2009年9月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Baghdad Green Zone attacked during Biden visit (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 04:11 PM PDT

The US Vice President Joe Biden briefs media in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Four mortar shells landed in the Green Zone as Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq Tuesday on a previously unannounced mission to help the country resolve its differences ahead of America's military withdrawal.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Insurgents fired four mortar shells at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two civilians, on the same day Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit to help resolve political differences among Iraqis.

Mortars hit Baghdad Green Zone during Biden visit (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 01:47 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden greets Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari (2nd L) as U.S. military commander in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno and U.S. ambassador Christopher Hill (2nd R) look on as he arrives in Baghdad September 15, 2009. Biden arrived in Iraq on an unannounced visit on Tuesday to keep up U.S. pressure on Iraq's leaders to reach political compromises on thorny issues as U.S. combat troops prepare to go home. REUTERS/Ross ColvinReuters - Militants fired several mortars or rockets at Baghdad's fortified Green Zone government district on Tuesday shortly after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden flew in, underlining the fragility of Iraq's security gains.

Iraq shoe-thrower flies out after release (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, gives a press conference at the al-Baghdadia offices in Baghdad. Zaidi was freed on Tuesday and went into hiding fearing for his life before flying out of the country.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush was freed on Tuesday and went into hiding fearing for his life before flying out of the country.

Iraqi shoe thrower released; says he was tortured (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:52 PM PDT

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, center, an Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush, is seen on his release from a Baghdad prison Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was deeply embarrassed by his act of protest. Al-Maliki was standing beside Bush at a Dec. 14 news conference when the reporter suddenly shot up from his chair had hurled his shoes toward the podium. Bush was unhurt but had to duck twice to avoid being hit. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in protest was freed from prison on Tuesday and, unrepentant, he harshly condemned the U.S. presence in his country and accused authorities of torturing him.

Mortars land near US embassy as VP Biden visits Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:16 PM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden, speaks to the press at the US Embassy in Baghdad's fortified AFP - A barrage of mortar shells landed near the US Embassy in Baghdad just hours after American Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi capital on a surprise visit Tuesday, a security official said.

Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush released from jail (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 11:55 AM PDT

A protester displays a shoe stuck to a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush during a protest in Amman December 20, 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad HamedReuters - An Iraqi reporter who shot to worldwide fame when he hurled his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush was released from prison Tuesday and accused the Iraqi guards who seized him of beating and electrocuting him.

UK military police investigate new Iraq rape claim (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:19 AM PDT

In this Sept. 11, 2009 photo, military personnel move on a staged Iraqi village as part of transition training on post at Fort Riley, Kan., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. A mission that has trained more than 15,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen to be advisers in Afghanistan and Iraq is leaving Kansas after three years, shifting focus as it moves to Louisiana. Instead of training teams of 12 to 16 people, the mission to be based at Fort Polk, La. will turn combat brigades of 3,500 soldiers into a brigade focused on advising. The change is part of the next phase in Iraq aimed at the withdrawal of troops in 2011. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - British military police were investigating an allegation that two soldiers raped and maimed an Iraqi man at a base in 2003, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

US Vice President Biden visits Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:27 AM PDT

US Senator Joseph Biden answers journalists' questions in Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, in 2007. Biden arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday, his third trip to Iraq this year, for talks with the conflict-hit nation's political leaders and to meet American troops.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday on his third trip to the country this year, for talks with top Iraqi leaders and to meet American troops, a US Embassy spokeswoman said.

Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush released from prison (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:06 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-President George W. Bush last year was freed from prison Tuesday, expressing no remorse for hurling what he called a "flower to the occupier."

(AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:40 AM PDT

AP - Vice President Joe Biden in Iraq to meet with U.S. troops, Iraqi leaders.

China training Afghans, Iraqis in mine clearance (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 03:37 AM PDT

AP - China's army is training Iraqi and Afghan soldiers to clear land mines, a sign of Beijing's desire to expand engagement with the two countries despite wariness over the presence of U.S. forces.

(AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 02:59 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi shoe thrower says he was beaten, tortured with electric shocks first days in custody.

Iraqi shoe-thrower freed from jail: brother (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 02:08 AM PDT

File picture of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, was released from prison.(AFP/Future TV/File)AFP - Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, was released from prison on Tuesday, his brother Uday told AFP.

Iraqi, Syrian officials meet in Turkey (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 01:46 AM PDT

A wreath is placed in the bomb crater caused by the August 19, or AFP - Officials from Iraq and Syria are to meet Tuesday to discuss tensions stemming from Iraqi accusations that militants based in Syria are responsible for bomb attacks in Baghdad, Turkish and Iraqi officials said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,344 (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 07:04 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at least 4,344 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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