2008年11月16日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq's cabinet meets to debate U.S. troops pact (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:58 AM CST

U.S. soldiers salute during a mass reenlistment ceremony in a U.S. military camp in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, November 11, 2008. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq's cabinet met on Sunday, and officials said it could approve a long-delayed pact allowing U.S. forces to remain in the country for the next three years.

Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:36 AM CST

An Iraqi policeman holds a wrapped defused land mine, meant to be used as an improvised bomb, found on a road in Baghdad's Sadr city, January 6, 2006. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)Reuters - Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb.

Iraqi cabinet expected to approve US military pact (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:29 AM CST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki talks to the press in Najaf in early October. Iraq's cabinet is expected to defy fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners and approve a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Iraq's cabinet was expected to defy fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners on Sunday and approve a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.

US helicopters in SKorea move to Iraq, Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 12:19 AM CST

AP - The United States will withdraw 20 Apache attack helicopters from South Korea for redeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, the U.S. military said Sunday.

Al-Sadr Throws Down the Gauntlet on US-Iraq Talks (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:20 PM CST

Time.com - The radical Shi'ite cleric threatens renewed attacks on U.S. forces if they're not entirely withdrawn. But does his militia have the power to revive a military campaign?

A New Twist in Iraq's Shi'ite Power Struggle (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:20 PM CST

Time.com - With regional elections approaching, a move to win autonomy for Basra could force a showdown among Shi'ites

Iraq's Cabinet to vote on security pact with US (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:07 PM CST

Smoke rises over the Karrada area of central Baghdad, Iraq after a car bomb attack on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraq's Cabinet will vote Sunday on a security pact with Washington that would keep U.S. forces in the country for another three years, a major step in efforts to balance Iraqi demands for national sovereignty with the security concerns of the two allies.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200 (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:32 PM CST

Deminers arrive to clear a mine field in Halabja in northern Iraq November 9, 2008. Iraq is littered with an estimated 25 million landmines, the Environment Ministry says. Many lie in areas bordering Iran, a legacy of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war that killed a million people. Mines claimed 14,000 victims in Iraq between 1991 and 2007, the United Nations development Programme says. More than half died from their wounds. For survivors, life is a daily struggle. To match feature IRAQ/MINES. REUTERS/Aseel Kami (IRAQ)AP - As of Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at least 4,200 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. helicopter down in Mosul, two dead (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:45 PM CST

Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter accident in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday, a military spokeswoman said.

Music returns to Baghdad as vice squad enforcers retreat (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:38 PM CST

Brass instruments hang outside a music store which hires out musicians to play at all types of festivities in central Baghdad in October 2008. After years on the run from Shiite and Sunni militias and morality police, Iraqi musicians are slowly returning to the streets of Baghdad, looking to fill the silence left by the fading civil war.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - After years on the run from Shiite and Sunni militias and morality police, Iraqi musicians are slowly returning to the streets of Baghdad, looking to fill the silence left by the fading civil war.

EU wants to work with Obama on Iraq, other key issues: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:25 PM CST

A US military policeman stands guard after a US armoured personnel carrier was hit by a roadside bomb in the Iraqi city of Mosul, some 370 kms north of Baghdad. The European Union plans to propose working with US president-elect Barack Obama on key issues including Iraq and to pledge participation in foreign military operations, German media reported.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The European Union plans to propose working with US president-elect Barack Obama on key issues including Iraq and to pledge participation in foreign military operations, German media reported.

Thousands of Iraqi Arabs attend anti-Kurdish protests (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:21 PM CST

Kurdish regional president Massud Barzani, seen here on November 12, 2008, has questioned new alliances that have emerged between the clans and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Iraqi tribes are holding demonstrations across the country to protest Barzani's criticism of new alliances emerging between the clans and Maliki.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Arabs took to the streets across Iraq Saturday to defend Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against criticism from leaders of the country's Kurdish minority.

Iraq car bombs kill 10 (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 09:21 AM CST

A police man stands with Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in central Baghdad. At least seven people have been killed and more than two dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police have said.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured in a series of bomb attacks across Iraq on Saturday, Iraqi police said.

Car bomb kills 10 in northern Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:30 AM CST

Reuters - A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded around 30 others when it exploded outside a car dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said Saturday.

Car bomb in northern Iraq kills at least seven (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:25 AM CST

A police man stands with Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in central Baghdad. At least seven people have been killed and more than two dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police have said.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - At least seven people were killed and more than two dozen wounded Saturday when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said.

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