2009年5月29日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Bomb kills 4 north of Baghdad, say Iraqi police (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:56 PM PDT

An honor guard carries the casket  of Iraqi national football coach Emmanuel Baba Dawud, one of Iraq's most revered sports figures, during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 29, 2009. Dawud, known as Ammo Baba, shot to football fame in Iraq after scoring the country's first goal in an international game in the 1957 Pan Arab games. Dawud died of cancer Wednesday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A bomb exploded inside a bus station north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least four people and wounding 10, police said, the deadliest in a series of attacks in northern Iraq.


Unease as Iraqis prepare to take over in cities (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 09:53 AM PDT

AP - Three years ago, the U.S. thinned out its presence in Baghdad and Iraqi forces could not stem the tide of sectarian fighting. By the end of June, Iraq's forces will again be in control of their cities — and many Iraqis wonder if they are up to the task.

US soldier killed in northern Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 07:15 AM PDT

A US soldier patrols south of Baghdad in March 2008. An American soldier was killed when a grenade exploded near his patrol in restive Nineveh province in northern Iraq on Friday, the US army said in a statement.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - An American soldier was killed when a grenade exploded near his patrol in restive Nineveh province in northern Iraq on Friday, the US army said in a statement.


Ask AP: Shut stores' electricity, Muqtada al-Sadr (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 07:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, May 2, 2009 picture, Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is surrounded by security agents as he leaves his hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.  A reader-submitted question about  Curiosity about al-Sadr inspired one of the questions that is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP'.  (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - What ever happened to Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric who once had a recurring role in news stories about the Iraq war?


US soldier killed in northern Iraq, military says (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 06:29 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in a grenade attack in northern Iraq.

Iraq's Sadr wants 'depraved' homosexuality eradicated (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 03:11 AM PDT

Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, seen here on May 02, has ordered the AFP - Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has ordered the "depravity" of homosexuality be eradicated but warned against the anti-gay violence that has recently erupted, a spokesman said on Friday.


Bush misses seeing G.I.'s, White House food (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 03:58 AM PDT

Former US President George W. Bush speaks in Baghdad in 2008. Most Americans do not believe Congress should investigate officials in the previous administration for authorizing the use of harsh interrogation procedures, including waterboarding, a poll released Wednesday found.(AFP/Pool/Mohammed Jalil)AP - Flying on Air Force One, eating meals prepared by the White House kitchen staff and drawing inspiration from his encounters with U.S. military personnel were among things former President George W. Bush missed since leaving office, he said Thursday.


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