2008年10月5日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Bomb attack on British convoy injures Iraqi (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 03:07 AM CDT

Iraq director of antiquities and museums, Amira Eidan, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad September 24, 2008. In Iraq's national museum, a frieze shows an Assyrian king, whose former capital is now in modern Iraq, besieging what looks like a walled town as soldiers pile decapitated heads at his feet. Picture taken September 24, 2008. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)AP - Officials say a roadside bomb attack on a British convoy in Basra has injured an Iraqi civilian.


Baghdad museum treasures still locked from view (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 02:58 AM CDT

A museum guide walks past Assyrian mural sculptures and an Assyrian statue at the Iraqi national museum in Baghdad September 24, 2008. In Iraq's national museum, a frieze shows an Assyrian king, whose former capital is now in modern Iraq, besieging what looks like a walled town as soldiers pile decapitated heads at his feet. Picture taken September 24, 2008. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)Reuters - In Iraq's national museum a frieze shows Assyrian King Sargon II, who ruled an empire from what is now northern Iraq, storming a rampart as soldiers pile decapitated heads before him.


Three US soldiers wounded in Baghdad Blackhawks' crash (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 01:15 AM CDT

File picture shows a US Blackhawk helicopter over Baghdad airport. Three US soldiers were wounded when two Blackhawk helicopters crashed during landing in their base in Baghdad, the American military said Sunday.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - Three US soldiers were wounded when two Blackhawk helicopters crashed during landing in their base in Baghdad, the American military said Sunday.


Turkey vows to crush Kurdish rebels after 38 killed (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 10:12 PM CDT

Turkish soldiers patrol near the Turkey-Iraq border in September 2008. Turkey said Saturday the destruction of separatist Kurdish rebels would take precedence over all other concerns after 15 soldiers and 23 militants died in clashes sparked by a rebel attack near the Iraqi border.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkey said the destruction of separatist Kurdish rebels would take precedence over all other concerns after 15 soldiers and 23 militants died in clashes sparked by a rebel attack near the Iraqi border.


Two U.S. helicopters collide in Baghdad (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:37 PM CDT

Reuters - Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided while landing at an American combat outpost in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

US close to security deal with Iraq: Negroponte (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:08 PM CDT

US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) at his residence in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah. US and Iraqi officials are AFP - US and Iraqi officials are "very close" to an agreement on a controversial security pact that would decide the future of US forces in Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said here on Saturday.


UAE firms start pumping Kurdish gas over Iraq objections (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:44 PM CDT

United Arab Emirates-based firms Dana Gas PJSC and Crescent Petroleum announced on Saturday that they had begun producing gas under a deal with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region over Baghdad's objections.(Crescent Petroleum)AFP - United Arab Emirates-based firms Dana Gas PJSC and Crescent Petroleum announced on Saturday that they had begun producing gas under a deal with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region over Baghdad's objections.


Poland leaves Iraq but doesn't give up helping US (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 01:12 PM CDT

U.S. military commander in Iraq General Raymond Odierno, left,  talks to Polish Commander Major General Andrzej Malinowski before the start of the Polish soldiers end of mission ceremony in their military Camp Echo in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday,  Oct. 4, 2008.   (AP hoto/Ceerwan Aziz, Pool)AP - Poland turned over control of an area south of Baghdad to American troops on Saturday, making it the latest in a string of countries to leave the dwindling U.S.-led coalition.


Poland ends Iraq mission (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 09:36 AM CDT

Polish soldiers stand guard in Karbala, 2003. Poland formally ended its Iraq mission in the Shiite province of Diwaniyah leaving US troops to take their place, as an Iraqi commander warned insurgency could re-emerge.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Poland formally ended its Iraq mission in the Shiite province of Diwaniyah on Saturday leaving US troops to take their place, as an Iraqi commander warned insurgency could re-emerge.


Polish military marks close of Iraq mission (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 07:21 AM CDT

Reuters - The Polish military marked the end of its five-year partnership with U.S. forces in Iraq on Saturday and prepared to withdraw.
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