2008年11月6日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Blasts in Baghdad kill 4, wound more than 20 (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 03:55 AM CST

An Iraqi River Patrol Diving trainee emerges from the water during a diving training course in the fortified Green zone in Baghdad November 6, 2008. Students are scheduled to complete their training that concentrates on search and rescue and recovery water operations within approximately two weeks. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen(IRAQ)AP - A series of bomb blasts across Baghdad killed four people and injured more than 20 others Thursday, police said, in the fourth consecutive day of heightened violence in the Iraqi capital.

Baghdad bomb blasts kill five (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 02:16 AM CST

US soldiers patrol a main street leading to Fardos Square in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A string of morning rush hour bombings in central Baghdad on Thursday killed at least five people and wounded 17 in the latest wave of violence to hit the Iraqi capital, police said(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - A string of morning rush hour bombings in central Baghdad on Thursday killed at least five people and wounded 17 in the latest wave of violence to hit the Iraqi capital, police said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,191 (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 07:23 PM CST

An Iraqi River Patrol Diving trainee emerges from the water during a diving training course in the fortified Green zone in Baghdad November 6, 2008. Students are scheduled to complete their training that concentrates on search and rescue and recovery water operations within approximately two weeks. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen(IRAQ)AP - As of Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at least 4,191 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US to cut troop levels in Iraq this month (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:40 PM CST

University students hold a small rally calling for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's removal of U.S. troops from the Philippines in Manila November 6, 2008. The United States military has a small number of troops stationed in the restive south of the country providing training to Philippine soldiers fighting Muslim rebels. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)AP - Spurred on by a continued decline in violence, the U.S. military will reduce its presence in Iraq to 14 combat brigades this month — at least two months earlier than originally planned.

Iraqis worry about Obama, while many GIs celebrate (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:22 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqis didn't dance in the streets or hold late-night viewing parties to herald the election of a new president of the United States. Many didn't have electricity to follow the television coverage of Barack Obama's ascent to president-elect.

Iraqi leaders confident of no hasty US withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 12:18 PM CST

A man inside a car reads a newspaper which covers the headline story of Sen. Barack Obama's victory in U.S. presidential election, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Many in Iraq said Wednesday they don't expect an immediate shift in U.S. policy toward their country when Barack Obama takes over as the new U.S. president, despite his calls for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops within 16 months. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi officials said Wednesday they don't expect Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops hastily from Iraq because he told them last summer that he wouldn't make a decision without consulting them and U.S. commanders on the ground.

Mideast hails Obama win amid mixed expectations of change (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 10:22 AM CST

A kiosk owner attaches a magazine fronted with the images of the front-runners in the US elections in Baghdad. Middle East countries hailed Barack Obama's win in the US presidential election after the turbulent years of the Bush administration but Iraq said it does not expect any overnight change in policies.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Middle Eastern countries on Wednesday hailed Barack Obama's election as US president after the turbulent years of the Bush administration but Iraq said it does not expect any overnight change in policy.

Iraq confident Obama won't withdraw troops too quickly (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 09:14 AM CST

A U.S. soldier takes up a position outside a new local entertainment centre in Baghdad November 5, 2008. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)Reuters - The Iraqi government is confident that president-elect Barack Obama will not jeopardize Iraq's improving security by hastily withdrawing U.S. troops, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Wednesday.

Car bombings sharply down in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 07:55 AM CST

Black smoke rises is seen following a car bomb which targeted a passing Iraqi army patrol in Baghdad, June 2008. An Iraqi general said that the number of car bombings in Baghdad has declined sharply, falling from a total of 415 in 2006 to 61 so far in 2008.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - The number of car bombings in Baghdad has declined sharply, falling from a total of 415 in 2006 to 61 so far in 2008, an Iraqi general said on Wednesday.

Iraq: No hasty change in US policy with Obama win (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 06:12 AM CST

US soldiers patrol in Diyala province, March 2008. Baghdad wants to delete any reference in the draft security pact with Washington to the possibility of US troops staying in Iraq after 2011.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - Many in Iraq said Wednesday they don't expect an immediate shift in U.S. policy toward their country when Barack Obama takes over as the new U.S. president, despite his calls for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops within 16 months.

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