2009年1月7日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq sends 30,000 troops to guard Karbala pilgrims (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:39 AM CST

An Iranian man covered in mud stands near a fire to dry himself during the Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 491 km (307 miles) southwest of Tehran, January 7, 2009. Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during the first ten days of the Islamic month of Moharram. Imam Hussein was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in Iraq some 1,300 years ago. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN)AP - An Iraqi official says 30,000 policemen and soldiers have been deployed to the holy city of Karbala to protect two million Shiite pilgrims there.

Former Blackwater guards plead not guilty (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 07:55 PM CST

Blackwater Worldwide security guard Donald Ball leaves the federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, after pleading not guilty to manslaughter charges. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded Baghdad square that killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured dozens of others.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,222 (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 07:14 PM CST

An Iranian man covered in mud stands near a fire to dry himself during the Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 491 km (307 miles) southwest of Tehran, January 7, 2009. Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during the first ten days of the Islamic month of Moharram. Imam Hussein was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in Iraq some 1,300 years ago. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN)AP - As of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at least 4,222 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Five Blackwater guards plead not guilty to manslaughter (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 05:28 PM CST

Blackwater security guards aboard a helicopter as it flies over Baghdad in 2006. Five former guards from US security firm Blackwater Worldwide, a State Department contractor in Iraq, Tuesday pleaded not guilty to killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others by gunfire and grenades at a busy Baghdad intersection in 2007.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - Five former guards from US security firm Blackwater Worldwide, a State Department contractor in Iraq, Tuesday pleaded not guilty to killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others by gunfire and grenades at a busy Baghdad intersection in 2007.

Judge sets trial in 2010 for Blackwater guards (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:36 PM CST

Blackwater security guards aboard a helicopter as it flies over Baghdad in 2006. Five former guards from US security firm Blackwater Worldwide, a State Department contractor in Iraq, Tuesday pleaded not guilty to killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others by gunfire and grenades at a busy Baghdad intersection in 2007.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)Reuters - A federal judge on Tuesday set a trial for early next year for five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that strained U.S.-Iraqi relations.

Iraq bans women from shrine through bomber was a man (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 02:17 PM CST

Shiite Muslim women, prevented by Iraqi police commandos from entering the perimeter of the Imam Musa al-Khadim shrine, sit and wait in the Kadhimiya neighbourhood of Baghdad. The Iraqi authorities on Tuesday banned women from visiting a Baghdad district which is home to the city's most famous Shiite tomb after a woman suicide bomber killed 35 people there during the weekend.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraqi authorities on Tuesday enforced a two-day ban on women visiting a shrine in Baghdad despite revealing that a suicide bomber who killed 35 people on Sunday was a man and not a woman as initially stated.

Tight security for Iraqi Shi'ite rite (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 01:54 PM CST

Iraqi policemen look at veiled women passing in front of the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine, the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad January 4, 2009. A female suicide bomber infiltrated a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 79 at a Shi'ite shrine in Baghdad on Sunday. (Bassim Shati/Reuters)Reuters - Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites flocked to holy sites on Tuesday to observe a religious rite amid tight security, days after a bomber killed at least 35 pilgrims.

Feds plan to charge Seattle man for Iraq death (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 12:56 PM CST

AP - Federal prosecutors intend to charge a former security contractor for Blackwater USA in the killing of an Iraqi guard in 2006, his lawyer said Tuesday.

US, Iraqi troops get the picture (not their man) (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 12:09 PM CST

AP - Army Capt. Christopher Loftis took in the scene: Iraqi soldiers raiding the home of a suspected insurgent wanted for participating in deadly attacks against U.S. and Iraqi troops.

Wailing Shiite pilgrims throng holy Iraq city (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 09:47 AM CST

Shiite Muslims beat their chests in a ceremony during the Ashura mourning period in Karbala. Shiites in their hundreds of thousands crowded the streets of Karbala, many beating their own backs with metal chains as the annual Ashura ceremonies began building towards a peak.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Shiites in their hundreds of thousands crowded the streets of Karbala on Tuesday, many beating their own backs with metal chains as the annual Ashura ceremonies built towards a peak.

Iraqi killed as US troops open fire on car (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 06:37 AM CST

US soldiers gather at their base near Baquba, 2006. American troops opened fire and killed a passenger in a car in central Iraq after the vehicle failed to heed warnings to keep its distance from a military convoy.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - American troops opened fire and killed a passenger in a car in central Iraq after the vehicle failed to heed warnings to keep its distance from a military convoy, the US military said Tuesday.

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