2008年12月6日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Sources: 5 Blackwater guards charged in shooting (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:27 AM CST

Plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in a firefight as Iraqi demonstrators loyal to Muqtada Al Sadr attempt to advance on a facility being defended by U.S. and Spanish soldiers in Najaf, Iraq in this April 4, 2004 file photo. The Blackwater USA contractors were actively involved in defending the position. (AP Photo/Gervasio Sanchez, File)AP - Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards have been indicted and a sixth was negotiating a plea with prosecutors for a 2007 shooting that left 17 Iraqis dead and became an anti-American rallying cry for insurgents, people close to the case said Friday.

Suicide attack targets Iraqi police recruits (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:45 AM CST

An Iraqi police officer wounded in a bomb attack is wheeled into a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad December 6, 2008. A suicide bomber killed one policeman and wounded six people, including police and civilians, near a police academy on Saturday in central Kirkuk, according to Serhat Qader, a police brigadier based in Kirkuk. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ)AP - A suicide bomber targeted police recruits Saturday near a checkpoint in northern Iraq, killing at least one and wounding 14, an Iraqi police official said.

U.S. to unveil charges in Blackwater shooting in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:18 PM CST

Reuters - U.S. officials expect to announce criminal charges soon against Blackwater security guards over a shooting in Iraq last year that killed 17 civilians and strained U.S.-Iraqi relations, law enforcement sources said on Friday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 07:13 PM CST

An Iraqi police officer wounded in a bomb attack is wheeled into a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad December 6, 2008. A suicide bomber killed one policeman and wounded six people, including police and civilians, near a police academy on Saturday in central Kirkuk, according to Serhat Qader, a police brigadier based in Kirkuk. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ)AP - As of Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Bush delivers upbeat defense of his Mideast policy (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:52 PM CST

President George W. Bush makes a statement on the economy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President George W. Bush delivered a broad and upbeat defense of his Mideast policies on Friday, yet cautioned that President-elect Barack Obama will inherit threats from Iran's nuclear programs, an unfinished Israeli-Palestinian peace accord and a fragile democracy in Iraq.

A first: An oil expo in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 02:32 PM CST

Business men visit a stand at the first Iraq Energy Expo which has opened in Baghdad. But many major global oil companies have stayed away amid uncertainty about plans for oil production partnerships.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AP - Iraq launched an unprecedented public campaign Friday to attract investment from international oil companies, rolling out a red carpet — literally — for executives from as far away as Russia and Japan.

Reporter reflects: 'Their grief is my last remembrance of Iraq' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 02:12 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - It was hard to see exactly what was happening from the back seat of the beat-up armored Mercedes that was taking me to Baghdad International Airport. Through the dirty, 2-inch-thick windows I could make out four Iraqi soldiers standing on the side of the road, locked together in one big hug. I'd been watching them for a few minutes, along with my driver, Suhaib, and McClatchy's British security adviser, Kevin. Why are they hugging? I wondered.

Turkish planes bomb Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:21 PM CST

Turkish soldiers patrol on a road near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak, in February 2008. Turkish warplanes on Friday bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the army's general staff said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AP - Turkey's military says its air force has attacked Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in Iraq: army (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:55 PM CST

Turkish soldiers patrol on a road near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak, in February 2008. Turkish warplanes on Friday bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the army's general staff said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkish warplanes on Friday bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the army's general staff said.

U.S. soldier acquitted in Iraq "fragging" case (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:05 AM CST

Reuters - A U.S. Army National Guard sergeant has been acquitted of killing two superior officers in Iraq after a protracted trial in a case where he faced the death penalty.

Tape recorder bomb kills teenage sisters in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 10:27 AM CST

Iraqi Shiite women sell vegetables at a stall in Baghdad's Sadr City. Three teenage girls have been killed in the volatile Diyala province after one of them found a tape recorder wired with explosives and brought it inside their house. Two of the girls were sisters while the third was their sister-in -law.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Three teenage girls were killed in Iraq on Friday, two of them sisters, when one of them found a tape recorder wired with explosives and brought it inside their house, security officials said.

Many oil majors skip Iraq oil expo (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 10:15 AM CST

Many major global oil companies have stayed away from the first Iraq Energy Expo, a stand of which is seen here, that has opened in Baghdad amid uncertainty about plans for oil production partnerships.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Many major global oil companies have stayed away from the first Iraq Energy Expo which opened in Baghdad on Friday, amid uncertainty about plans for oil production partnerships.

Bush thanks Iraqi leaders for security deal (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:30 AM CST

President George W. Bush, seen here in Washington, has called Iraq's leaders to thank them for agreeing to a controversial security deal that lays the groundwork for the departure of US troops in three years, a spokesman has said.(AFP/Yuri Gripas)AFP - President George W. Bush on Friday called Iraq's leaders to thank them for agreeing to a controversial security deal that lays the groundwork for the departure of US troops in three years, a spokesman said.

Iraq Pact Puts Relations on Strong Footing, U.S. Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 07:21 AM CST

Bloomberg - Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. welcomed Iraq’s approval of a security accord that gives American forces three years to leave the country, saying it puts relations between the two countries on a “strong footing.”

New orders for US troops in Iraq after landmark pact (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 05:27 AM CST

An American soldier is seen at an Iraqi-manned checkpoint in Baghdad. The top US military commander in Iraq has issued new orders to troops after the Iraqi government approved a landmark military pact that will give it increased control over their operations.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - The top US military commander in Iraq on Friday issued new orders to troops after the Iraqi government approved a landmark military pact that will give it increased control over their operations.

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