2008年10月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Syria condemns U.S. raid as outrageous crime: report (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:35 AM CDT

Syria accused the United States on Monday of committing an 'outrageous crime' in killing eight civilians during a helicopter attack on a Syrian farm near the border with Iraq. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - Syria accused the United States on Monday of committing an "outrageous crime" in killing eight civilians during a helicopter attack on a Syrian farm near the border with Iraq.

Iraq hopes Syria raid won't harm relations (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:13 AM CDT

AP - A senior Iraqi official says Iraq hopes that an alleged U.S. raid into Syria will not harm Baghdad's relations with Damascus.

Iraq updates Hussein-era Air Force (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After only five months in the Iraqi Air Force's new training program, Lt. Haider Jasim has already gotten more time behind the yoke of a plane than the average pilot in Saddam Hussein's Air Force got all year. Old regime flyers spent most of their time on the ground due to limited resources following the Gulf War in 1991.

Syrian diplomat says U.S. raid "outrageous crime": report (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 12:16 AM CDT

Syria says U.S. military helicopters attacked the Bou Kamal border area on Sunday, killing eight civilians. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - An alleged U.S. attack on a Syrian village near the border with Iraq was an "outrageous crime," a Syrian diplomat told the BBC.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Woes in Iraq sewage project (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 11:06 PM CDT

AP - Stinking sewage runs through rutted and pocked streets in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,188 (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT

Syria accused the United States on Monday of committing an 'outrageous crime' in killing eight civilians during a helicopter attack on a Syrian farm near the border with Iraq. (Graphics/Reuters)AP - As of Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, at least 4,188 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

U.S. threatens to halt services to Iraq without troop accord (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 05:06 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The U.S. military has warned Iraq that it will shut down military operations and other vital services throughout the country on Jan. 1 if the Iraqi government doesn't agree to a new agreement on the status of U.S. forces or a renewed United Nations mandate for the American mission in Iraq.

US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 06:26 PM CDT

Map locates Abu Kamal, Syria, where U.S. military launched rare attack on fighter network;AP - U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression."

Anger at cleric's 'no dancing' call in Iraqi holy city (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:28 PM CDT

An Iraqi boy looks at music idol posters and gadgets on October 25, 2008 at a music store in Karbala, 120 kms South of Baghdad. A cleric's call to ban partying and dancing in the Shiite holy city of Karbala has triggered a heated debate among residents, just when they had begun living without fear of hardline militias.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A cleric's call to ban partying and dancing in the Shiite holy city of Karbala has triggered a heated debate among residents, just when they had begun living without fear of hardline militias.

Bush leaves successor a world of trouble (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 01:31 PM CDT

US President George W. Bush walks from Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, DC after receiving a briefing at the National Security Agency, on October 24, 2008. Bush's successor inherits a world of troubles come January, including wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a defiant Iran, and a US economy battered by the global financial crisis.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)AFP - US President George W. Bush's successor inherits a world of troubles come January, including wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a defiant Iran, and a US economy battered by the global financial crisis.

Helicopters attack border point with Iraq: Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 01:07 PM CDT

Reuters - Syria said on Sunday unidentified helicopters attacked a Syrian border point with Iraq, causing casualties.

Iraqi Cabinet delays decision on US security pact (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 12:54 PM CDT

Iraqi soldiers search a motorcycle in a check point in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city, Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. The Iraqi Cabinet canceled a meeting to discuss the U.S.-Iraqi security pact Sunday.It was the latest setback to U.S. hopes to reach a quick agreement on a deal that would extend the presence of American forces beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's Cabinet delayed a decision Sunday on the draft security agreement that would keep American troops here for three more years, and one prominent lawmaker suggested some parties may be stalling until after the U.S. election on Nov. 4.

Pope decries Christians' killings in Iraq, India (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 08:51 AM CDT

Pope Benedict XVI makes the sign of the cross during a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on the occasion of the conclusion of the XII bishops' synod, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI decried the killing of Christians in Iraq and India and appealed on Sunday for political and religious leaders to defend them.

Iraqis await resurrection of scarred Mosul (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 04:51 AM CDT

Reuters - Five years of war have reduced much of Mosul to rubble, and U.S. and Iraqi authorities are pledging to deliver on long-time promises to rebuild as they launch a new campaign to rout a stubborn insurgency.

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