2009年1月1日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

U.S. troops under Iraq's authority for first time (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 01:49 AM CST

U.S. soldiers wait before going out on a mission under the 'Crossed-Sabers'-- a towering 160-tonne, bronze monument of two crossed swords held in Saddam's hands, at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad December 7, 2008. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. military in Iraq came under Iraqi authority on Thursday for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003, a milestone in the war-weary country's path to restoring sovereignty.

US deaths down in Iraq in 2008, up in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 12:13 AM CST

US soldiers dance during a New Year celebration at their camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - U.S. military deaths in Iraq plunged by two-thirds in 2008 from the previous year, a reflection of the improving security following the U.S. military's counterinsurgency campaign and al-Qaida's slow retreat from the battlefield. By comparison, the war in Afghanistan saw American military deaths rise by 35 percent in 2008 as Islamic extremists shift their focus to a new front with the West.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,221 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 07:18 PM CST

U.S. soldiers wait before going out on a mission under the 'Crossed-Sabers'-- a towering 160-tonne, bronze monument of two crossed swords held in Saddam's hands, at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad December 7, 2008. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)AP - As of Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at least 4,221 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

A new era dawns in Iraq, but fear of the old still holds sway (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 06:00 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD_ With the arrival of 2009, Iraq has achieved, at least on paper, something it hasn't enjoyed since American troops entered the country almost six years ago and toppled the long ruling Baath party regime of Saddam Hussein: the declaration that it is a sovereign nation, free of a United Nations mandate that allowed the U.S. to run Iraqi affairs.

Cult-like Iranian militant group worries about its future in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:00 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - CAMP ASHRAF, Iraq — Elham Zanjani is pretty at 29. Her long eyelashes curl up perfectly and her tan skin is a creamy brown. Nine years ago she was studying at York University, engaged to another Iranian Canadian and living in her hometown of Toronto.

UK turns Iraqi suspects over to Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:56 PM CST

AP - Two men accused of killing British soldiers have been turned over to Iraqi authorities in defiance of Europe's top human rights court, Britain's defense secretary said Wednesday.

Violence kills eight in northern Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:54 AM CST

Iraqi soldiers stand guard at the site of of a road side bomb that punctured the tyres of their armoured vehicle in the northern city of Mosul, November 2008. Eight people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in violence in northern Iraq, where US and Iraqi forces have been struggling to root out insurgents, police said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Eight people were killed and more than 50 wounded on Wednesday in violence in northern Iraq, where US and Iraqi forces have been struggling to root out insurgents, police said.

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 09:46 AM CST

Smoke fills the sky following a suicide bomb outside the 'Green Zone' in central Baghdad on November 2008. Two US soldiers have died from injuries sustained in attacks in Baghdad and executed president Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the US military said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Two US soldiers died on Wednesday from injuries sustained in attacks in Baghdad and executed president Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the US military said.

Police arrest Shiite cult leader in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:54 AM CST

U.S. soldiers wait before going out on a mission under the 'Crossed-Sabers'-- a towering 160-tonne, bronze monument of two crossed swords held in Saddam's hands, at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad December 7, 2008. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)AP - Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a leading figure in a messianic Shiite cult that has battled with Iraqi and U.S. forces, possibly thwarting plans by the group to carry out attacks against hundreds of thousands of pilgrims that will gather next week at one of Iraq's holiest shrines.

Iraq invites new tenders for oil, gas fields (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:39 AM CST

A file photo from May 2008 shows US troops near empty oil tanks south of Baghdad. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani announced on Wednesday a new international tender for development of 11 oil and gas fields in a bid to ramp up the nation's lagging oil production.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani announced Wednesday the launch of a new international tender for development of 11 oil and gas fields in a bid to ramp up the nation's lagging oil production.

Iraq opens nearly 90 pct of its oil reserves (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:28 AM CST

U.S. soldiers wait before going out on a mission under the 'Crossed-Sabers'-- a towering 160-tonne, bronze monument of two crossed swords held in Saddam's hands, at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad December 7, 2008. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)AP - Iraq, the holder of the world's third-largest oil reserves, has opened nearly 90 percent of its reserves to international oil companies for development in two major bidding rounds this year as the war-plagued country tries to raise money amid falling oil prices.

Iraq set to take greater control of its airspace (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:47 AM CST

A radar dish scans the airspace over a US military base in northern Iraq. The US military has prepared to turn over a swathe of Iraqi airspace ahead of the expiry of a UN mandate in another step that edges Baghdad closer to full sovereignty.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - The US military prepared to turn over a swathe of Iraqi airspace on Wednesday ahead of the expiry of a UN mandate in another step that edges Baghdad closer to full sovereignty.

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