'Iraq parliament to vote on key security posts'

Baghdad, June 8 : Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said parliament will vote on the nominees for the interior and defence posts later today.

Maliki made the announcement during a news conference in which he also said that US and Iraqi military forces had killed the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, during an air raid yesterday night north of Baghdad.

Reuters