2008年9月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi women take aim at expanded police roles (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

Iraqi female police recruits line up as they wait for target practice at an Iraqi police academy in Udaim, Iraq, north of Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Some 20 Iraqi women who are trained at the academy are a critical part of the U.S. and Iraqi response to the latest deadly tactic of al-Qaida in Iraq — female suicide bombers. (AP Photo/Anna Johnson)AP - The widow was nervous the first time she shot a loaded Kalashnikov rifle at the dusty Iraqi police academy north of Baghdad. But she was smiling after she fired 160 rounds at a black-and-white target.

Palin sends son to fight 'righteous cause' in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 12:58 AM CDT

US troops in their deployment ceremony, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin sent her son off to fight for a AFP - Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin sent her son off to fight for a "righteous cause" as his Army unit prepared to deploy to Iraq.

Palin switches roles to send a son to Iraq (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:28 PM CDT

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin takes the stage at a campaign event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on September 9. Palin Thursday refused to rule out war with Russia should Georgia eventually join NATO and then be invaded by Moscow's troops.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AP - Gov. Sarah Palin switched roles Thursday, shifting from Republican candidate for vice president to anxious mom sending her son off to war in Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 07:34 PM CDT

Iraq's Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi gestures as speaks during the opening of a government hospital in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, September 11, 2008. Picture taken September 11, 2008. REUTERS/Omar Obeidi (IRAQ)AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at least 4,155 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 government reassures the Awakening, but fighters are wary (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:27 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government will not turn its back on the men who paid in blood for the country's fragile peace, said the officials on stage in the ballroom at Baghdad's al-Rasheed Hotel, referring to U.S.-paid Sunni militias. But the Awakening leaders listened warily. "I don't trust a word they said," said one, afterward.

Political infighting, Qaeda return can harm Iraq gains: Petraeus (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:27 PM CDT

General David Petraeus, head of the coalition forces in Iraq, speaks during an interview with the AFP at the US Embassy in Baghdad. Political discord between Iraq's leaders and a resurgence of Al-Qaeda and Shiite extremism could still torpedo the significant security gains of US-led forces, Petraeus said on Thursday as he prepared to transfer command of coalition troops.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Political discord between Iraqi leaders and a resurgence of Al-Qaeda and Shiite extremism could still torpedo the significant security gains of US-led forces in Iraq, General David Petraeus said on Thursday as he prepared to transfer command of coalition troops.

Iraq's parliament to pick new flag in November (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:03 PM CDT

Iraqi soldiers raise their national flag in a military camp after the U.S. military handed over the camp to Iraqi military forces in Al Wahida district, south of Baghdad, September 9, 2008. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ)AP - For years, Iraq's flag has been a symbol of national division rather than unity.

Viewpoint: What Bush Will Surrender in Iraq (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:00 PM CDT

Time.com - The provisions of a security deal with Iraq, as published in an Arabic newspaper, would cede command over U.S. forces to an extent that is unconstitutional

Saudi to sign extradition treaty with Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 11:52 AM CDT

Iraq's National Security Adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie gives a press conference in Baghdad in 2007. Saudi Arabia is poised to sign an extradition treaty with Iraq, where several Saudis who joined the insurgency are believed to be held, an interior ministry spokesman said in remarks published Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/Hadi Mizban)AFP - Saudi Arabia is poised to sign an extradition treaty with Iraq, where several Saudis who joined the insurgency are believed to be held, an interior ministry spokesman said in remarks published Thursday.

US thanks Japan as Iraq coalition shrinks (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:33 AM CDT

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura talks to reporters in Tokyo. The White House hailed Japan's decision to halt its air mission for Iraq as a sign of progress, amid US forecasts that the AFP - The White House hailed Japan's decision to halt its air mission for Iraq as a sign of progress, amid US forecasts that the "coalition of the willing" behind the 2003 invasion can now safely melt away.

Iraq: Death toll in cholera outbreak rises to 5 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:20 AM CDT

Iraq's Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi gestures as speaks during the opening of a government hospital in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, September 11, 2008. Picture taken September 11, 2008. REUTERS/Omar Obeidi (IRAQ)AP - Cholera has killed five people in Baghdad and southern areas in an outbreak partly caused by the deterioration of water facilities during years of conflict, Iraq said Thursday.

US troops already out of cities of most Iraqi provinces: Petraeus (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:15 AM CDT

Combat troops of US-led foreign forces are already out of the cities of up to 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces, General David Petraeus head of the coalition forces in Iraq, seen here in May 2008 in Washington, DC, said on Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Combat troops of US-led foreign forces are already out of the cities of up to 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces, General David Petraeus, head of the coalition forces in Iraq, said on Thursday.

Qaeda on the run in Iraq: Petraeus (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 09:23 AM CDT

Top US commander General David Petraeus (pictured in May 2008) has told AFP that al-Qaeda fighters are on the run in Iraq after a series of military assaults by US-led forces but they can still launch lethal attacks.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Al-Qaeda fighters are on the run in Iraq after a series of military assaults by US-led forces but they can still launch lethal attacks, top US commander General David Petraeus told AFP on Thursday.

US thanks Japan for Iraq help (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 09:15 AM CDT

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura talks to reporters in Tokyo. The White House hailed Japan's decision to halt its air mission for Iraq as a sign of progress, amid US forecasts that the AFP - The White House said Thursday that Japan's announcement that it will end its air mission for Iraq was a sign of progress there and promised that the US ally's help "will not be forgotten."

Iraq ends talks with French oil company (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 09:07 AM CDT

AP - France's Total said Thursday that Iraq has ended negotiations to develop an oil field in southern Iraq, one of six reported cancellations of no-bid contracts with Western oil companies.

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