2008年11月3日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Minister escapes bombing as Baghdad violence claims six (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 04:37 AM CST

Two members of the Sahwa (Awakening) militias, man a checkpoint in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad. Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Saheb Salman Qutub has survived an assassination attempt as the Iraqi capital was hit by three bomb attacks, killing six people and wounding at least 20 more.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Saheb Salman Qutub survived an assassination attempt on Monday as the Iraqi capital was hit by three bomb attacks, killing six people and wounding at least 20 more.

Bombings kill 6, wound at least 23 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 04:05 AM CST

Iraqis look as a U.S. soldier patrols a village near Baquba, in Diyala province some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad November 2, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)AP - A string of bombings in the Iraqi capital killed six people and wounded at least 23 others Monday, including a senior Oil Ministry official, authorities said.

Business Booms Behind Baghdad's Security Walls (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:20 AM CST

Time.com - Security measures still hamper trade, but they have allowed businesses to get up and running

In Iraq's Diyala Province, US forces anticipate exit (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - The US is actively transferring ownership of Iraq's troubled Diyala Province, using a tough-love approach to force Iraq to take on greater control ahead of any deal that would put limits on the American military next year.

Iraq deputy oil minister wounded in Baghdad bombing (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 01:46 AM CST

Two members of the Sahwa (Awakening) militias, man a checkpoint in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad. Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Saheb Salman Qutub has survived an assassination attempt as the Iraqi capital was hit by three bomb attacks, killing six people and wounding at least 20 more.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Saheb Salman Qutub was wounded in a bomb attack outside his house on Monday, security officials said.

Descendants of Iraq's black rebels back Obama (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 11:15 PM CST

A laundry shop in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, where descendants of black rebels are unconditionally supporting Barack Obama in Tuesday's US election though some fear racism may prevent him from winning(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Descendants of black rebels in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra are unconditionally supporting Barack Obama in Tuesday's US election though some fear racism may prevent him from winning.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,189 (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 06:22 PM CST

A worker sweeps the ground after two explosive devices detonated at a road side popular food stall in Baghdad. Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Saheb Salman Qutub has survived an assassination attempt as the Iraqi capital was hit by three bomb attacks, killing six people and wounding at least 20 more.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AP - As of Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, at least 4,189 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Analysis: Iraq could weigh down new president (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 04:05 PM CST

AP - The Iraq war threatens to consume the president-elect within days of Tuesday's election, well before the winner of the hard-fought contest for the White House takes office Jan. 20.

With an eye on security pact, Iraqis watch US vote (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:22 PM CST

A man selects a newspaper in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct, 2, 2008. Iraqis are following this week's U.S. election but the big news here is the ongoing effort to forge a new security agreement that would keep U.S. troops here for most of the new president's first term. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - Iraqis are following this week's U.S. election, but the big news here is the effort to forge a new security agreement that would keep American troops here for most of the new president's first term.

Iraq's cash pile won't protect it from weak oil prices (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 12:56 PM CST

A view if the Dora oil refinery in southern Baghdad. Iraq's unspent cash pile won't prevent its economy from being hit by tumbling crude oil prices, endangering stuttering efforts to rebuild the war-battered nation, politicians and analysts say.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraq's unspent cash pile won't prevent its economy from being hit by tumbling crude oil prices, endangering stuttering efforts to rebuild the war-battered nation, politicians and analysts say.

Iraq to sell Saddam yacht moored in French Riviera (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 11:35 AM CST

Reuters - The Iraqi government plans to sell a luxury yacht, moored off the French resort of Nice, that was one of many opulent treasures belonging to former dictator Saddam Hussein, a senior official said on Sunday.

Iraq to sell Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 10:08 AM CST

Saddam Hussein's former yacht is moored in Nice, southeastern France. The Iraqi government will sell the yacht, which was handed back to the state in July after a drawnout legal wrangle.(AFP/FIle/Stephane Danna)AFP - The Iraqi government will sell former dictator Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht, which was handed back to the state in July after a drawnout legal wrangle, the government spokesman said on Sunday.

Syria, Iraq in talks to ease tension over US raid (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 09:26 AM CST

Map locating Iraq's border with Syria. Damascus and Baghdad are discussing ways to ease the tension between the two neighbours in the wake of last week's raid inside Syria by Iraq-based US forces.(AFP Graphic)AFP - Damascus and Baghdad are discussing ways to ease the tension between the two neighbours in the wake of last week's raid inside Syria by Iraq-based US forces, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.

Iraqi Kurd says US can have bases in northern Iraq: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 05:52 AM CST

Massud Barzani -- the president of northern Iraq's regional Kurdish administration -- has said the US military could have bases in northern Iraq if Washington and Baghdad fail to sign the controversial security deal.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - A top Iraqi Kurdish leader has said the US military could have bases in northern Iraq if Washington and Baghdad fail to sign the controversial security deal, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.

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