Today in iraq

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09/18/07 NPR: U.S. Settlement Stalled for Iraqis
U.S. relations with Syria have long been strained. And now Iraqi refugees are paying the price. More than 2 million Iraqis have fled to Syria, Jordan and other Middle East countries over the past four years.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14495731&ft=1&f=3

09/18/07 dpa: Attack on Kirkuk-Bayji pipeline
...an explosion along an oil pipeline that extends from the northern Kirkuk oilfields to Bayji refineries caused damage to both the line and another parallel pipeline between Iraq and Turkey. The ensuing fire affected only a section...
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Iraq

09/18/07 dpa: Gunfights between militants and police leave 3 people dead
Meanwhile, gunfights between militants and police left three people dead and two wounded in Tikrit, 170 kilometres north of the capital, the local police department said.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1357061.php/17_killed_across_Iraq_attack_on_Kirkuk-Bayji_pipeline__2nd_Lead_

09/18/07 NPR: U.S. Military Surge Faces Challenges in Sadr City
The biggest challenge to the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division deployed in northeast Baghdad is radical Shiite cleric Muktada al Sadr and his Mehdi Army. U.S. commanders say progress is complicated by divisions within Sadr's movement. But secret talks...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14495719&ft=1&f=3

09/18/07 WaPo: Security Took 'Turn for Worse' In Southern Iraq, Report Says
Security is deteriorating in southern Iraq as rival Shiite militias vying for power have stepped up their attacks after moving out of Baghdad to avoid U.S.-led military operations, according to the latest quarterly Pentagon report on Iraq...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR2007091701880.html?hpid=topnews

09/18/07 Reuters: Seven killed in central Baghdad car bomb, police say
A car bomb outside the Health Ministry in central Baghdad killed seven people and wounded 23 on Tuesday, police said. The bomb exploded in a parking lot close to the ministry, sending a plume of black smoke into the sky.
http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnL18982.html

09/18/07 Reuters: Car bomb kills 2, wounds 5 in Baghdad's Zayouna district
A car bomb killed two people and wounded five in eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad, police said.
09/18/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 1, wounds 2 in Baghdad's Zaafaraniya district
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one civilian and wounded two policemen in Zaafaraniya district in the southern outskirts of Baghdad, police said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM831233.htm

09/18/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill man, wound hs brother in Iskandariya
Gunmen killed a man and wounded his brother on Monday in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km ( 25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM831233.htm

09/18/07 AP: Iraq contractor, an ex-colonel, sentenced for smuggling $50,000 in cash
A retired Army colonel was sentenced to five months in prison Monday for smuggling nearly $50,000 in cash that he said he made from Iraqi subcontractors working on rebuilding contracts. Robert Grove, 63, hid stacks of $100 bills on his body...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM831233.htm