2009年6月21日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,316 (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 05:01 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, June 21, 2009, at least 4,316 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Chaplain dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - The Rev. Tim Vakoc, a Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago, has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Sunday. He was 49.

Britain names two UK hostages killed in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 01:37 PM PDT

A man who identified himself as Peter Moore speaks in this frame grab from a video released by Al Arabiya February 26, 2008. REUTERS/Al Arabiya via Reuters TVReuters - The dead bodies of two Britons taken hostage in Iraq in 2007 and handed to UK officials in Baghdad late on Friday have been provisionally identified, the British government said on Sunday.

Iraqis hunt for relatives in rubble of deadly truck bombing (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 12:34 PM PDT

An Iraqi policeman surveys the damage from a truck bomb that exploded the day before in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Residents of the town hit by Iraq's bloodiest attack in 16 months searched for their loved ones on Sunday after a massive truck bombing killed 72 people and destroyed dozens of houses.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Residents of the town hit by Iraq's bloodiest attack in 16 months searched for their loved ones on Sunday after a massive truck bombing killed 72 people and destroyed dozens of houses.

Britain names dead hostages in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 12:25 PM PDT

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows a convoy of British armoured vehicles pulling out from Basra Palace, 2007. The bodies of two British bodyguards among five men held hostage in Iraq for two years were identified and named on Sunday, as London called for the release of the remaining captives.(AFP/MOD-HO/File)AFP - Britain identified the bodies Sunday of two bodyguards who were among five men held hostage in Iraq for two years, and called for the immediate release of the remaining captives.

Iraq to assess payout claims from victims of US ops (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 12:05 PM PDT

An US Marine hands out compensation to Iraqis who were detained and later not allowed to cross the main check point into the city of Fallujah in 2005. Iraq has formed a committee to assess claims for compensation from people who have suffered because of US military operations since the start of the year, the government said on Sunday.(AFP/POOL/File/Hrvoje Polan)AFP - Iraq has formed a committee to assess claims for compensation from people who have suffered because of US military operations since the start of the year, the government said on Sunday.

Bodies of 2 British hostages identified (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 09:35 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman surveys the damage from a truck bomb that exploded the day before in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Residents of the town hit by Iraq's bloodiest attack in 16 months were searched for their loved ones after a massive truck bombing killed 72 people and destroyed dozens of houses.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AP - Two bodies handed over to British authorities in Iraq have been identified as bodyguards kidnapped in Baghdad two years ago, the government said Sunday.

Death toll from Iraq's Kirkuk blast rises to 73 (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 09:03 AM PDT

Reuters - The death toll from Iraq's deadliest bombing in more than a year rose to 73, police said on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives outside a mosque in the north of the country.

Foreign Office names dead Iraq hostages (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 07:31 AM PDT

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows a convoy of British armoured vehicles pulling out from Basra Palace, 2007. The bodies of two British bodyguards among five men held hostage in Iraq for two years were identified and named on Sunday, as London called for the release of the remaining captives.(AFP/MOD-HO/File)AFP - The Foreign Office said Sunday the bodies handed over in Iraq were "highly likely" to be those of two bodyguards who were among five men taken hostage in Baghdad in May 2007.

Iraq insurgents kill nine police (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 07:14 AM PDT

Iraqi police stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad on June 5. Insurgents have shot dead nine Iraqi policemen in an attack and subsequent clashes in a west Baghdad neighbourhood, police and government officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Insurgents have shot dead nine police in Iraq's two most populous cities of Baghdad and Mosul, police and government officials said on Sunday.

Insurgents kill six police in Baghdad violence (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 03:39 AM PDT

Iraqi police stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad on June 5. Insurgents have shot dead nine Iraqi policemen in an attack and subsequent clashes in a west Baghdad neighbourhood, police and government officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Insurgents have shot dead six Iraqi policemen in an attack and subsequent clashes in a west Baghdad neighbourhood, police and government officials said on Sunday.

Iraq the 'moral' victors at Confed Cup: coach (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 03:32 AM PDT

Iraq coach Bora Milutinovic pictured during the Fifa Confederations Cup match between Iraq and New Zealand at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, June 20. Milutinovic believes his Asian champions acquitted themselves well in the tournament despite failing to make the semi-finals.(AFP/Francois Xavier Marit)AFP - Iraq take their leave of the Confederations Cup without a goal to their name but their tactical nous has left good impressions on South Africa.

Iraqis happy at U.S. pull out, but fear more attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 02:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi taxi driver Haitham Nief is looking forward to the partial pull out of U.S. combat troops this month from the northern city of Mosul and elsewhere.

British hostages' families 'clinging to hope' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 10:12 PM PDT

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows a convoy of British armoured vehicles pulling out from Basra Palace, 2007. The Foreign Office said Sunday the bodies handed over in Iraq were AFP - The families of five Britons taken hostage in Iraq were "clinging on to hope" as they awaited results from post-mortems on two bodies handed over in Baghdad.

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