2008年12月31日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

On Saddam anniversary, Iraq readies macabre museum (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:36 AM CST

A museum worker shows to reporters a noose that will be displayed in a new Iraqi museum in Baghdad December 30, 2008. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)Reuters - The man putting together Iraq's newest museum doesn't like to be alone in his office, where he keeps bloodied nooses, a medieval-looking torture device and boxes of documents chronicling atrocities under Saddam Hussein.


US charges second man for secretly aiding Saddam (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:32 PM CST

A statue of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein stands in front of a burning building in Baghdad in April 2003. Federal authorities have charged an Iraqi-born Canadian citizen with conspiring to spy for the former regime of Saddam Hussein while allegedly working at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, in the second such case to emerge in a week.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Federal authorities have charged an Iraqi-born Canadian citizen with conspiring to spy for the former regime of Saddam Hussein while allegedly working at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, in the second such case to emerge in a week.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,219 (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:06 PM CST

A British soldier stands guard at Umm Qasr port, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, July 7, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at least 4,219 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Iraq signs military accords with Britain, Australia (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:25 PM CST

A British soldier (R) walks past Iraqi youths outside a police station in central Basra in southern Iraq on December 29, 2008. Baghdad signed on Tuesday military accords with Britain and Australia that give their troops a legal basis to stay in Iraq after the expiry of the UN mandate on December 31, the Iraqi government said.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Baghdad signed on Tuesday military accords with Britain and Australia that give their troops a legal basis to stay in Iraq after the expiry of the UN mandate on December 31, the Iraqi government said.


Iraq and UK agree to let troops stay until July (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:49 PM CST

A British soldier stands guard at Umm Qasr port, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, July 7, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq signed agreements with Britain and Australia on Tuesday for their troops to stay in Iraq for seven months after a U.N. mandate authorizing their presence expires on January 1, Iraq's Defense Ministry said.


Amid political change, troops prepare for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 02:03 PM CST

First Sgt. Lewis Walls, 38, of Browns Mills, N.J. with the the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, is seen before target practice at Fort Dix, N.J., Friday, Dec. 19, 2008.  The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, scheduled to deploy to Iraq makes up the largest contingent from the Pennsylvania Guard to deploy to a combat zone since World War II.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Over his holiday leave, 1st Sgt. Lewis Walls will put a ring on his new bride's finger, hold their baby boy one last time, and then report back to deploy to Iraq.


Britain keen to finalise Iraq troop deal (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 12:29 PM CST

A British soldier (R) walks past Iraqi youths outside a police station in central Basra in southern Iraq on December 29, 2008. Baghdad signed on Tuesday military accords with Britain and Australia that give their troops a legal basis to stay in Iraq after the expiry of the UN mandate on December 31, the Iraqi government said.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Britain's defence ministry said on Tuesday it is keen to finalise a deal that will make legal its military presence in Iraq and prevent a halt to its operations when a UN mandate expires this week.


Iraq, Air France-KLM sign cooperation deal (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 12:23 PM CST

A civilian Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 aircraft taxis on the runway after landing at the Al-Hamza airport in Najaf in June 2008. Air France-KLM and Iraq's transport ministry have signed a preliminary accord which will see Iraqi Airways taking off for European destinations and Baghdad's airport being renovated, an official statement said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Air France-KLM and Iraq's transport ministry have signed a preliminary accord which will see Iraqi Airways taking off for European destinations and Baghdad's airport being renovated, an official statement said Tuesday.


Eight alleged Islamic militants held in Iraq: police (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 12:20 PM CST

Anti-riot police officers hold the Iraqi (front) and Kurdish (back) flags during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, 330 kms north of Baghdad, in June 2008. Eight alleged Islamic militants planning to launch attacks in northern Iraq have been arrested in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniyah, a top security official told reporters on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - Eight alleged Islamic militants planning to launch attacks in northern Iraq have been arrested in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniyah, a top security official told reporters on Tuesday.


Trial delayed for Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 11:14 AM CST

The brother of Muntazer al-Zaidi, a TV reporter from al-Baghdadiya who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush, displays his picture during an interview with Reuters in his apartment in Baghdad in this December 15, 2008 file photo. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - The trial of an Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad has been postponed pending an appeal over whether the incident amounted to an assault, his lawyer said on Wednesday.


U.S. pull-back from Iraq will hit private contractors (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:28 AM CST

A helicopter used by private security contractors flies near al-Mansour hotel in Baghdad in this June 25, 2007 file photo. In Iraq, tens of thousands of private contractors from poor countries like Nepal, Pakistan or Peru keep the U.S. military on its feet, driving trucks, scrubbing floors, and ladling out food at sprawling U.S. bases. (Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud/Reuters)Reuters - In Iraq, tens of thousands of private contractors from poor countries like Nepal, Pakistan or Peru keep the U.S. military on its feet, driving trucks, scrubbing floors, and ladling out food at sprawling U.S. bases.


Iraq shoe-thrower trial postponed (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

Iraq's Central Criminal Court has decided to postpone the trial of Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi who won global fame for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush, a court spokesman has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Iraq's Central Criminal Court decided on Tuesday to postpone the trial of an Iraqi journalist who won global fame for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush, a court spokesman said.


0 条评论:

发表评论

订阅 博文评论 [Atom]

<< 主页

bnzv