2008年9月2日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Eight people killed in Iraq bombings (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:03 AM CDT

Graduating Iraqi police commandos march during their graduation ceremony in the military base in the Baghdad airport last month. At least eight people including a policeman have been killed and 21 others injured in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and Mosul, police have said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least eight people including a policeman were killed and 21 others injured on Tuesday in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and Mosul, police said.

Iraqi MPs to vote on US deal within 10 days: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:58 AM CDT

Iraqi security forces carry Iraqi flags during a handover ceremony in Ramadi, about 100 kms west of Baghdad. The draft security deal between Washington and Baghdad on the future of US forces in Iraq is to be submitted to parliament within 10 days, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been quoted as saying.(AFP/Wathiq Khuzaie)AFP - The draft security deal between Washington and Baghdad on the future of US forces in Iraq is to be submitted to parliament within 10 days, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

U.S. hands over Anbar, Iraq's once-deadliest region (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The US military handed over control of Anbar Province Monday, marking a significant milestone in the Iraq war.

Marchers urge Republicans to halt Iraq war (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

Anti-torture activists protest the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Under the watchful eye of scores of police in riot gear, thousands of protestors marched through the streets of St. Paul on Monday urging Republicans gathered for the party convention to bring US troops home.(AFP/Getty Images/Max Whittaker)AFP - They came in their thousands -- veterans, grandmothers, young families and even disgruntled Republicans bearing banners and peace flags, and calling in one voice to end the war in Iraq.

Iraqis take control of once-bloody Anbar province (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 10:48 PM CDT

Iraqi security forces parade carrying Iraqi flags during a handover ceremony at the government headquarters in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, in Iraq Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The U.S. military handed over control of the once brutally violent Anbar province to Iraqi forces Monday, marking a major milestone in America's plan to eventually send its troops home, but American officials warned that the struggle against insurgents was not over in the western region. (AP Photo/Wathiq Khuzaie, Pool)AP - American forces on Monday handed over security responsibility to the Iraqis in a province that the U.S. once feared was lost — a sign of the stunning reversal of fortunes since local Sunnis turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.

Iraq: An Anbar province timeline (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 01:32 PM CDT

AP - Some key events in Iraq's Anbar province since U.S.-led invasion:

U.S. hands over former Iraqi insurgent flashpoint (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:47 AM CDT

A U.S. soldier looks at Iraqi soldiers checking a resident in Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, August 25, 2008. (Ibrahim Sultan/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. military handed over Iraq's Anbar province to Iraqi security forces on Monday, less than two years after it almost lost the western region to a Sunni Arab insurgency.

Bush hails turnover of Anbar to Iraqi forces (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:32 AM CDT

Graduating Iraqi police commandos march during their graduation ceremony in the military base in the Baghdad airport last month. At least eight people including a policeman have been killed and 21 others injured in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and Mosul, police have said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - President Bush hailed as a major achievement Monday the turnover of control Iraq's Anbar province to Iraqi forces, saying the once-violent region had been "transformed and reclaimed by the Iraqi people."

Muslims' holy month of fasting starts (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:50 AM CDT

Kashmiri Muslim men, who were under a curfew for the past nine days, perform prayers on a road outside a mosque during Ramadan in Srinagar September 2, 2008. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)AP - Most of the Muslim Mideast began the first day of Ramadan on Monday, but Iraqi Shiites, some Lebanese Shiites and Iran will start observing the holy month of fasting on Tuesday.

Iraq largely free of foreign fighters: police (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:03 AM CDT

An Iraqi police commando searches a graveyard during a military operation in the restive city of Baquba in August 2008. Counter-offensives by the security forces over the past year have largely rid Iraq of foreign fighters recruited by insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda, a top police commander has said.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Counter-offensives by the security forces over the past year have largely rid Iraq of foreign fighters recruited by insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda, a top police commander said on Monday.

Iraqi prime minister suffers from overconfidence, U.S., Iraqi aides say (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:00 AM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has been on a roll, and American officials are getting worried.

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