2009年1月2日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq's Iffy New Year Resolution (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:25 PM CST

Time.com - Baghdad is taking greater responsibility for policing itself but will the legalistic new ground rules make things harder for the U.S. to operate?

Iraq takes control of Green Zone, US troops (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 09:24 PM CST

US and Iraqi soldiers raise Iraq's flag during a ceremony in which Iraqi forces took control of the Joint Security Station in Ghazaliyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan.  1, 2009.  (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The U.S. formally transferred control of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities Thursday in a pair of ceremonies that also handed back Saddam Hussein's former palace. Iraq's prime minister said he will propose making Jan. 1 a holiday marking the restoration of sovereignty.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,221 (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 06:55 PM CST

A U.S. soldier holds an Iraqi national flag during the handover ceremony of a military camp to the Iraqi army in Baghdad's Gazaliya district January 1, 2009. (Basim Shati/Reuters)AP - As of Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at least 4,221 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Iraq to expel Iran rebels as it takes over camp from US (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 05:47 PM CST

In a handout photograph from the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks inside the former palace of executed dictator Saddam Hussein in the Green Zone in Baghdad. Maliki said on Thursday that he would expel an Iranian armed opposition group from the country after taking over their base from US forces.(AFP/HO)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday that he would expel an Iranian armed opposition group from the country after taking over their base from US forces.


Iraq hails lowest monthly death toll in nearly three years (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 05:31 PM CST

An Iraqi soldier drives through the Green Zone in Baghdad. A total of 316 Iraqis were killed in political violence in December, the lowest monthly death toll in nearly three years, Iraqi officials said on Thursday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A total of 316 Iraqis were killed in political violence in December, the lowest monthly death toll in nearly three years, Iraqi officials said on Thursday.


US hands over Green Zone security to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 08:55 AM CST

A US soldier shakes hands with an Iraqi boy during a patrol in Ghazaliyah on the outskirts of Baghdad. The United States handed over security control of the Green Zone, a potent symbol of the American occupation, to Iraq on Thursday as a UN mandate for foreign troops ran out and bilateral military accords took effect.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The United States handed over security control of the Green Zone, a potent symbol of the American occupation, to Iraq on Thursday as a UN mandate for foreign troops ran out and bilateral military accords took effect.


British forces hand Basra airport to Iraqis (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 05:44 AM CST

A British soldier (right) walks past Iraqi youths outside a police station in central Basra, southern Iraq, as British troops provided Iraqi police with assistance and support, December 29, 2008. British forces on Thursday handed over control of Basra airport, its main military base in southern Iraq, to Iraqi officials in accordance with an agreement signed with Baghdad this week.(AFP/File/Essam-al-Sudani)AFP - British forces on Thursday handed over control of Basra airport, its main military base in southern Iraq, to Iraqi officials in accordance with an agreement signed with Baghdad this week.


U.S. troops under Iraq's authority for first time (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:19 PM CST

U.S. soldiers wait before going out on a mission under the 'Crossed-Sabers'-- a towering 160-tonne, bronze monument of two crossed swords held in Saddam's hands, at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad December 7, 2008. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. military in Iraq falls under Iraqi authority on Thursday for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003, a milestone in the war-weary country's path to restoring sovereignty.


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