2008年12月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi shoe-thrower to go on trial Dec 31 (AFP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:53 AM CST

Supporters and friends of Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who was arrested for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush, hold his picture during a protest in the garden of the defence ministry in Baghdad on December 19. The trial of al-Zaidi will start on December 31, the judge investigating his case told AFP on Monday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The Iraqi journalist thrust to instant fame when he threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush will go on trial this month on charges that risk up to 15 years in jail, a judge said on Monday.

At Iraqi border outpost, signs of improving ties with Iran (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Iraqi general could not be a less likely guardian angel – a benevolent watcher of travel-worn Iranian pilgrims crossing his remote border outpost.

Iraq parliament may vote on British troop presence (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 01:58 AM CST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with Iraqi journalists in Baghdad December 21, 2008. (Iraqi government/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq's parliament may vote on Monday on a proposal giving troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other countries permission to stay on after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year, parliamentary sources said.

Iraq MPs to vote on fate of non-US foreign troops (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 11:24 PM CST

Iraqi parliamentarians a sesson of parliament in Baghdad's secure Green Zone in September. Iraqi lawmakers are set to vote Monday on a resolution that will determine the fate of non-US foreign troops in the country, mainly British forces, when a UN mandate expires in 10 days.(AFP/File/Salam Faraj)AFP - Iraqi lawmakers are set to vote Monday on a resolution that will determine the fate of non-US foreign troops in the country, mainly British forces, when a UN mandate expires in 10 days.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,211 (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 06:04 PM CST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with Iraqi journalists in Baghdad December 21, 2008. (Iraqi government/Handout/Reuters)AP - As of Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, at least 4,211 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

New "Chemical Ali" trial for Iraq gas massacre begins (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 04:25 PM CST

Ali Hassan al-Majeed listens to the prosecution during the 'Anfal' genocide trial in Baghdad in this December 18, 2006 file photo. (Nikola Solic/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Hundreds of Iraqi minority Kurds demanded on Sunday the execution of a Saddam-era official known as "Chemical Ali" for the killing of 5,000 Kurds in a 1988 gas attack.

Top US general in Iraq prepares for troop decision (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 03:31 PM CST

In this Sep. 16, 2008 file photo, Gen. Ray Odierno listens to a question during a press briefing at camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. American troops will move into southern Iraq early next year to replace departing British forces, Odierno, the top U.S. general in Iraq said. The news came as Iraq's parliament rejected a draft law requiring all foreign troops other than Americans to depart before the end of July 2009. Britain says its 4,000 troops will withdraw from the southern port city of Basra by the end of May.(AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, Pool)AP - The top U.S. general in Iraq said he will make a decision about the future role of American troops in early spring, to allow enough time to address any violence that may arise from January's provincial elections.

Cheney Gives Vigorous Defense of Bush Record and His Own (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:02 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - Vice President Richard Cheney on Sunday staunchly defended the Bush administration's record in Iraq, its authorization of electronic surveillance programs, and the use of a "robust" interrogation program as legitimate exercises of presidential power in fighting the war on terrorism.

Iraq vows to expel Iranian opposition group (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 12:00 PM CST

Iranian militants of the opposition People Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) walk to attend a gathering at camp AFP - Iraq vowed on Sunday to oust members of the main armed Iranian opposition group from its soil, just days before Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is due on a trip to Tehran.

PKK frets about Turkish pressure on Iraq Kurds (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 10:31 AM CST

Kurdish demonstrators in Istanbul protesting against the military moves against the PKK rebel group. The PKK rebels have expressed concern about Turkish pressure on the Iraqi Kurdish authorities to rein in its activities in northern Iraq.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)AFP - The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) expressed concern on Sunday about Turkish pressure on the Iraqi Kurdish authorities to rein in its activities in northern Iraq.

Iraq forces stronger, but not standing alone yet (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 04:20 AM CST

Iraqi police officers perform a mock arrest during their graduation from training in Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) Baghdad, December 18, 2008. (Sabah al-Bazee/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq faces a major test next year when its unseasoned forces cast off U.S. military primacy to defend a fragile peace in a country that only recently stood at the brink of sectarian civil war.

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