2008年12月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

University brings American-style learning to Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - In a makeshift university classroom in northern Iraq, from the back of the class, Kosar Osman voices what would be a radical goal in the Middle East – a meritocracy.

USA (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she accepted responsibility for the troubled US occupation of Iraq after Saddam Hussein's fall. In comments on "Fox News Sunday," Rice, who was President Bush's national security adviser when the war began in 2003, said former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wasn't at fault for not having the right occupational structure in place.

Venue fight: Blackwater guards plan Utah surrender (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:06 PM CST

A bullet hole is seen on a traffic light pole at al-Nisoor square in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. At this square, more than a year ago, Blackwater Worldwide security guards shot dead 17 Iraqi civilians. The US Justice Department has indicted five Blackwater Worldwide security guards and is negotiating a plea deal with a sixth, according to people close to the case.The six guards have been under investigation since a convoy of heavily armed Blackwater contractors opened fire in a crowded Baghdad intersection on Sept. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards indicted in Washington for the 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians plan to surrender to the federal authorities Monday in Utah, people close to the case said, setting up a court fight over the trial site.

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

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 06:48 PM CST

A US soldier searches through the bedroom of an Iraqi home during a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police in the Dora neighbourhood of southern Baghdad, in 2007. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the US-led war in Iraq will turn out to be a AP - As of Sunday, Dec. 7, 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.

Iraq will turn out to be 'strategic achievement,' Rice says (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 04:57 PM CST

A US soldier searches through the bedroom of an Iraqi home during a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police in the Dora neighbourhood of southern Baghdad, in 2007. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the US-led war in Iraq will turn out to be a AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Sunday that the US-led war in Iraq will turn out to be a "strategic achievement" for not only President George W. Bush but for the United States.

Kurdish rebels in Iraq declare 9-day cease-fire (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:08 PM CST

A PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) militant at a guerilla training camp in the Haqourki mountains near Diana, Iraq. The PKK has claimed responsibility for an explosion at an oil pipeline linking Iraq with southern Turkey.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AP - A Kurdish rebel group on Sunday declared a nine-day holiday cease-fire in their fight against Turkey, a spokesman said, calling it a "first step toward peace."

Obama's choice to lead Veterans Affairs no yes man (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:01 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama listens after introducing former Army chief of staff, retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki as his Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate during a news conference Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008 in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration on its Iraq war strategy, will bring qualities to the job of Veterans Affairs secretary his predecessors sometimes lacked: credibility, experience and sound judgment.

Iraq's oil-rich Basra province seeks autonomy (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:35 PM CST

Iraqi soldiers hang a huge national flag from a roof at the Basra Palace in the southern city of Basra, in 2007. Iraq's independent electoral commission announced plans on Sunday to collect signatures in support of a referendum to transform the oil-rich province of Basra into an autonomous region.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq's independent electoral commission announced plans on Sunday to collect signatures in support of a referendum to transform the oil-rich province of Basra into an autonomous region.

Iraq to guard historic sites with police commandos (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 01:50 PM CST

A US soldier searches through the bedroom of an Iraqi home during a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police in the Dora neighbourhood of southern Baghdad, in 2007. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the US-led war in Iraq will turn out to be a AP - Iraq will dispatch police commandos to safeguard its archaeological heritage, the government said Sunday, announcing plans to protect sites such as the ancient city of Babylon that were left vulnerable to looting after the U.S. invasion in 2003.

Rice regrets bad Iraq intelligence; defends war (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 01:38 PM CST

In this photo provided by ABC News, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appears for an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week, in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/ABC News, Fred Watkins)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she regrets the U.S. relied on flawed intelligence as the basis for going to war in Iraq and took partial responsibility for mismanaging the post-invasion occupation.

Iraqi relatives want death for Blackwater guards (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:08 AM CST

Reuters - Employees of U.S. security firm Blackwater who shot and killed Iraqi civilians should face the death sentence, relatives of some victims said on Sunday.

Baquba mayor among 34 hurt in roadside bomb (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:49 AM CST

An Iraqi officer stands guard following an roadside bomb in the northeastern city of Baquba which injured 34 people including the city's mayor.(AFP/Str)AFP - The mayor of the Iraqi city of Baquba was among 34 people wounded in a roadside bombing in the restive provincial capital northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, medical and security sources said.

Bomb targets Iraqi police as they lift barricades (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 07:08 AM CST

Reuters - A bomb went off on Sunday, wounding 35 police and neighborhood patrolmen in the volatile northern city of Baquba as they were ceremoniously dismantling security barriers to show that violence was on the decline.

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