2009年2月15日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Are Shi'ite Feuds Driving Iraq's Lingering Violence? (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 10:40 PM CST

Time.com - Suspicions over an attack in Karbala underscore growing alienation of ordinary Shi'ites from the political parties that claim to represent them

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,245 (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 06:14 PM CST

U.S. soldiers from 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard dig through hay in search of weapon caches during Operation Bonzai XL in Baghdad's Adhamiya district February 13, 2009. Picture taken February 13, 2009. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Spc. Colton Allred/Handout (IRAQ)AP - As of Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, at least 4,245 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi election commission acknowledges fraud (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:48 PM CST

U.S. soldiers from 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard dig through hay in search of weapon caches during Operation Bonzai XL in Baghdad's Adhamiya district February 13, 2009. Picture taken February 13, 2009. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Spc. Colton Allred/Handout (IRAQ)AP - Iraqi officials acknowledged Sunday that there was some fraud in last month's provincial elections but not enough to force a new vote in any province.

Too many Iraqis in government jobs: UN (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:45 PM CST

A new Iraqi oil refinery plant in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in 2008. Iraq is employing too many people in government jobs and a precipitous fall in oil prices makes the situation untenable, a United Nations report warned on Sunday.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Iraq is employing too many people in government jobs and a precipitous fall in oil prices makes the situation untenable, a United Nations report warned on Sunday.

Iraq hands back Asian Cup -- dents an' all (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:28 PM CST

A player of the victorious Iraqi national football team holds up their Asia Cup 2007 trophy upon their arrival in Amman international airport in 2007. It was hailed around the world as a triumph of the spirit for a war-torn country but it seems that Iraqis could not contain their joy after winning the Asian Cup football title in 2007.(AFP/File)AFP - It was hailed around the world as a triumph of the spirit for a war-torn country but it seems that Iraqis could not contain their joy after winning the Asian Cup football title in 2007.

Four Iraqis and US soldier killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:23 PM CST

US Military Police patrol Tahrir Square in central Baghdad. At least four Iraqis died in attacks around the country on Sunday, including a man killed in a blast in Baghdad's Shiite slum district of Sadr City, Iraqi medical and security officials said.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - At least four Iraqis died in attacks around the country on Sunday, including a man killed in a blast in Baghdad's Shiite slum district of Sadr City, Iraqi medical and security officials said.

Iraq poll results due after 'minor' fraud (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 10:37 AM CST

US soldiers stand guard as Iraqi women enter a polling station in the town of Khanaqin on January 31, 2009. Final results of Iraq's provincial polls are to be announced on Wednesday, more than two weeks after the vote, following a probe into AFP - Final results of Iraq's provincial polls are to be announced on Wednesday, more than two weeks after the vote, following a probe into "minor" fraud cases, an electoral commission official said.

Heavy security for Shiite pilgrims in Iraq holy city (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 07:42 AM CST

Iraqi Shiite women smack their hands on their heads and weep as they lament the death of the Imam Hussein on February 14, 2009. Iraqi security forces, including snipers and undercover agents, have deployed in force in Karbala to protect millions of Shiite pilgrims gathered for a ceremony already blighted by deadly bombings, police said on Sunday.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Iraqi security forces, including snipers and undercover agents, have deployed in force in Karbala to protect millions of Shiite pilgrims gathered for a ceremony already blighted by deadly bombings, police said on Sunday.

One dead in Baghdad's Sadr City blast (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 04:59 AM CST

US soldiers outside a shop close to a roadside bomb that exploded in Baghdad's Sadr City on February 15 that killed at least one person.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A bomb blast near a market in Baghdad's Shiite slum district of Sadr City killed a man and wounded 19 other people on Sunday, Iraqi medical and security officials said.

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