2008年8月31日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq changes team negotiating on US withdrawal: report (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:38 AM CDT

Patrolling US soldiers walk past an elderly Iraqi woman at a market south of Baquba in July. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has reshuffled a negotiating team working on an agreement on withdrawal of US troops from Iraq amid worries the move may sabotage the deal, The Los Angeles Times reported on its website late Saturday.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has reshuffled a negotiating team working on an agreement on withdrawal of US troops from Iraq amid worries the move may sabotage the deal, The Los Angeles Times reported on its website.

Should Iraq Prosecute US Soldiers? (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 11:30 PM CDT

Time.com - As Washington negotiates a new status for American forces in Iraq, Baghdad poses a new test for to a longstanding U.S. military practice

Iraq "surge" followed sharp internal debate: report (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 10:41 PM CDT

U.S. soldiers from the Fourth Brigade Tenth Mountain Division secure an area during a military patrol in central Baghdad August 29, 2008. President George W. Bush's decision to mount a troop 'surge' in Iraq last year was taken against the initial recommendations of his top advisers, including his field commander, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions. (Andrea Comas - IRAQ/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush's decision to mount a troop "surge" in Iraq last year was taken against the initial recommendations of his top advisers, including his field commander, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,151 (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:09 PM CDT

Iraqi soldiers practice marching in preparation for the hand over of the Anbar province in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, August 31, 2008. U.S. troops will on September 1 hand over control of Iraq 's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ)AP - As of Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at least 4,151 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi police want equipment to stop bombers (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 05:08 PM CDT

Iraqi police conduct a mock operation during a graduation ceremony held at a police academy, near the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraqi police in this provincial backwater got a tip earlier this month that a suicide bomber was on the loose. They were even given his name, age and a description of his car.

Kurds, Baghdad in dispute over government buildings (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 10:14 AM CDT

Iraqi soldiers take combat position during a search for insurgents south of Baquba on August 1. Tension flared between Baghdad and Iraq's northern Kurdish administration after Iraqi forces ordered Kurdish political parties to vacate their offices in Diyala province.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Tension flared Saturday between Baghdad and Iraq's northern Kurdish administration after Iraqi forces ordered Kurdish political parties to vacate their offices in Diyala province, an official said.

Iraq to clear out Baghdad squatters (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 09:49 AM CDT

Iraqi squatters take part in a demonstration in Baghdad asking the Iraqi and US governments for help to solve their housing problems in 2007. Iraqi forces will begin evacuating from next week squatters illegally occupying the Baghdad homes of people who fled at the height of the sectarian conflict, officials have said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi forces will begin evacuating from next week squatters illegally occupying the Baghdad homes of people who fled at the height of the sectarian conflict, officials said on Saturday.

US military: More than 11,000 Iraqis freed in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 09:01 AM CDT

Iraqi soldiers practice marching in preparation for the hand over of the Anbar province in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, August 31, 2008. U.S. troops will on September 1 hand over control of Iraq 's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ)AP - More than 11,000 Iraqis have been released from American detention centers this year, leaving nearly 20,000 still in custody, the U.S. military said Saturday.

Iraq election law must pass mid-Sept for 2008 vote (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 07:35 AM CDT

Iraqi soldiers listen during a briefing of the security preparations for the hand over of the Anbar province in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, August 30, 2008. (Mohanned Faisal/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq's parliament must pass a contentious elections law by mid-September in order to allow anticipated provincial polls to be held this year, the Electoral Commission said on Saturday.

Iraqi troops take control of Iranian refugee camp (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:00 AM CDT

An Iranian boy waves his country's flag during a gathering of members of the People Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) at camp Ashraf near the Iraqi city of Baquba in 2006. Iraq's defence ministry has said that the Iraqi army has replaced American troops in securing a refugee camp north of Baghdad where members of Iran's main armed opposition group are grouped.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - The Iraqi army has replaced American troops in securing a refugee camp north of Baghdad where members of Iran's main armed opposition group are grouped, Iraq's defence ministry said on Saturday.

Iraq militia chief condemned to death for Karbala killings (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 04:34 AM CDT

Iraqis mourn over the coffins of pilgrims killed in clashes between police forces and Shiite fighters in Karbala in August 2007. An Iraqi court has condemned to death Ali Sharia, a senior leader of the Mahdi Army Shiite militia, over a killing spree last year that left 52 people dead in the central shrine city of Karbala.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - An Iraqi court on Saturday condemned to death a senior leader of the Mahdi Army Shiite militia over a killing spree last year that left 52 people dead in the central shrine city of Karbala.

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