2008年9月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq takes over Anbar from US forces (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:00 AM CDT

File photo shows a US Marine standing guard in Anbar Province, Iraq. Iraqi forces have taken over control of Anbar, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Iraqi forces Monday took over control of Anbar, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country.

US military returns control of Anbar to Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:50 AM CDT

Map of Iraq showing provinces transferred from US to Iraqi control. Iraqi forces have taken over control of Anbar, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country.(AFP/Graphic/Gil)AP - The U.S. military has handed over security control of the western province of Anbar to Iraqi forces.

AP Exclusive: Incremental Anbar drawdown expected (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:34 AM CDT

This June 7, 2006 file photo shows Marine Brig. Gen. John Kelly on Capitol Hill in Washington. The drawdown of Marines from the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar will take time because there is still much work to be done, Marine Brig. Gen. John Kelly said Sunday Aug. 31, 2008 on the eve of the once violent province's transfer to Iraqi security control. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - The drawdown of Marines from the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar will take time because there is still much work to be done, a top U.S. commander said Sunday on the eve of the once violent province's transfer to Iraqi security control.

Time running out for Iraqi lawmakers to pass election law (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT

An Iraqi policeman guards the entrance of an office of the Electoral Commission in Baghdad. Iraq has enough time to hold provincial elections this year but only if the nation's lawmakers wrap up a controversial law in the next two weeks, an electoral commission official said Monday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq has enough time to hold provincial elections this year but only if the nation's lawmakers wrap up a controversial law in the next two weeks, an electoral commission official said Monday.

Dark Days for Iraq's Awakening (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:35 AM CDT

Time.com - The U.S. aligned Sunni groups which have helped reduce violence are being shoved to the side by the Shi'ite government - and killed off by insurgents

Doubts persist as Iraq takes over U.S.-backed patrols (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 11:27 PM CDT

Iraqi soldiers carry the logo of Anbar Province as they practice marching in preparation for the hand over of the Anbar province in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, August 31, 2008. (Mohanned Faisal/Reuters)Reuters - The United States will begin handing over control to the Iraqi government in October of largely Sunni Muslim local guard units credited with helping contain bloodshed across Iraq.

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

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 07:47 PM CDT

Map of Iraq showing provinces transferred from US to Iraqi control. Iraqi forces have taken over control of Anbar, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country.(AFP/Graphic/Gil)AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 31, 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.

Qaeda defectors claw way back into Iraq mainstream (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:54 PM CDT

Ex Al-Qaeda fighter interviewed under the fictitious name of Abdul Rahman Mohammed, leaves a house in the town of Duluiyah, 70 kms north of Baghdad on August 18, 2008. Mohammed and hundreds like him from Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups in largely Sunni Arab Salaheddin province surrendered under an amnesty offered by US and Iraqi militaries with a pledge to begin a new civilian life.(AFP/File/Jay Deshmukh)AFP - Last month Al-Qaeda fighters Abdul Rahman Mohammed and Ahmed Ali laid down their arms after nearly four years of fighting US soldiers in Iraq.

Iraq PM says Ramadan to celebrate victory over 'terrorists' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 08:40 AM CDT

A woman buys a bag of nuts at a stall in the Shorja market in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that Iraqis will this year celebrate Ramadan as a victory over terrorism amid an overall drop in violence across the country.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday that Iraqis will this year celebrate Ramadan as a victory over terrorism amid an overall drop in violence across the country.

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