2008年10月11日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Turkish planes hit PKK targets in N.Iraq: army (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2008 03:29 AM CDT

Reuters - Turkish war planes and artillery have pounded bases of the Kurdish separatist group PKK in a big operation in northern Iraq, the military said on Saturday.

Turkey's military attacks rebels in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2008 02:30 AM CDT

The opposition National Action Party leader Devlet Bahceli, right, listens to Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug as he speaks to the media after his visit to Bahceli at his headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Turkey's parliament have voted in favor of extending the military's mandate to carry out operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkey's military says its warplanes and artillery units have bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

US forces arrest anti-Qaeda leader in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2008 01:41 AM CDT

US soldiers in Baghdad. American forces have arrested an anti-Qaeda leader working alongside them for allegedly making threats against local residents, the US military said(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - American forces have arrested an anti-Qaeda leader working alongside them for allegedly making threats against local residents, the US military said.

Baghdad's mentally ill remain neglected despite promises (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2008 12:53 AM CDT

Patients at the Al-Rashad mental asylum in Baghdad. Iraqs mentally ill, their numbers swollen by the trauma of living under Saddam Hussein, remain sadly neglected despite many promises of help by US representatives(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Baghdad's mentally ill people, their numbers swollen by the trauma of living under Saddam Hussein, remain sadly neglected despite many promises of help by US representatives.

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

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 08:28 PM CDT

A boy removes debris from a burnt shop after a car bomb attack in Baghdad October 11, 2008. A car bomb exploded in a busy commercial area in southern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 22, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)AP - As of Friday, Oct. 10, 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.

Iraq contractor gets 3 years in child porn case (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:44 PM CDT

AP - A federal judge rejected arguments Friday from a former civilian contractor in Iraq who said his sentence for possessing child pornography should be lighter to more closely align with what military personnel would face.

Iraqis mourn slain politician, Sadr blames U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 12:53 PM CDT

Mourners sit near the flag-draped coffin of slain Iraqi parliament member Saleh al-Ugaili during his funeral in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad October 10, 2008. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr blamed the United States Friday for the assassination of a lawmaker who belonged to the cleric's parliamentary bloc, killed a day earlier in a bomb attack.

Maliki says immunity still a problem despite US concessions (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 12:13 PM CDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki talks to the press after a meeting with Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf. Washington has made AFP - Washington has made "huge concessions" in a controversial military pact still under negotiation, but immunity issues remain a problem, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.

Deal on future of US forces in Iraq near: Gates (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:44 AM CDT

Two Iraqi children gesture to a US soldier as he mans a checkpoint at the entrance of the Baghdad district of Dora on October 9, 2008. Washington and Baghdad are nearing a deal on the future presence of US troops in Iraq next year, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Washington and Baghdad are nearing a deal on the future presence of US troops in Iraq next year, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

Baghdad car bomb kills 12 (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:00 AM CDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard as thousands of Iraqi families in Baghdad celebrate the Eid Al-Fitr marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. At least 12 people have been killed and 26 others wounded when a car bomb struck a crowded market in the southern Baghdad neighbourhood of Dora, police said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least 12 people were killed and 26 others wounded on Friday when a car bomb struck a crowded market in the southern Baghdad neighbourhood of Dora, police said.

France markets arms to Iraq after 2-decade lull (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 09:43 AM CDT

AP - France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say.

Gov't probes US defense contractor over payments (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 08:30 AM CDT

AP - Army criminal investigators are examining whether Combat Support Associates, a defense contractor that has earned more than $2 billion so far supporting U.S. troops in Iraq, overcharged the government. The company said it is cooperating in the case.

Three die in two Iraq bomb blasts (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 07:08 AM CDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard as thousands of Iraqi families in Baghdad celebrate the Eid Al-Fitr marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. A total of three people have died two bomb attacks, one in Baghdad and one in the main northern city of Mosul, Iraqi security sources said.(AFP/Fil.e/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A total of three people died on Friday in two bomb attacks, one in Baghdad and one in the main northern city of Mosul, Iraqi security sources said.

Iraq archbishop warns Christians face 'liquidation' (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:29 AM CDT

Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk and Mosul Louis Sako attends a mass in Kirkuk celebrating his election. Iraq's Christians face AFP - Iraq's Christians face "liquidation," the Chaldean archbishop of the northern city of Kirkuk told AFP in an interview, urging Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to guarantee the minority's safety.

Turkey carries out new anti-PKK raid in northern Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:14 AM CDT

A Turkish soldier on patrol near the border with Iraq in February 2008. Turkish jets have carried out a fresh bombing raid on Iraqi territory against separatist Kurdish rebels who were trying to cross the border, the army has said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkish jets carried out a fresh bombing raid overnight from Thursday to Friday on Iraqi territory against separatist Kurdish rebels who were trying to cross the border, the army said on Friday.

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