Iraq News Updates -- August 16, 2010



Coalition Talks In Iraq Collapse -- Voice of America

Iraq's two main political coalitions broke off talks Monday aimed at ending a five-month-long political deadlock.

A spokeswoman for the Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance, Maysoon al-Damaluji, said the group ended negotiations. She claimed the Shi'ite-dominated State of Law alliance labeled them as a Sunni bloc rather than cross-sectarian.

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Iraqi rivals break off power-sharing talks -- AP
Iraq blocs suspend coalition talks -- Al Jazeera
Iraq coalition talks 'suspended' -- BBC
Iraqi governing talks suspended in wake of 'Sunni list' reference -- CNN
Iraq opposition ends government talks -- Financial Times
Allawi Bloc Suspends Talks With Maliki's Coalition on New Iraqi Government -- Bloomberg
Rivals stop coalition talks in Iraq in sectarian row -- Reuters

US military: US soldier killed north of Baghdad -- AP
American soldier killed in Iraq attack -- Sydney Morning Herald/AFP
11 people killed, 29 wounded in Iraq's violence -- Xinhuanet
Shootings, bombings across Iraq kill 10, injure 30 -- AP
Roadside Bombs, Shootings Kill 10 in Iraq -- Voice of America
11 killed in a day as Baghdad rocked by increase in violence -- The Independent
Iranian pilgrims killed in north Iraq car bomb -- AP
5 killed in car bomb explosion in northern Iraq -- AP
Car bomb aimed at Iranian pilgrims kills 5 in Iraq -- Reuters

US in Iraq: What's been left behind
-- Christian Science Monitor
Turkey, U.S. speed up talks on cooperation in troop pullout from Iraq -- Xinhuanet
In Iraq, combat troops head home to US with guitars, hope -- Christian Science Monitor
Iraq's army: not ready until 2020; should U.S. forces leave next year? -- Cafferty File, CNN
U.S. Withdrawal Echoes in Iraq -- Council On Foreign Relations
Is Iraq worth fighting for? -- John Vandiver, Stars And Stripes
As U.S. combat troops exit Iraq, unresolved issues are left behind in a country facing an uncertain future -- Stars And Stripes

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