2008年9月29日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq hunts for Baghdad bombers (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:31 AM CDT

Debris is strewn across the road at the site of a blast near a Shiite Mosque in Baghdad's Shurta neighbourhood. Iraq has vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of a spate of bombings that killed 33 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad as the Muslim month of Ramadan draws to a close.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq on Monday vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of a spate of bombings that killed 33 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad as the Muslim month of Ramadan draws to a close.

US ambassador appeals for patience in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 02:07 AM CDT

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker answers a question during an interview with the Associated Press in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. Ambassador Crocker criticized Iran for trying to block a new security agreement between the United States and Iraq. In an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, Crocker said a steady stream of public statements from clerical and political figures in Tehran make it clear that Iran is interfering in the bilateral negotiations between Iraq and the United States. The talks must conclude by the end of 2008. The ambassador says Iran wants to keep Iraq 'off-balance' to be able to control events in its Arab neighbor to its satisfaction. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Sunday accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States, and said Americans need to view Iraq with "a sense of strategic patience" because the stakes in the region are so high.

Baghdad bombs kill at least 32 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 12:44 AM CDT

Policemen inspect a burnt vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada district, September 29, 2008. (Saad Shalash/Reuters)Reuters - Four bombs killed at least 32 people and wounded scores in busy districts of Baghdad on Sunday as Iraqis shopped and broke their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police said.

Iraqi Christians protest end to legislative quotas (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:07 PM CDT

Iraqi Christians carry Assyrian Church flags, during a protest in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. Hundreds of Iraqi Christians rallied in northern Iraq on Sunday to protest a new provincial elections law they say denies them their rights because it fails to give them a guaranteed number of seats on provincial councils. Amid growing criticism over the issue, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to parliament and the electoral commission to restore the quota guaranteed in the old election law. (AP Photo)AP - Iraq's prime minister sought safeguards Sunday for small religious communities in this mainly Muslim country as Christians protested parliament's decision to stop setting aside seats for minorities on provincial councils.

Spate of Baghdad bombings kills 33 (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 03:30 PM CDT

The Iraqi flag flutters as US soldiers secure a street in the former restive district of Dora in southeastern Baghdad on September 25, 2008. At least 33 people were killed in a spate of bombings in Baghdad on Sunday, including three attacks which struck as Iraqis marked the end of the daily Ramadan fast, security officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least 33 people were killed in a spate of bombings in Baghdad on Sunday, including three attacks which struck as Iraqis marked the end of the daily Ramadan fast, security officials said.

Iraqi Christians protest at election law (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 02:47 PM CDT

Iraqi Christian women are pictured in April 2008. Crowds of Iraqi Christians protested on Sunday against a newly approved provincial election law, saying the legislation failed to represent the interests of the minority community.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Crowds of Iraqi Christians protested on Sunday against a newly approved provincial election law, saying the legislation failed to represent the interests of the minority community.

Tit-for-tat Kurds reverse Saddam's 'ethnic cleansing' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:22 PM CDT

Iraqi Kurdish mathematics teacher Mohammed Aziz recounts his story at his home in the northeastern town of Khanaqin on September 24, 2008. Aziz, 37, was just four years old when his family was evicted from Bawaplawi village, near the town of Khanaqin in 1975 and Arab settlers grabbed their home. Today he lives in a former Arab-owned house which he occupied since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - For Iraqi Kurdish mathematics teacher Mohammed Aziz, two wrongs can make a right. After decades of forced exile by the Baath party of Saddam Hussein, he is back with a vengeance.

Iraq PM seeks safeguards for Christians (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 09:56 AM CDT

A nun holds a rosary as she attends Christmas mass at Mar eleya church in Baghdad December 25, 2007. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought safeguards on Sunday for Christians and other minorities who have complained that they have lost guaranteed seats in provincial councils under a new election law.

Iraq to take control of Babil from US troops: officials (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 04:21 AM CDT

A US soldier frisks a youth as his comrades distribute humanitarian aide in the central Iraqi province of Babil in January 2008. Iraqi security forces will take control of Babil within a month, the provincial governor told AFP, but warned that armed groups still roam the region.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Iraqi security forces will take control of the central Shiite province of Babil within a month, the provincial governor told AFP on Sunday, but warned that armed groups still roam the region.

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