2008年12月13日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi PM rejects view U.S. troops needed for decade (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 03:22 AM CST

A U.S. soldier of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division stands guard near residents waiting for free meat during the Eid al-Adha Muslim festival in southern Baghdad's Doura district December 10, 2008. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki distanced himself from statements by his government's spokesman that U.S. troops might remain in Iraq for a decade, much longer than agreed under a pact signed with Washington.

US commander focuses on Sons of Iraq transition (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:46 AM CST

AP - The number of Sunni volunteers — many of them ex-insurgents — joining Iraq's security forces continues to swell despite an uneasy relationship with the Shiite-led government, a top U.S. commander said.

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

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:18 PM CST

Sgt Gabriel A. Reynolds (right) leads a group of Fort Bragg soldiers toward the stage during a pinning ceremony on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008 in Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers are being honored for actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Obserer, Raul R. Rubiera) MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDITAP - As of Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

British soldier in Iraq dies after shooting himself (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:28 PM CST

A soldier runs to search a house during a night raid in the Sunni northern Iraqi city of Mosul, 370km of Baghdad, in 2005. A British soldier serving in Iraq has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday, adding that an investigation is underway.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - A British soldier serving in Iraq has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday, adding that an investigation is underway.

Human rights inquiry set for warehoused Asians in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:42 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The U.S. military and defense contractor KBR are investigating possible human-rights abuses at a compound near the Baghdad airport where a Kuwaiti company housed about 1,000 Asian men it recruited for jobs in Iraq that didn't materialize.

Confiscating toy guns part of US mission in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 12:31 PM CST

Two Iraqi boys look at American soldiers after they handed over their toy gun in Mahmoudiya, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. The latest American soldiers to be based in this city that sits in an area once known as the triangle of death have been tasked with clearing all toy guns from the bustling shopping area — one of several missions including searching for suspected insurgents and weapons caches. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - Two boys approached a U.S. soldier, pulled out a pistol and handed it over. They got a smile and some candy in return.

Iraq to cut 2009 spending plans again (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 10:32 AM CST

Empty fuel barrel are displayed outside a shop in Baghdad. Iraqi Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh said on Friday that he will make more cuts in budget spending plans for 2009 because of further falls in the price of oil, the country's main source of revenue.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh said on Friday that he will make more cuts in budget spending plans for 2009 because of further falls in the price of oil, the country's main source of revenue.

Iraq spokesman says U.S. troops might be needed another decade (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 10:02 AM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki last month sold the Iraqi people on a security pact with the U.S. that he called a "withdrawal agreement" to end the presence of American forces in his country by the beginning of 2012.

Iraqis in north mourn suicide bombing deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:45 AM CST

Bomb attack victims receive treatment in a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad December 11, 2008. (Akoo Rasheed/Reuters)Reuters - Mourners poured into mosques in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk Friday, vowing not to let the worst bomb attack in months turn ethnic tensions into bloodshed.

Thousands celebrate in Baghdad as violence falls (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:40 AM CST

Residents take a ride at Zawraa's amusement park during the last day of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday in Baghdad December 12, 2008. Iraqis have visited Baghdad's parks and shrines in their millions in the past few days during a major Muslim festival, the highest turnout for years as violence falls in the Iraqi capital, security officials said. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqis have visited Baghdad's parks and shrines in their thousands in the past few days during a major Muslim festival, the highest turnout for years as violence falls in the Iraqi capital, security officials said.

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