2008年10月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Turkey to vote on Iraq strikes after bloody rebel attack (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:21 AM CDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses MPs. Turkish lawmakers are expected to vote for extending the government's mandate to order strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, days after 17 soldiers died in an attack near the border.(AFP/Adem Altan)AFP - Turkish lawmakers were expected to vote Wednesday for extending the government's mandate to order strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, days after 17 soldiers died in an attack near the border.

Iraqi police: Suicide bomber kills 7 in Baqouba (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:19 AM CDT

U.S. soldiers watch a friendly soccer match between Iraqi and U.S. security forces in Kut, 150km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad October 7, 2008. Picture taken October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Jaafer Abed (IRAQ)AP - Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives vest in a city northeast of Baghdad, killing seven people and injuring 20.

White House rivals trade barbs in second debate (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:13 AM CDT

Supporters of Barack Obama watch the second presidential debate at a Chinese restaurant in Falls Church, Virginia. Virginia -- a state that has voted for Republican in every presidential election since 1964 -- is considered as a battleground state in the upcoming presidential election.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - John McCain hammered away at unruffled front-runner Barack Obama in Tuesday's second presidential debate but failed to land the cutting blow likely to revive his sliding poll numbers.

Pa. widow sues US over Iraq vet-husband's suicide (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 09:58 PM CDT

AP - The widow of an Iraq war veteran who committed suicide while in outpatient care for depression at a Veterans Administration hospital has sued the federal government for negligence.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,180 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 07:11 PM CDT

U.S. soldiers watch a friendly soccer match between Iraqi and U.S. security forces in Kut, 150km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad October 7, 2008. Picture taken October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Jaafer Abed (IRAQ)AP - As of Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at least 4,180 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Petraeus sees increasingly durable gains in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:25 PM CDT

U.S. General David Petraeus addresses journalists after a meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street in London September 29, 2008. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Tuesday that security gains in Iraq are increasingly durable but warned that that methods which helped reduce violence there may not work in Afghanistan.

Former contractor pleads guilty to Iraq fuel theft (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT

AP - A former Army contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $40 million worth of jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army base in Iraq and selling it on the black market.

U.S. intelligence warns Iraq war could explode again (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:15 PM CDT

The scene of a car bomb placed in a car park in Baghdad on September 29. The number of Iraqi civilians and security personnel killed in insurgent and militia violence in September was 440, little changed from August, security officials said on Wednesday.(AFP/Ali Yussef)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A nearly completed high-level U.S. intelligence analysis warns that unresolved ethnic and sectarian tensions in Iraq could unleash a new wave of violence, potentially reversing the major security and political gains achieved over the last year.

Saddam now seen as the "Father of Martyrs" by visitors to his grave (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 03:14 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - AWJA, Iraq — In the hometown of Saddam Hussein, they still call the late dictator The President. Inside a hall that once held an office Saddam used once or twice a year lies his tomb. A sheet embroidered with gold covers the burial site: "There is no God but God and Mohammed is his messenger."

Armenian troops pull out of Iraq: US military (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 01:25 PM CDT

US soldiers attend a Ceremony at Camp Victory in 2007. Armenia has withdrawn its contingent of 46 soldiers from Iraq, further shrinking the US-led coalition forces, the American military said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Armenia has withdrawn its contingent of 46 soldiers from Iraq, further shrinking the US-led coalition forces, the American military said on Tuesday.

Abu Dhabi crown prince makes surprise Baghdad visit (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:59 PM CDT

Emirati Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan (R) is welcomed by Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki upon his arrival at Baghdad international airport. Nahayan paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday that he said was aimed at AFP - Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday that he said was aimed at "confirming our total support" for the war-ravaged nation.

Turkish jets bomb Kurdish targets in Iraq, Turkey (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:46 PM CDT

Military officers pray on October 5, during a funeral ceremony for two Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish separatist PKK rebels in southeast Turkey on October 3, in Istanbul. The Turkish army on Monday stepped up operations against Kurdish rebels, bombing their hideouts both in neighbouring Iraq and inside Turkey after 17 soldiers were killed in a rebel attack last week.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)AP - Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq and southeast Turkey early Tuesday in retaliation for an attack that killed 17 soldiers, the Turkish military said.

Military improves education on electrocution (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:24 PM CDT

U.S. soldiers watch a friendly soccer match between Iraqi and U.S. security forces in Kut, 150km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad October 7, 2008. Picture taken October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Jaafer Abed (IRAQ)AP - The U.S. military is creating an electrical code for U.S. facilities in Iraq as part of an effort to prevent future electrocutions in Iraq. The deaths of at least 18 U.S. service members and contractors in Iraq are under investigation as possible electrocutions.

Iraq FM says 'very close' to security pact with US (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 11:52 AM CDT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (R) shakes hands with US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte after a joint press conference in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad.(AFP/POOL/Ali Abbas)AFP - The United States and Iraq are now "very close" to an agreement on the presence of American troops in the country beyond 2008, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Tuesday.

Iraqi PM welcomes Abu Dhabi crown prince (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 11:11 AM CDT

AP - Iraq's prime minister welcomed the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest high-level visit by regional Arab dignitaries.

Iraq arrests top Qaeda female suicide bomber recruiter (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 10:38 AM CDT

Fifteen-year-old Rania Ibrahim speaks during an interview with AFP while under police custody in Baquba in late August 2008. Rania claimed she was drugged and tricked by her husband and two women into wearing an explosives belt. Iraqi forces have arrested a woman suspected of heading up the recruitment of female suicide bombers in Iraq, including that of Rania.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraqi forces arrested on Tuesday a woman suspected of heading up the recruitment of female suicide bombers in Iraq, including that of a teenager caught at a market recently with explosives strapped to her waist.

Turkey threatens Iraq raid after deadly Kurdish rebel attack (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 10:14 AM CDT

Turkish soldiers pray for colleagues who were killed last week in deadly clashes with PKK rebels. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to launch a fresh incursion into northern Iraq as warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets across the border after a deadly attack killed 17 troops.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)AFP - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Tuesday to launch a fresh incursion into northern Iraq as warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets across the border after a deadly attack killed 17 troops.

Iraq parliament speaker on Iran visit (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 09:15 AM CDT

Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani has arrived in the Iranian capital, a day after his plane was refused permission to land in Tehran, state television has reported.(AFP/File/Mohammed Jalil)AFP - Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani arrived in the Iranian capital on Tuesday, a day after his plane was refused permission to land in Tehran, state television reported.

US soldier, Iraqi policeman killed in Mosul gunbattle (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:00 AM CDT

US and Iraqi soldiers on patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. A US soldier and an Iraqi policeman have been killed during a gunbattle with a suspected Al-Qaeda militant in Mosul, the US military has said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - A US soldier and an Iraqi policeman were killed on Tuesday during a gunbattle with a suspected Al-Qaeda militant in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, the US military said.

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