2009年5月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Jurors told about ex-GI's childhood at trial (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 05:29 PM PDT

AP - A former soldier who could be sentenced to death for rape and murder in Iraq had a difficult childhood after his parents divorced and at times shuttled among friends and relatives, the man's stepfather testified Wednesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,294 (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 05:19 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at least 4,294 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Winding paths led victims to Iraq stress clinic (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 05:04 PM PDT

This undated picture made available by the family via The Star-Democrat shows Pfc. Michael Edward Yates Jr. and his son Kamren. The U.S. military command launched an investigation Tuesday, May 12, 2009 into whether it offers adequate mental health care to its soldiers, a day after a sergeant finishing up his third tour of Iraq allegedly shot and killed five comrades at a clinic on a U.S. base. The mother of Pfc. Yates said two men from the Army came to her Federalsburg, Md, home early Tuesday to tell say her 19-year-old son was killed. (AP Photo/The Star-Democrat, Family Picture)AP - Keith Springle, who grew up swimming and fishing off the North Carolina coast and seemed destined as a boy to join the Navy, was in Iraq because it was his duty as a military psychologist. Dr. Matthew Houseal, a 54-year-old Army reservist and psychiatrist, was there because he felt he needed to be.


New threat for Iraqi military: Drop in oil prices (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, May 11, 2009, Iraqi and U.S. army soldiers fire a mortar round during a military exercise in Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. The fall in oil prices is threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the Iraqis will need substantial U.S. help for years after the Americans leave by 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Lower oil prices are threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the Iraqis will need substantial U.S. help for years after the Americans leave by 2012.


Correction: Iraq-US Deaths story (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT

AP - In a May 12 story about U.S. deaths in Iraq, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Defense Department, reported erroneously where Navy Cmdr. Charles K. Springle died. It was Camp Liberty, not Camp Victory.

Denmark, Iraq reach deal to repatriate Iraqi refugees (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Denmark and Iraq have reached an agreement to repatriate Iraqi refugees whose asylum requests have been rejected, Danish Integration Minister Birthe Roenn Hornbech said on Wednesday. The deal, clinched after intense negotiations, was signed recently by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, seen here in January 2009,(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - Denmark and Iraq have reached an agreement to repatriate Iraqi refugees whose asylum requests have been rejected, Danish Integration Minister Birthe Roenn Hornbech said on Wednesday.


Iraq PM blames US prisoner releases for violence (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 10:00 AM PDT

A bus carrying Iraqi prisoners drives into the 7th Brigade National Police headquarters in the Dura district of Baghdad prior to their release in April 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that the too rapid release of detainees held by US forces was one reason for the recent return of violence to the country.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that the too rapid release of detainees held by US forces was one reason for the recent return of violence to the country.


US military releases names of victims of Iraq murder (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 09:58 AM PDT

The US Defense Department on Wednesday released the names of those allegedly killed by a fellow US soldier in a shooting spree in Iraq.(AFP/DoD)AFP - The US Defense Department on Wednesday released the names of those allegedly killed by a fellow US soldier in a shooting spree in Iraq.


'This Is Mental Health, Military-Style' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 May 2009 08:23 AM PDT

Sgt. John M. Russell, the Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq, is seen in a military photo provided by his father, Wilburn Russell, 73, outside of his son's home in Sherman, Texas May 12, 2009. REUTERS/Russell Family/Handout (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSOneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (OneWorld.net) - The U.S. military said yesterday that it's charged an American Army sergeant on his third tour in Iraq with murder in connection with Monday's shooting spree that left five fellow soldiers dead in a mental health clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad.


US returns Ur to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 07:37 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard at ancient Ur during a handing over ceremony between the US military and Iraqi offcials. The US military handed control of ancient Ur, the biblical birthplace of Abraham, back to Iraq, six years after the American invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.(AFP/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - The US military on Wednesday handed control of ancient Ur, the biblical birthplace of Abraham, back to Iraqi authorities, who hope now to relaunch it as a major tourism site.


US journalist in Iran had secret report on Iraq war (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 06:54 AM PDT

Iranian-American reporter Roxana Saberi smiles during a press briefing outside her home in Tehran on May 12, 2009. A lawyer for US-born reporter Roxana Saberi, freed this week from a Tehran jail, said on Wednesday the spy charges she had faced arose after she obtained a classified report on the US war on Iraq.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - A lawyer for US-born reporter Roxana Saberi, freed this week from a Tehran jail, said on Wednesday the spy charges she had faced arose after she obtained a classified report on the US war on Iraq.


Iraq says insurgent leader still in custody (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 06:50 AM PDT

U.S. army soldiers walk down the Great Ziggurat of Ur, a temple at the ancient city of Ur and an archaeological site on the outskirts of Nasiriyah, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The Iraqi authorities have taken over control of the archeological site of Ur from the U.S. military on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraq's defense minister on Wednesday insisted that the head of an al-Qaida front group was indeed in custody, refuting a potentially embarrassing online denial purportedly posted by the very man he maintains was arrested.


Anti Al-Qaeda leader and son killed in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 05:19 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers patrol a street in central Baghdad, April 2009. A bomb fixed under the car of an anti Al-Qaeda militia leader in Iraq killed both him and his young son west of Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A bomb fixed under the car of an anti Al-Qaeda militia leader in Iraq killed both him and his young son west of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.


Father: Army 'broke' soldier accused of killing 5 (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 03:13 AM PDT

Wilburn C. Russell, 73, wipes his eyes after talking to reporters in front of the  house his son U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell purchased in Sherman, Texas, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.  Russell's son is accused of killing five fellow troops at their base  in Iraq.   (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - The father of a U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow troops in Iraq said his son "forfeited his life" but the military bears some responsibility for the rampage.


Spike in suicide attacks: Is Al Qaeda in Iraq coming back? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - US and Iraqi officials facing an increase in high-profile suicide bombs do not believe it signals a reversal of a trend of declining attacks. But they say political maneuvering by an Iraqi leadership preparing for national elections is likely to sway decisions that are key to bolstering security.

Iraq's Refugees: Again, Spooked Away from Home (Time.com)

Posted: 12 May 2009 10:10 PM PDT

Time.com - A general improvement in security tempts a few back only to be frightened away with an increase in mayhem. But their refugee status may no longer be automatic

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