2009年10月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,351 (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:43 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at least 4,351 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Obama stands by Iraqi troop pullout (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama listens as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama renewed his vow Tuesday to have all U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by next August, while nudging Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to see that his parliament quickly passes a critical election law essential to a nationwide vote in January.


State Department employee accused of taking bribes (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:30 PM PDT

AP - Federal authorities have arrested a State Department employee suspected of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks on contracts for Iraq reconstruction work.

US report details lapses in deadly Iraq shooting (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:37 PM PDT

FILE - This undated U.S. Army photo made available Tuesday, May 12, 2009 by the Russell family shows U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Russell. Russell, accused of killing five fellow troops at a counseling center in Iraq, had been unraveling for nearly two weeks but the U.S. military lacked clear procedures to monitor him or deal with the deadly shooting spree once it began to unfold, according to a military report released Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 and obtained by The Associated Press Tuesday, Oct. 20. (AP Photo/Russell family)  NO SALESAP - The soldier at the center of the military's worst soldier-on-soldier violence in six years had gone to four counseling sessions. His rifle had been disabled out of fear for his safety. He'd even asked military police to take him into custody, saying "I'm done."


Iraq makes pitch to US investors (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 12:56 PM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend the US-Iraq Business and Investment Conference in Washington, DC. Backed by the Obama administration, Iraqi leaders made a pitch Tuesday for US investment as their economy struggles to rise from the ruins of war and the Baghdad government touts reforms.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - Iraq, backed by the Obama administration, made a pitch Tuesday for US investment as it pursues business-friendly reforms in a bid to revive its war-battered economy.


Iraqi parliament delays vote again on allowing direct elections (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 12:33 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament failed again Tuesday to vote on legislation that would allow Iraqis to cast ballots directly for candidates in parliamentary elections scheduled for January, rather than choosing political party lists that don't name the candidates.

Bombs kill 6 around Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:38 AM PDT

An Iraqi man seen by a damaged cafe in the Azamiyah area of north Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded on Sunday near a popular cafe. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Car bombs and planted explosives killed six people, mostly police, on Tuesday in different areas of Iraq as a low level insurgency continues to target the country's struggling security forces.


Obama urges passage of Iraq election law (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:20 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) listens to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday said it was important for Iraq's parliament to overcome delays and pass an election law, as he welcomed Maliki to the White House.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama Tuesday said it was important for Iraq's parliament to overcome delays and pass an election law, as he welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the White House.


Five killed in Iraq violence (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 08:08 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in central Baghdad, January 2009. Two bombings in Iraq on Tuesday killed five people, including four policemen, and wounded 16 others.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Two bombings in Iraq on Tuesday killed five people, including four policemen, and wounded 16 others, police said.


Key findings in Iraq clinic shooting investigation (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 07:28 AM PDT

AP - Key findings from a U.S. military investigation into a shooting spree last May at mental health clinic in Iraq that left five American service members dead:

Obama to meet with Iraqi leader, honor vets (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:26 AM PDT

President Barack Obama talks to third and fourth grade students at Viers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee) in the Oval Office on Tuesday morning.


Iraqi provinces shut schools over flu fears (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:22 AM PDT

An Iraqi teacher writes on the blackboard as she leads a class in Baghdad, 2008. The southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar is to close its nearly 1,500 schools in a bid to combat swine flu.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Two southern Iraqi provinces will shut their nearly 2,500 schools this week in a bid to combat swine flu, officials said on Tuesday.


Obama meets with Iraqi PM, honors vets, visits NYC (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:34 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee) in the Oval Office on Tuesday morning.

Roadside bomb kills US soldier in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:27 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American solider has been killed and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in northern Iraq.

Bomb kills US soldier in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:14 AM PDT

An American soldier was killed and another two were wounded when a bomb went off near their vehicle in northwest Iraq's Nineveh province.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - An American soldier was killed and another two were wounded when a bomb went off near their vehicle in northwest Iraq's Nineveh province, the US military said on Tuesday.


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