2009年1月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Member of Iraq president party killed in drive-by (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:54 AM CST

Ashura battle : Iraqi Shiite Muslims reenact the battle in which the revered Imam Hussein was killed, in the holy city of Karbala, about 110 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on the occasion of the Ashura mourning period. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk.

US opens world's largest foreign mission in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - Just inside the gateway of the new United States Embassy in Baghdad, a US Army lieutenant colonel acted as the diplomatic equivalent of a Wal-Mart greeter, welcoming guests Monday afternoon to the dedication ceremony for the largest – and most expensive – American mission in the world.

Opening Day for America's Enormous New Embassy in Iraq (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 11:10 PM CST

Time.com - It is meant to symbolize a new era, but its heavy security portends otherwise.

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

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 08:09 PM CST

Ashura battle : Iraqi Shiite Muslims reenact the battle in which the revered Imam Hussein was killed, in the holy city of Karbala, about 110 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on the occasion of the Ashura mourning period. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, 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.

Fewer reporters died in 2008; Iraq still deadliest (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 05:47 PM CST

AP - The Committee to Protect Journalists says Iraq remains the most lethal place for working media members despite a two-thirds decline in deaths there in 2008.

Bush chooses Uribe, Blair, Howard for high honor (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 04:52 PM CST

AP - President George W. Bush is giving the nation's highest civilian award to three foreign leaders who have been among his most loyal partners on the world stage, particularly in the Iraq war.

Baghdad Bag Claim: A (Happy) Tale of Lost Luggage (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 04:25 PM CST

Time.com - The true story of how Delta lost my luggage but the Iraqis got it to me - a parable of Iraq's new phase

Iranian Resistance Group a Source of Contention in Iraq (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 04:20 PM CST

Time.com - Iran wants the group handed over for prosecution, but the U.S. has pledged to ensure its protection under international law

Mammoth new U.S. Embassy marks new stage for Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:56 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The U.S. flag was raised Monday over the mammoth new American Embassy in Iraq, symbolizing a new era of restored Iraqi sovereignty and reduced U.S. power, despite the fact that it's the biggest American mission on Earth.

US opens new embassy in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:14 PM CST

In this handout photograph from the US Embassy, US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker (3R), Iraq President Jalal Talabani (2R) and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (R) stand to attention during the inauguration of the new US Embassy in Baghdad.(AFP/HO/Eric Brooks)AFP - The United States inaugurated its gigantic new embassy in Baghdad on Monday, ushering in what American officials described as a new era in relations with Iraq nearly six years after it invaded the country.

Iraq takes over Sunni anti-Qaeda fighters in Diyala (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:13 PM CST

An Iraqi Sunni fighter allied with US forces against Al-Qaeda in Iraq pauses alongside US soldiers during the launch of Operation Grim Ghost in the deserts of the restive Diyala Province, northeast of Baghdad, in 2008. Around 9,000 Sunni militia from restive Diyala province who have helped the US battle Al-Qaeda will now take their payments from the Iraqi government, the US military said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - Around 9,000 Sunni militia from restive Diyala province who have helped the United States battle Al-Qaeda will now take their payments from the Iraqi government, the US military said on Monday.

Victims of Blackwater shooting await guards' trial (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 01:42 PM CST

Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, before the House Oversight Committee hearing examining the mission and performance of Blackwater in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than a year after a shooting incident in Baghdad's Nisoor Square left at least 14 Iraqi civilians dead, the rules under which security firms operate in Iraq are still muddled. a new U.S.-Iraqi security agreement that takes effect Jan. 1, 2009 isn't offering any help on the central question of whether Blackwater's roughly 1,000 guards working in Iraq are subject to that nation's courts. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)AP - Iraqis wounded by gunfire in a Baghdad square 15 months ago are awaiting with guarded hopes the beginning of court proceedings against five former private Blackwater Worldwide security guards.

Turkey, Iran bombard Kurdish rebels in Iraq: PKK (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 01:15 PM CST

A PKK guerrilla fighter walks into a stone hut in a camp located along the Iraq-Iran border in the mountains of northern Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region, in 2006. Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Monday, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Monday, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.

US ambassador: 2009 key year for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 12:34 PM CST

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker speaks during a ceremony to mark the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The embassy in Baghdad is one of the largest U.S. embassies in the world. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraq has made tremendous progress in recent months but the United States must remain engaged over the long term if it wants those gains to solidify, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said.

U.S. opens new Iraq embassy (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 09:16 AM CST

U.S. marines raise the U.S. flag during a formal opening of the new U.S. embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone January 5, 2009. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)Reuters - The United States dedicated its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.

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