2009年12月2日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Conflictiing portraits emerge of accused Marine (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:12 PM PST

FILE  - This May 30, 2007 file photo shows U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani arriving at a preliminary hearing where he is charged with violation of a lawful order and dereliction of duty at Camp Pendleton, Calif. A military panel is convening at Camp Pendleton on Wednesday Dec. 2, 2009 to decide whether Chessani should be demoted for failing to investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in November 2005.  (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)AP - A government prosecutor on Wednesday portrayed a Marine Corps officer facing demotion as a negligent, substandard commander for not investigating the killing of 24 Iraqi men, women and children by Marines under his command.


February 27 Iraq election date 'feasible': UN (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST

An Iraqi woman sits near election posters plastered on a concrete barrier in central Baghdad in January 2009. It would be AFP - The United Nations on Wednesday proposed February 27 as the most "feasible" date for Iraqi parliamentary elections, nearly a month later than the deadline set by the constitution.


Officials: Iraq likely to postpone election (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:27 AM PST

Iraqi police officers are seen at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Fewer than 90 civilians were killed in violence in November in one of the lowest monthly death tolls in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's scheduled January elections may be postponed by more than a month because of a dispute over an election law, officials said Wednesday, a delay that could threaten the planned U.S. withdrawal of combat troops.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,367 (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:52 PM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, at least 4,367 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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