2008年12月4日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US: 4 insurgents killed, 32 detained in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:45 AM CST

Azerbaijani soldiers stand at attention during an end-of-mission ceremony at Al Asad Airbase in Haditha, 190 km (120 miles) northwest of Baghdad December 3, 2008. Azerbaijan military forces ended their mission after six years of serving in Iraq. Picture taken December 3, 2008. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ)AP - The U.S. military says four suspected insurgents have been killed and 32 detained in operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq.

Iraq: Obama calls Iraqi PM to discuss cooperation (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:23 AM CST

In this Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 file image released by the Iraqi government, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki makes a televised statement from his office in Baghdad, Iraq. Parliament's approval of a security pact with the U.S. has propelled al-Maliki into a position of strength unequaled in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, File)AP - The Iraqi government says President-elect Barack Obama has called Iraq's prime minister and stressed his commitment to a responsible withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

Iraq bids to stop Christie's sale of ancient earrings (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - They were earrings that literally could have been worn by a queen. The neo-Assyrian jewelry, 9,000 to 10,000 years old, is Lot 215 in an auction of ancient art and antiquities to be held at Christie's in New York next week. They are expected to fetch up to $65,000.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,207 (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 07:19 PM CST

Azerbaijani soldiers stand at attention during an end-of-mission ceremony at Al Asad Airbase in Haditha, 190 km (120 miles) northwest of Baghdad December 3, 2008. Azerbaijan military forces ended their mission after six years of serving in Iraq. Picture taken December 3, 2008. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ)AP - As of Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at least 4,207 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Ind. soldiers sue over chemical exposure in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:14 PM CST

AP - Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers sued the big defense contractor KBR Inc. on Wednesday, saying its employees knowingly allowed them to be exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq five years ago.

US soldier faces hearing in 2007 deaths of Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:48 PM CST

AP - A military court heard conflicting testimony Wednesday about whether a U.S. Army sergeant helped kill four Iraqis who were bound, blindfolded, shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal last year.

Reconciliation needed in Iraq's most violent city (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 12:26 PM CST

U.S Army Staff Sgt Brian Peterson from Karnes City, Texas, of 3rd Platoon, 302rd Military Police Company, aims with his rifle as black smoke fills the sky during a patrol, 360 kilometers, 225 miles, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 14, 2008. Strategically set, the country's third largest city, fixing embattled Mosul is not only vital in itself but a test of whether the Baghdad government can successfully grapple with potentially explosive forces beneath a still fragile stability achieved elsewhere in Iraq. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - It's a dirty, numbing, dangerous job in Iraq's deadliest city, and pays a modest $500 a month. But when the police department recently advertised for college graduates to fill 200 positions as traffic policemen, it was deluged with 2,000 applications.

U.S.-led coalition in Iraq dwindles as allies leave (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:57 AM CST

A U.S soldier stands guard during a graduation ceremony at Al-Furat Iraqi Police Training Center in Baghdad December 2, 2008. (Saad Shalash/Reuters)Reuters - A string of departures by the U.S. military's allies in Iraq is turning into an exodus as violence subsides and the end of a U.N. mandate permitting their deployment to the country approaches.

Journalist jailed in Iraq over homosexuality story (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:06 AM CST

AP - International media watchdog groups called Wednesday for the release of a freelance journalist jailed in northern Iraq for violating a public decency law by writing a story about homosexuality.

Hangman's rope ties Kurds to tragic past (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 09:58 AM CST

A gallows rope that once hung in Saddam Hussein's most notorious prison, and shown here, is part of a new exhibition aimed at teaching young Iraqi Kurds about their tragic history.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - A gallows rope that once hung in Saddam Hussein's most notorious prison is part of a new exhibition that opened on Wednesday aimed at teaching young Iraqi Kurds about their tragic history.

Iraqi PM refuses to suspend tribal councils (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 05:27 AM CST

Protesting Iraqi tribal leaders hold a banner of Prime Minister Nuri al-Malik in the southern city of Karbala on November 15 2008. Maliki has refused a request from the presidential council to suspend tribal councils that have sparked a bitter debate among the country's top leaders.(AFP/File)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday refused a request from the presidential council to suspend tribal councils that have sparked a bitter debate among the country's top leaders.

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