2009年1月29日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi courts to decide fate of America's detainees (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - Within days the US military will begin transferring 1,500 detainees – many of them suspected bombmakers, insurgents, and criminals – every month for the next year to Iraqi authorities. Iraqi courts will then decide who should be freed and who should stay in jail.

Iraqis vote in al Qaeda's last stronghold (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 12:49 AM CST

Iraqi election officials match the serial number of a lock used to fasten the ballot box at a general counting centre in central Baghdad, after closing polling stations in Baghdad, January 28, 2009. Soldiers, police, prisoners and displaced people cast early ballots on Wednesday in provincial polls that will define Iraq's political landscape as U.S. forces withdraw and Iraqi forces seek to defend a fragile calm. Polls open to the general public on Saturday in the first Iraqi election since 2005. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)Reuters - In Iraq's most violent province, where al Qaeda and a medley of insurgent groups are making a last stand, an election in two days could help bring peace or stoke fresh conflict between Arabs and Kurds.

'Difficult decisions' on Iraq, Afghanistan ahead: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 11:03 PM CST

US President Barack Obama (R) greets members of the US Armed Forces after meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on January 28. Obama said he had AFP - President Barack Obama said he had "difficult decisions" to make on Iraq and Afghanistan after his first meeting as commander-in-chief at the Pentagon with military brass.

Obama says tough decisions soon on Iraq, Afghan wars (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:57 PM CST

Girls present flowers to U.S. soldiers during the opening of a school after its renovation in Baghdad's Shorja market district January 27, 2009. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)Reuters - The United States must make tough decisions soon about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday after receiving his first briefing from the heads of the U.S. armed forces.

Obama: Tough decisions on Iraq, Afghanistan loom (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:49 PM CST

President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, left, and service chiefs speaks with reporters during a visit to the Pentagon, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama said the fight against terrorism is "uppermost on our minds" as he takes over management of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but his first visit to the Pentagon as president ended with no decision on his campaign pledge to bring combat forces home from Iraq in 16 months.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,236 (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:39 PM CST

An electoral worker ties a ballot box after closing the polling station in Baghdad January 28, 2009. Soldiers, police, prisoners and displaced people began early voting on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's provincial election in Iraq, which will determine the political landscape across the country as U.S. forces withdraw. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)AP - As of Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at least 4,236 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Army questions aspects of injured soldier's story (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 05:37 PM CST

An electoral worker ties a ballot box after closing the polling station in Baghdad January 28, 2009. Soldiers, police, prisoners and displaced people began early voting on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's provincial election in Iraq, which will determine the political landscape across the country as U.S. forces withdraw. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)AP - The Army on Wednesday challenged an injured military police officer's account that he received a severe shock while he was showering in Iraq.

Obama: Tough decisions soon on Iraq, Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 04:50 PM CST

President Barack Obama speaks surrounded by service chiefs to the media during a visit to the Pentagon, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, in Washington. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey is at left and U.S. Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff is at right.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday his administration would have to make tough decisions soon on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, after convening his first meeting of U.S. military chiefs.

Iraq Gearing Up for Lockdown on Election Day (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 04:15 PM CST

Time.com - The country is going all out to block attempts to disrupt the vote with violence. And yes, it's prepared to go after ballot fraud too

Analysis: Saturday's elections a crucial test for Iraqi democracy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:33 PM CST

An Iraqi policeman, right, casts his vote in the country's provincial elections in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Full-scale voting is scheduled for Saturday to pick regional councils across much of Iraq. But special ballot boxes were brought early to detention facilities, hospitals and police and military units needed for the sweeping anti-terrorism measures that include vehicle bans and double-ring cordons around polling sites. (AP Photo)McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — This Saturday, when Iraqis cast their ballots for 14 provincial councils, will be the first real test of Iraq's American-made democracy. Whether Iraqis reject or accept peaceful transfers of power will be the first credible indication of whether departing U.S. troops will leave behind a democratic Iraq or a failed state.

Big turnout as Iraqis vote in first stage of election (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:27 PM CST

An Iraqi police woman casts her vote in the provincial elections in the Shiite Muslim city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. Several hundred thousand Iraqis voted on Wednesday in the first stage of a landmark provincial election, the country's first ballot since 2005, with officials reporting a high turnout.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - Several hundred thousand Iraqis voted on Wednesday in the first stage of a landmark provincial election, the country's first ballot since 2005, with officials reporting a high turnout.

Japan ex-PM on rare Iraq visit (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:52 AM CST

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R) meets former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe for talks in Baghdad. Abe signed a partnership accord with Iraq on Wednesday, on a rare visit to the country for a senior leader of the close US ally.(AFP/POOL/Saad Shalash)AFP - Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe signed a partnership accord with Iraq on Wednesday, on a rare visit to the country for a senior leader of the close US ally.

Iraq sends Syria first ambassador in decades (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:54 AM CST

Reuters - Iraq will send Syria its first ambassador since around the time Saddam Hussein became president in 1979, a government official said Wednesday.

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