2009年4月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

AP IMPACT: Secret tally has 87,215 Iraqis dead (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 06:19 PM PDT

U.S. army soldiers stand next to a car damaged by a bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war.

Iraq appoints team to settle US claims against Saddam (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:27 PM PDT

The Iraqi government on Thursday said it had appointed a team of negotiators to try and settle compensation claims made in US courts for abuses committed during former dictator Saddam Hussein's rule. The Iraqi government is being sued by CBS correspondent Bob Simon, pictured here in 2008, for a month-long imprisonment during the first Gulf War in 1991.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bryan Bedder)AFP - The Iraqi government on Thursday said it had appointed a team of negotiators to try and settle compensation claims made in US courts for abuses committed during former dictator Saddam Hussein's rule.

Suicide attacks kill 76 as Iraq reports arrest (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:20 PM PDT

A resident cries near a damaged vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad April 23, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Two suicide bombers wearing vests full of explosives blew themselves up in separate attacks on Thursday, killing 76 people, including many Iranian pilgrims, in what appeared to be Iraq's bloodiest day in over a year.

Blasts kill 78 in Iraq's bloodiest day in a year (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:11 PM PDT

A girl cries near the site of a bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thursday, killing at least 78 people in Iraq's deadliest day in more than a year.

Iraq says Qaeda boss captured as dozens killed (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:06 PM PDT

An Iraqi grieves after his relative was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Tahariyat Square. The Iraqi military announced the capture on Thursday of the man said to be the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as at least 73 people were killed in bombings on the deadliest day in Iraq in 14 months.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The Iraqi military announced the capture on Thursday of the man said to be the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as at least 73 people were killed in bombings on the deadliest day in Iraq in 14 months.

Is Iraq Ready for Twitter? New Media Enters a War Zone (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:50 AM PDT

Time.com - A delegation of executives from Google, YouTube and other New Media companies visit Baghdad to see if it's ripe for business

Dozens killed as Iraq captures Qaeda boss (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 09:01 AM PDT

An Iraqi grieves after his relative was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Tahariyat Square. The Iraqi military announced the capture on Thursday of the man said to be the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as at least 73 people were killed in bombings on the deadliest day in Iraq in 14 months.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The Iraqi military announced the capture on Thursday of the man they say is the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as at least 73 people were killed in two bloody suicide bombings.

Attacks in Iraq kill dozens; fears mount of wider violence (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 06:57 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Two massive suicide attacks killed at least 76 people and possibly dozens more Thursday in Iraq, the latest signs that the country's hard-won security gains are beginning to reverse.

Iraq's Shahristani says oil at $70 'acceptable' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 06:30 AM PDT

Oil rigs extract petroleum in the Los Angeles area community of Culver City, California. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said in Tehran that an oil price of at least 70 dollars a barrel of oil is AFP - Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said in Tehran that an oil price of at least 70 dollars a barrel of oil is "acceptable," the official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.

Iran says pipeline agreement reached with Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 06:18 AM PDT

AP - Iran's official news agency says Tehran has reached an agreement with Iraq to build a pipeline that will feed Iraqi crude to an Iranian refinery.

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Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:29 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi security officials say al-Qaida linked insurgent leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi arrested.

Iraq suicide bombs kill 73 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:27 AM PDT

A US soldier looks at the remains of food aid being delivered by the 'Red Crescent' (Islamic equivalent to the Red Cross) to an apartment block housing Iraqi refugees following a suicide attack in Tahariyat Square. At least 70 people have been killed in two suicide bomb attacks in Iraq as the military announced the capture of the Al-Qaeda chief in Iraq.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Seventy-three people, including children, were killed in two separate suicide attacks in the cities of Baghdad and Baquba on Thursday, defence and interior ministry officials told AFP.

25 killed in second suicide blast in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:12 AM PDT

Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, most of them thought to be Iranian pilgrims, in a restaurant northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi police said.

Head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq arrested in Baghdad: army (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:08 AM PDT

Iraqi police officers stand to attention at their headquarters in the town of Haditha, 260 kms northwest of Baghdad. The head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Omar al-Baghdadi, has been arrested in the capital, an Iraqi military spokesman said.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - The head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested in the capital on Thursday, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

Iraqi officials: 22 killed in Baghdad suicide bomb (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:50 AM PDT

U.S. army soldiers from the 4th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, sit on board a U.S. air force cargo aircraft that will transport them to Afghanistan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. Only in Iraq a few weeks, nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives learned they were being shipped off to southern Afghanistan, one of the clearest signs of America's shifting wartime priorities. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said.

New bombings in Iraq steal thunder top insurgent's arrest (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In what Iraqi authorities say could be the biggest blow to Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) since its former leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in a 2006, a military spokesman announced Thursday that security forces had arrested the group's current leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.

Pentagon: Insurgent attacks likely to rise in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:16 PM PDT

AP - The Pentagon's top Middle East adviser said Wednesday insurgent attacks in Iraq will probably increase as U.S. forces start to leave, but there's no plan now to delay troop departures.

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