2008年12月21日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

WITNESS: Basra family meeting shocks and awes Iraqi-Briton (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:14 AM CST

Mohammed Abbas is a Baghdad-based correspondent for Reuters. He was born in Basra, Iraq, in 1979, but emigrated with his parents to Britain in 1980. (Reuters)Reuters - Mohammed Abbas is a Baghdad-based correspondent for Reuters. He was born in Basra, Iraq, but emigrated with his parents to Britain when he was one year old in 1980. In the following story, he describes his experience returning to Basra and meeting family for the first time.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,210 (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 07:25 PM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses British troops at Basra Air Station in Southern Iraq during his one day visit December 17, 2008. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool/Reuters)AP - As of Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at least 4,210 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Confusion among Iraq MPs over non-US foreign forces bill (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 01:55 PM CST

Iraqi parliamentarians a sesson of parliament in Baghdad's secure Green Zone in September 2008. Confusion reigned in the Iraqi parliament on Saturday over whether a vote had taken place on the presence of non-US foreign troops when a UN mandate expires on December 31.(AFP/File/Salam Faraj)AFP - Confusion reigned in the Iraqi parliament on Saturday over whether a vote had taken place on the presence of non-US foreign troops when a UN mandate expires on December 31.

Iraqi farmers are back in business, and Iraqis love local produce (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 01:26 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BABIL PROVINCE, Iraq — Mansour Abdul Khadim's mix of winter crops gives every impression of abundance, despite the double threat of drought and violence that has plagued Iraqi agriculture since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003.

Iraq PM denies arrested officers were plotting a coup (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 11:06 AM CST

An Iraqi commando inspects the site of a suicide attack in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has denied that a group of officers arrested three days previously had been plotting a coup against the Shiite-led government.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki denied on Saturday that a group of officers arrested three days previously had been plotting a coup against the Shiite-led government, state television reported.

Iraq shoe-thrower's family demonstrates for his release (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 10:26 AM CST

Relatives of Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi protest against his arrest. The family of an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush demonstrated for a second day to demand his release from custody.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The family of an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush demonstrated for a second day on Saturday to demand his release from custody.

Iraq lawmakers reject law on British troops (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 06:55 AM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses British troops at Basra Air Station in Southern Iraq during his one day visit December 17, 2008. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq's parliament voted on Saturday to reject a draft law that allows troops from Britain, Australia and several other countries to remain beyond the end of this year, Iraqi parliamentarians said.

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