2008年12月26日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

13 killed in Iraqi police shootout with Qaeda prisoners (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:09 AM CST

Iraqi policemen are seen here on a patrol in Baghdad. Six Iraqi policemen and seven Al-Qaeda militants were killed when the militants attempted a pre-dawn breakout from a police station in the western city of Ramadi, police said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Six Iraqi policemen and seven Al-Qaeda militants were killed when the militants attempted a pre-dawn breakout from a police station in the western city of Ramadi, police said.

Christmas with Baghdad's Dwindling Christians (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 12:45 AM CST

Time.com - Iraqi Christians spent their holiday praying for an end to 5-1/2 years of war and civil turmoil - and a revival for their shrinking community

Troops in Iraq find Christmas in memories (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 07:16 PM CST

A U.S. soldier of 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry wearing a Santa Claus mask greets AP - Army Sgt. Robin Cameron stood guard outside a once opulent Iraqi shopping mall that now serves as a small U.S. military outpost, trying not to think about what he was missing with his family on Christmas.

Christians crowd Baghdad church, but many families are divided (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:19 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The pews were packed for the Christmas mass in Baghdad's Greek Orthodox church Thursday, a sign to Father Younan Yacob that the city had grown safer for its Christian minority over the past year.

Shortage of men marks Christian Christmas in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:55 PM CST

Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas Mass at the Church of the Virgin Mary on Palestine Street in Baghdad. The little Church of the Virgin Mary of the Holy Heart in the centre of Baghdad was packed for Christmas mass on Thursday but the shortage of men gave a clue to the harassment the community has faced.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - The little Church of the Virgin Mary of the Holy Heart in the centre of Baghdad was packed for Christmas mass on Thursday but the shortage of men gave a clue to the harassment the community has faced.

Attacks kill five in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:25 AM CST

Iraqis inspect damages at the site of a car bomb attack outside a popular restaurant in the predominantly Shiite Muslim district of Shola in northeastern Baghdad. At least five Iraqis have been killed when a car bomb exploded outside a popular restaurant in Baghdad, security officials said.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - At least five Iraqis were killed and scores were injured on Christmas day attacks in Iraq, the government and the US military said.

Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish rebel attack (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:30 AM 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 - Kurdish rebels launched a deadly attack in southeastern Turkey hours after the Turkish and Iraqi prime ministers vowed a fresh clampdown on the separatists, officials said Thursday.

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