2008年11月25日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iran: Hardliners urge Iraq to reject security pact (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:37 AM CST

AP - Iran's hardline newspapers are urging the Iraqi parliament to reject a security pact with the United States that would keep American troops in Iraq for three more years.

In Anbar Province, Iraq's Sheikhs Discover Democracy (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 03:40 AM CST

Time.com - The chieftains of Anbar once boycotted the election. Now they are in it to prove their clout - and to rout their enemies

US-backed Iraqi troops arrest Shiite militant (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 03:33 AM CST

A U.S. soldier greets students during the opening of Nahrawan primary school in western Baghdad's Ghazaliya district November 25, 2008.   REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)AP - The U.S. military says U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have arrested a suspected Shiite militia leader who has been linked to Iran.


US mil: 1 soldier dies of noncombat causes in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 02:17 AM CST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of noncombat-related causes in Iraq.

Influence wanes for followers of Iraq's Sadr (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 07:50 PM CST

A boy cycles in front of Mehdi Army's constitution bulletin board outside an Iraqi army base at a giant square in Baghdad's Sadr City, November 15, 2008. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)Reuters - Much of the giant square where followers of Moqtada al-Sadr gather in their thousands on Fridays to pray is now taken up by an Iraqi army base, surrounded by concrete blast walls and watchtowers.


Bombs kill at least 16 Iraqis (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 01:58 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD _Three explosions killed at least 16 Iraqis on Monday, including 14 who were in a bus to a government ministry and an Iraqi soldier at a heavily guarded checkpoint leading to the U.S.-controlled International Zone.

Syria rejects US claims it is aiding terrorists (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 10:21 AM CST

AP - Syria on Monday rejected U.S. allegations that it is allowing terrorist networks to use its territory to attack Iraq.
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