Read more Iraq stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2/iraq.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSun, 22 Nov 2009 3:34:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74550/us-fears-53b-in-iraq-reconstruction-will-go-to-ruin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the American troop withdrawal nears, US officials fear the $53 billion taxpayers have spent since 2003 to rebuild Iraq will be squandered. Facilities from power plants and water treatment facilities to schools and hospitals are at risk of being neglected or abandoned for lack of funding or expertise, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74550/us-fears-53b-in-iraq-reconstruction-will-go-to-ruin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 10:35:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74294/iraq-halts-preparations-for-jan-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a move that could derail both Iraq's fragile democracy and US plans to withdraw troops by next summer, all preparations for elections in January have ground to a halt. The Iraqi election committee stopped "all our activities and work" today after the country's vice president vetoed part of a...http://www.newser.com/story/74294/iraq-halts-preparations-for-jan-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 7:00:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74199/13-assassinated-outside-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe killing of 13 men and boys west of Baghdad over the weekend has sparked fears of a fresh eruption in sectarian fighting. The victims, including a Sunni politician and several of his relatives, were snatched from their homes and shot by men in Iraqi army uniforms, according to authorities....http://www.newser.com/story/74199/13-assassinated-outside-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 3:22:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74052/iraqi-war-zone-sees-big-spike-in-birth-defects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors in Fallujah are seeing an alarming rise in the number of birth defects and early life cancers. They have no definitive evidence, but suspicion has naturally fallen on toxic materials left behind after years of modern warfare, reports the Guardian . The rate of birth defects—including multiple tumors, nervous...http://www.newser.com/story/74052/iraqi-war-zone-sees-big-spike-in-birth-defects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 13:24:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73881/american-adviser-to-kurds-outed-as-oil-shareholder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn influential American advocate for Iraqi Kurds, who helped successfully secure Kurdish control over new oil finds in northern Iraq in the country's constitution, stands to reap more than $100 million from the policy he shaped. Peter Galbraith, it turns out, received rights to an enormous oil stake in Kurdistan...http://www.newser.com/story/73881/american-adviser-to-kurds-outed-as-oil-shareholder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 9:15:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73747/blackwater-okd-1m-bribe-fund-after-07-iraq-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecurity firm Blackwater set aside $1 million for secret payments to critical Iraqi officials after the 2007 Baghdad shootout that left 17 civilians dead. With Blackwater fearing it could lose its lucrative operating license in the country, former executives tell the New York Times , then-president Gary Jackson authorized the bribe...http://www.newser.com/story/73747/blackwater-okd-1m-bribe-fund-after-07-iraq-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 21:39:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73616/iran-accuses-american-hikers-of-espionage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe three American hikers detained by Iran in July have been accused of espionage, a senior Iranian prosecutor says. The three, who the US maintains were on a hiking vacation in Iraq when they accidentally strayed across the poorly-marked border, "have been accused" and the investigation is ongoing, he says,...http://www.newser.com/story/73616/iran-accuses-american-hikers-of-espionage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 8:23:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73603/muslims-in-us-military-suffer-conflicts-criticism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the American Muslim community takes pains to distance itself from Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shootings add misery to the already complicated lives of Muslims serving in the armed forces. Drawn to the military by patriotism, Muslim soldiers arrive in Afghanistan or Iraq to find themselves confronting...http://www.newser.com/story/73603/muslims-in-us-military-suffer-conflicts-criticism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 7:18:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73611/iraq-passes-election-law-clears-way-for-us-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq's parliament passed a long-delayed law yesterday paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the US troop withdrawal. The head of Iraq's electoral commission quickly proposed Jan. 21 for the election, five days after the earlier scheduled date. The...http://www.newser.com/story/73611/iraq-passes-election-law-clears-way-for-us-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 6:33:47 CST