ Iraqi Parities Both Claim Lead in Election (AP) Preliminary election results released by Iraq's electoral commission show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is winning in two Shiite provinces in southern ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028357/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:39:28 -0500 CBS News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028357/ was in third place. Maliki's State of Law Alliance held a lead of around 7,000 votes in Najaf and of 14,000 in Babil, the figures showed. Complete results are expected to be announced on Mar... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028888/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:17 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33028888/ Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly September 26, 2007 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. (Spencer Platt/File, Getty Images)... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025288/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:43:32 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025288/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's national election began to trickle in on Thursday, showing Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead in the country's largely Shi'... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025328/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:09 -0500 West Australian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025328/ Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly September 26, 2007 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. (Spencer Platt/File, Getty Images)... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025285/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:21:28 -0500 Fox 23 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025285/ Mosul - Some 122 Christian families have returned to the troubled northern Iraqi city of Mosul since the March 7 parliamentary elections, a local official said Thursday. Representatives of the city's ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025824/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:19:36 -0500 Earth Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025824/ But full initial results from across Iraq's 18 provinces, including areas where support is expected to be strong for Maliki's rivals, were still unknown four days after a national election Iraqis hope... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025297/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:27 -0500 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025297/ Preliminary results from the electoral commission, the first to be released, showed Maliki ahead in Najaf and Babil provinces south of Baghdad. But full initial results from across Iraq's 18 province... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025315/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:45:53 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025315/ The results were the first vote tallies to be released in Iraq's historic elections, which took place last Sunday.Thursday's announcement by the nation's Independent High Electoral Commission showed t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025284/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:22 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025284/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's national election began to trickle in on Thursday, showing Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead in the country's largely Shi'ite south. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025828/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:37:02 -0500 Breitbart http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025828/ from the elections to be published to ensure nationwide vote counts were accurate, amid concerns any discrepancies could affect the protracted coalition-building which is expected to ensue. Also on... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025822/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:20 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025822/ BAGHDAD (AP) - Officials say Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has undergone surgery but already has been released from the hospital and is in good health. A statement from al-Maliki's office says ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025282/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:57 -0500 Find Law http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33025282/ Iraqis were still awaiting preliminary results on Thursday four days after a national election that elections officials had expected to release the first results on Wednesday, but by early afternoon o... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022759/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:52:11 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022759/ BAGHDAD — Officials say Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has undergone surgery but already has been released from the hospital and is in good health. A statement from al-Maliki's office... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022718/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:43:31 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022718/ Baghdad/Mosul - Rival Iraqi political parties on Thursday made contradictory claims of how they fared in the March 7 parliamentary polls, ahead of the release of preliminary results. Politicians from ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33023099/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:28:52 -0500 Earth Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33023099/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis were still awaiting preliminary results Thursday four days after a national election they hoped would bring stable government and help end years of sectarian conflict as U.S... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022722/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:05 -0500 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022722/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis were still awaiting preliminary results Thursday four days after a national election they hoped would bring stable government and help end years of sectarian conflict as U.S... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022737/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:57:24 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33022737/ BAGHDAD - Iraqis were expected to get a glimpse of the country's new political landscape on Thursday when first official results from weekend elections are released. Electoral commission official Ham... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33023101/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:54:58 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33023101/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis were still awaiting preliminary results Thursday four days after a national election they hoped would bring stable government and help end years of sectarian conflict as U.S... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33020553/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:19:21 -0500 West Australian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33020553/ Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ’s coalition was likely to win a plurality in an exceedingly close race. But even as the preliminary results were about to be broadcast to the public, a coalition of Shiite... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33019985/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:08:59 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33019985/ Premature withdrawal in Iraq By Tom Engelhardt Hubris? We're bigger than that! We've now been at war with, or in, Iraq for almost 20 years, and intermittently at war in Afghanistan for 30 y... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33020526/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:11:04 -0500 Asia Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33020526/ Reporting from Baghdad - Hunkered down in a community outside Baghdad, Raad Ali watched the national elections Sunday in anonymity. No one bothers him here. Strangers think he is just another displac... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33016288/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:09 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33016288/ Reporting from Baghdad - Hunkered down in a community outside Baghdad, Raad Ali watched the national elections Sunday in anonymity. No one bothers him here. Strangers think he is just another displac... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33011614/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:53:10 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33011614/ Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war has run about half its course. Judging by the dominant reaction of the British press, its sole function is to prove what we all know to be true: that the invasion was... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33011602/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:13 -0500 Financial Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33011602/ The room is buzzing. Men lean on wooden shelves as they phone brokers sitting behind a glass barrier. Others focus on screens showing the latest trades on the Iraq Stock Exchange, while an AK-47-wield... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33009746/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:15 -0500 Financial Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33009746/ AMERICANS can be forgiven if they are watching the Iraqi elections out of the corner of their eyes, as they watch the clock run down on U.S. military presence in the country. President Obama pledged ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33003798/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:41:49 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33003798/ MICHAEL JANSEN in Sulaimaniya, IraqIRAQ’S ELECTION commission announced yesterday a second postponement of the release of preliminary results of Sunday’s national parliamentary election.Th... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33003244/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:35:38 -0500 Irish Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33003244/ • The Chilcot inquiry has given rise to many accusations that our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have been under funded and inadequately equipped. It could be argued that, whenever a soldier is kill... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33003209/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:28 -0500 The Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/33003209/ Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite Prime ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/32999805/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:54 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/32999805/ By John J. KruzelAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 10, 2010 – Some of the 98,000 U.S. military forces in Iraq already have made the transition from security to stability operations... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/32999784/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:56:27 -0500 Defense Link http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/32999784/ The Defence Department says it is working to resolve a pay anomaly involving Australian soldiers serving overseas. ABC TV's Hungry Beast program says soldiers travelling to and from Iraq are not rece... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/32996360/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:13:51 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/32996360/