2008年11月22日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq's prime minister, president in public quarrel (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 02:05 AM CST

AP - Iraq's presidential council has taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Shiite prime minister after he berated them for their opposition to councils of loyal tribesmen in several Iraqi provinces.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,202 (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 06:56 PM CST

U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment walk near an Iraqi old man during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 4,202 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Iraq's presidency demands suspension of pro-Maliki groups (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 01:40 PM CST

Iraq's presidential council demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here on November 20, 2008, suspend pro-government tribal councils so their legality could be reviewed amid an escalating quarrel over them.(AFP/HO)AFP - Iraq's presidential council demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suspend pro-government tribal councils so their legality could be reviewed amid an escalating quarrel over them.


Iraq's Race for Political Advantage After US Departure (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 12:40 PM CST

Demonstrators display posters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as they chant slogans during a rally at the al-Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers Moqtada marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein.   REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)Time.com - Discord over a Status of Forces Agreement with Washington intensifies as Iraqi parties seek to position themselves for the post-American era


Thousands of Sadrists protest Iraq-US military pact (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:03 AM CST

Iraqi Shiites protest in central Baghdad. Thousands of Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain in Iraq until 2011.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Thousands of Shiite followers of firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain in Iraq until 2011.


Sadr followers protest Iraqi-U.S. pact in huge rally (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:24 AM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands of followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr packed a central Baghdad square Friday, where they protested a U.S.-Iraq security agreement and likened Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki to fallen dictator Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi troops donate money to US wildfire victims (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 07:10 AM CST

AP - The U.S. military says a group of Iraqi soldiers has donated $500 to help California wildfire victims.

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