2009年1月19日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Suicide bomber kills Sunni leader in north Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:28 AM CST

A member of the Iraqi security forces sits atop a vehicle mounted with automatic weapons in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra. A suicide bomber in northern Iraq killed four people on Monday, including a senior Sunni politician, in the latest violence to hit the country ahead of provincial elections, police said.(AFP/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - A suicide bomber in northern Iraq killed four people on Monday, including a senior Sunni politician, in the latest violence to hit the country ahead of provincial elections, police said.

Al-Sadr's followers eye comeback in Jan. 31 vote (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 08:33 PM CST

A poster depicting radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shares space with campaign posters for candidates in the upcoming provincial elections in Amarah, Iraq, is seen in his office on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Supporters of al-Sadr are hoping for a comeback in regional elections to win back their place as major political players after a string of military and political setbacks last year. The Sadrists' best chance for success could be here in Amarah, an oil-rich area near the Iranian border that had been controlled by the cleric's followers until a crackdown last year by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hope to win back their position as a major force in this month's regional elections after a string of military and political setbacks last year.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,228 (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 06:30 PM CST

A member of the Iraqi security forces sits atop a vehicle mounted with automatic weapons in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra. A suicide bomber in northern Iraq killed four people on Monday, including a senior Sunni politician, in the latest violence to hit the country ahead of provincial elections, police said.(AFP/Essam -al-Sudani)AP - As of Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at least 4,228 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Suicide bomber kills deputy head of Iraq Sunni party (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:23 PM CST

Reuters - A suicide bomber on Sunday killed a deputy leader of an influential Iraqi Sunni Arab political party as he and other politicians met to discuss an upcoming provincial election, the party's leader said.

US soldier killed in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 10:27 AM CST

An American soldier was fatally wounded in a roadside bombing which targeted his patrol in the east of the Iraqi capital.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - An American soldier was fatally wounded in a roadside bombing which targeted his patrol in the east of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, the US military said.

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