2009年11月15日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US camp in Iraq was Qaeda breeding ground, say ex-inmates (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST

US soldiers guard Camp Bucca prison on the outskirts of the southern city of Basra, 550 kms from Baghdad, in September 2009. Iraq's Camp Bucca, the US-run jail where around 100,000 prisoners were kept over six years, was a breeding ground for the Al-Qaeda terror network, according to police and former inmates.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq's Camp Bucca, the US-run jail where around 100,000 prisoners were kept over six years, was a breeding ground for the Al-Qaeda terror network, according to police and former inmates.


Iraqi Sunni Arab VP threatens to veto election law (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:05 AM PST

In this , Saturday, Feb. 18,  2006 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashimi, gestures as he speaks to the press following his meeting with other politicians and President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad ,Iraq. Hashimi said Sunday Nov. 15, 2009, that he cannot approve the country's election law unless changes are made giving Iraqis living abroad more guaranteed seats in parliament. His move throws the country's national vote in January into question.(AP Photo/Ali Al-Saadi, Pool)AP - Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president threatened Sunday to veto the country's election law unless changes are made giving Iraqis living abroad more guaranteed seats in parliament, throwing the January vote into question.


Bingo! In quieter Baghdad, beloved game is back (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:30 AM PST

This Oct. 17, 2009 shows an Alwiyah Club employ announcing the winners of a bingo game in Baghdad, Iraq. After years of bombings, sectarian killings and shootings that drove most of its members away, Baghdad's elite social club is seeing a resurgence and there is no better sign of it than the weekly Saturday night bingo games, where the crowd can reach hundreds and range from teenagers to grandparents. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - It's Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing — playing bingo.


Trial of British contractor in Iraq postponed (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2009 03:01 AM PST

AP - The trial of a British security contractor accused of shooting two colleagues to death has been postponed, an Iraqi official said Sunday.

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