2008年9月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Petraeus: more than troops needed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 12:02 AM CDT

In this March 1, 2008 file photo, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, center left, talks to players during a youth soccer tournament in central Baghdad, Iraq. Amid a debate about U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus says experience in Iraq shows that political and economic efforts are needed as well as military action. 'You don't kill or capture your way out of an industrial strength insurgency,' he tells The Associated Press in an interview Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Petraeus is assuming control of the U.S. Central Command after handing over the reins in Iraq on Tuesday. (AP photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that experience in Iraq shows it will take political and economic progress as well as military action to tackle increased violence in Afghanistan.

Search for safety revives Baghdad housing market (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 11:10 PM CDT

A 'For Sale' sign hangs outside the gate of a house in Baghdad September 10, 2008. A dramatic fall in violence has breathed life into Baghdad's once moribund property market, but the hunt for homes in Sunni and Shi'ite enclaves bodes ill for sectarian reconciliation in the Iraqi capital. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)Reuters - A dramatic fall in violence has breathed life into Baghdad's once moribund property market, although the hunt for homes in Sunni and Shi'ite enclaves bodes ill for sectarian reconciliation in the Iraqi capital.

Going Home in Baghdad (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT

Time.com - Almost one in five Iraqis was displaced by the war. Now they're starting to trickle home. But the fear remains

A maverick lawmaker is accused of complicity with Israel (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Parliament on Sunday suspended legal immunity for secular Sunni lawmaker Mithal Alusi, opening him up to possible felony charges for traveling to Israel last week to participate in an international counterterrorism conference.

Terrorists murder a television crew (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:02 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD - The Iraqi TV crew brought the gifts that had come to be the trademark of their reality show: some basic household appliances and a delicious supper to break the Ramadan fast for a family of little means.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,157 (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:56 PM CDT

REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT Iraqi police officers man their post at a checkpoint after a car bomb in Baghdad, during a sandstorm, September 15, 2008. A car bomb killed two people, including a policeman, and wounded two others when it exploded in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)AP - As of Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at least 4,157 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Prosecutors want US soldier court martialled over Iraq murder (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 10:42 AM CDT

US soldier Staff Sergeant Hal Warner leaves a court room at Camp Speicher near Tikrit, Iraq. Prosecutors have called for the US soldier to face court martial for the murder of an Iraqi detainee after two days of testimony at a pre-trial hearing.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Prosecutors called on Sunday for a US soldier to face court martial for the murder of an Iraqi detainee after two days of testimony at a pre-trial hearing.

Plight of fellow Iraqis shapes oud player's music (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 10:40 AM CDT

AP - Iraqi composer Naseer Shamma is such a master of the traditional Arab stringed instrument called the oud that he has taught himself to play one-handed.

Iraq parliament lifts immunity of Sunni MP over Israel visit (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 09:28 AM CDT

Iraq's parliament has lifted the immunity of Sunni lawmaker Mithal Alusi (pictured in 2005) for visiting Israel last week to attend an international conference to fight terrorism.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The Iraqi parliament lifted the immunity of Sunni MP Mithal Alusi on Sunday for visiting Israel last week to attend an international conference on terrorism.

US military reports death of soldier in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:05 AM CDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier in Iraq has died of causes unrelated to combat.

Iraq ready for new talks with U.S. and Iran: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:22 AM CDT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the heavy fortified Green Zone in Baghdad August 21, 2008. (Ali Abbas/Poo/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq is prepared to restart talks with the United States and Iran, and is checking with both sides to see if a fresh round can be scheduled, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday.

Pre-trial hearing resumes for US soldier accused of killing Iraqi (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:07 AM CDT

The pre-trial hearing of US soldier Hal Warner (pictured on September 13) is charged with murdering an Iraqi. An Iraqi translator has told the soldier's pre-trial hearing about the gruesome murder of a detainee who was shot and later had his face disfigured by an incendiary grenade.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The pre-trial hearing of a US soldier charged with murdering an Iraqi entered its second day on Sunday at a military base near Tikrit, the hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein.

Five Iraqi policemen killed in twin bombings (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:30 AM CDT

Iraqi police commandos conduct a house-to-house search during a military operation in the restive city of Baquba in August 2008. Two simultaneous roadside bombings have killed five policemen and wounded five more in the province of Diyala, local police and medics told AFP.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Two simultaneous roadside bombings on Sunday killed five policemen and wounded five more in Iraq's restive province of Diyala, local police and medics told AFP.

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