2009年1月26日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis to vote, but not along sectarian lines (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 10:06 PM CST

A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign rally for former Iraqi premier Ibrahim al-Jaafari in northwest Baghdad. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the president of its autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, exchanged barbs on Sunday in the run-up to this month's provincial elections.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - People from Baghdad's Shiite and Sunni neighbourhoods of Kadhimiyah and Adhamiyah, which face each other across the Tigris River, agree on one thing -- voting and religion do not mix in Iraq.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,232 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 06:08 PM CST

US troops stand guard in front of a wall plastered with provincial election posters of the Organisation for Iraq's Islamic Advocates during a patrol in central Baghdad's Karrada district on January 25.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, at least 4,232 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Iraq PM, Kurd leader trade barbs ahead of polls (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 02:58 PM CST

A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign rally for former Iraqi premier Ibrahim al-Jaafari in northwest Baghdad. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the president of its autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, exchanged barbs on Sunday in the run-up to this month's provincial elections.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the president of its autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, exchanged barbs on Sunday in the run-up to this month's provincial elections.


Iraqi prime minister lectures against sectarianism (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 11:04 AM CST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, confers with an advisor during a conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Iraq's prime minister says sectarianism is behind 'the destruction of the country' and Iraqis need to tackle the roots of the problem. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister on Sunday blamed sectarianism for destroying the country, as he tried to tap into a backlash against religious parties before next weekend's nationwide provincial elections.


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