Iraq News Updates -- July 23, 2010

CONTROLLED BLAST - U.S. Army and Iraqi soldiers set off a controlled detonation to destroy unexploded ordnance at a location outside Bassami, Iraq, July 13, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Gary Silverman

In Rare Deadly Attack, Rocket Hits Iraq’s Green Zone -- New York Times

BAGHDAD — A rocket attack on Thursday on the Green Zone, the heavily barricaded section of this city that contains the main government buildings and the United States Embassy, killed three foreign contractors who work for the embassy, and wounded 15, including two American citizens.

Casualties are rare in the rocket and mortar attacks directed at the United States Embassy’s compound — its largest anywhere, spreading out over more than 100 acres.

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More News On Iraq

Rocket attack on Baghdad Green Zone kills three -- BBC
Iraq 'Green Zone' Attack Kills 3 -- Wall Street Journal
Rocket attack kills 3 in Baghdad Green Zone - U.S. -- Reuters
Kirkuk police chief badly wounded by Iraq car bomb -- AFP
Violence erupts in northern Iraqi cities -- CNN
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 23 -- Reuters
Iran supports three insurgent groups in Iraq: US general -- AFP
Al-Qaida claims it was behind twin Iraq bombings -- AP
Escaped Iraq detainees are Qaeda suspects: police -- AFP
Four Iraqis escape from prison at Baghdad airport compound -- L.A. Times
Obama presses Iraqi leaders to end deadlock -- Reuters
Obama: time to form Iraqi government 'without delay' -- AFP
Obama: Time to Form Iraqi Govt. 'Without Delay' -- Voice Of America

Obama Urges Iraqis To Form Government 'Without Delay' -- Radio Free Europe
Obama voices concerns over rocket attack in Iraq -- AP
Obama: On track with plan to pull troops from Iraq in August -- USA Today
Odierno: Plan to thin out troops in Iraq on schedule -- CNN
Last US troop pullout to be in oil-rich Iraqi city -- World Bulletin
Odierno: 50,000 troops to stay in Iraq through summer 2011 -- Stars And Stripes
Security Brief: Iraq drawdown by the numbers -- CNN
US to draw down diplomats in Iraq in next 3-5 years -- AFP
The Other Timeline In Iraq -- The Atlantic
U.S. Gen. Odierno presses case for $2B in funding to rebuild Iraq -- The Hill
What Happens When U.S. Troops Leave Iraq? -- FOX News
Iraq's battle for football control turns sectarian -- AP