2009年4月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Biden praises troops for Iraq efforts (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 05:11 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a welcome home ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Biden welcomed home the XVIII Airborne Corps from Iraq after their second deployment. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Vice President Joe Biden welcomed home soldiers after their 15-month deployment to Iraq, telling U.S. troops Wednesday that the war-torn nation is "a country where violence is replaced by progress."


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,266 (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:36 PM PDT

A US military adviser and soldiers from the 17th Iraqi army brigade duck as they fire a mortar round during a live fire drill in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, on April 6, 2009. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at least 4,266 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Jury gets case of Marine accused of Iraq murder (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:02 PM PDT

A US military adviser and soldiers from the 17th Iraqi army brigade duck as they fire a mortar round during a live fire drill in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, on April 6, 2009. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Military jurors began deliberating Wednesday whether a Marine sergeant should be convicted of murdering an unarmed detainee during a battle in Iraq.


Second bombing in 2 days in Baghdad district kills 7 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 12:49 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A deadly explosion in Baghdad's Shiite district of Kadhemiyah on Wednesday was the second in a row in the same area and occurred on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the U.S. overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government.

Bomb near Iraq Shi'ite shrine kills 7 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 11:24 AM PDT

A US military adviser and soldiers from the 17th Iraqi army brigade duck as they fire a mortar round during a live fire drill in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, on April 6, 2009. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - A roadside bomb in the Shi'ite Kadhimiya district in northwest Baghdad killed seven people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, a day after a bomb in the same area killed nine.


Iraq reviews US-freed prisoners after blasts (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT

Iraqis clean the debris of their shop at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad.


Obama told of piracy on flight from Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 10:50 AM PDT

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama was alerted to the seizure of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship by pirates off the Somali coast as he was flying back to the nation's capital from Baghdad.

Veteran Milutinovic to lead Iraq in South Africa (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 10:25 AM PDT

Veteran Serbian coach Bora Milutinovic, seen here in 2007, will lead Asian champions Iraq at this year's Confederations Cup in South Africa, the Iraq Football Union (IFU) told AFP on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Veteran Serbian coach Bora Milutinovic will lead Asian champions Iraq at this year's Confederations Cup in South Africa, the Iraq Football Union (IFU) told AFP on Wednesday.


Obama says Iraq entering critical phase (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 09:44 AM PDT

A US military adviser and soldiers from the 17th Iraqi army brigade duck as they fire a mortar round during a live fire drill in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, on April 6, 2009. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama pushed Iraq's feuding factions to compromise on Tuesday, sounding a note of impatience as he said Iraqis should take responsibility for their country so U.S. troops could leave.


Bomb near Shiite shrine kills 7 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 09:08 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman stands guard at the site of a bombing in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kazimiyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 8, 2009.  A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded near the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, police said. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)AP - A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded Wednesday near Baghdad's most important Shiite shrine, killing seven people and wounding 23, police said.


Bomb kills 7 near Baghdad Shi'ite shrine (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 09:02 AM PDT

Reuters - A roadside bomb in the Shi'ite Kadhimiya district in northwest Baghdad killed seven people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, a day after a bomb in the same area killed nine.

Safety team warns of 'catastrophic' wiring in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 07:38 AM PDT

AP - A military team sent to evaluate electrical problems at U.S. facilities in Iraq determined there was a high risk that flawed wiring could cause further "catastrophic results" — namely, the electrocutions of U.S. soldiers.

Bomb near Baghdad Shiite shrine kills 7 (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 06:14 AM PDT

Iraqis gather at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad. A bomb hidden in a plastic bag near a Shiite shrine has killed seven people and wounded 23, including women and children, in the third straight day of attacks in Baghdad, officials have said.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - A bomb hidden in a plastic bag near a Shiite shrine on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded 23, including women and children, in the third straight day of attacks in Baghdad, officials said.


Obama returns to Washington after jam-packed trip (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:47 AM PDT

President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., early Wednesday April 8, 2009, after returning from an eight-day European trip and a five-hour visit to the Iraq war zone. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - "There is still a lot of work to do here," President Barack Obama declared in Baghdad. He could have been talking about every stop of his jam-packed, eight-day, six-country overseas trip. Or his to-do list now that he's back in the United States.


Iraq city placed in lockdown as police hunt bombers (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 03:25 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi police placed the city of Falluja in a total lockdown on Wednesday, banning traffic and pedestrians as they hunted for what they said was a group of al Qaeda militants carrying out a bombing campaign.

Media resumes photos of Iraq, Afghanistan war dead (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 10:41 PM PDT

US soldiers carry the remains of US Army Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias of Puerto Rico, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The flag-draped coffin of the 28-year old soldier killed in Iraq was among the first photographed by media late Tuesday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted a longstanding ban on press coverage of the return of fallen soldiers.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - The flag-draped coffin of a 28-year old soldier killed in Iraq was among the first photographed by media late Tuesday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted a longstanding ban on press coverage of the return of fallen soldiers.


Obama in Baghdad, tells troops Iraq must take over (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 09:33 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Flying unannounced into a still-dangerous war zone, President Barack Obama told U.S. troops and Iraqi officials alike Tuesday it is time to phase out America's combat role in a conflict he opposed as a candidate and has vowed to end as commander in chief.


Obama says Iraq faces 'critical' 18 months (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 06:22 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) greets troops during a visit to Camp Victory, just outside Baghdad. Obama said on his surprise visit to Iraq that the next 18 months could be AFP - US President Barack Obama said on a surprise visit to Iraq that the next 18 months would be "critical," and told the war-torn country that it would soon have to look after itself.


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