2009年2月21日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,247 (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:52 PM CST

A US soldier, a candidate in local elections last month and an Iraqi policeman were killed in violence around the country on Saturday, the military and police said.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AP - As of Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at least 4,247 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Analysis: Obama faces split opinion on Iraq future (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 04:01 PM CST

In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 picture, U.S. soldiers stand guard after a road side bomb blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq. One person was killed and 18 were wounded in the blast, police said. President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed as a candidate.

US tests military exit routes out of Iraq (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 02:04 PM CST

In this June 22, 2003 file photo, a US Apache attack helicopter provides cover to a US military convoy as they travel along the highway at Hit, Iraq, 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Baghdad , Iraq. The American military is shipping battlefield equipment through Jordan and Kuwait, testing possible exit routes in advance of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq, military officials said. The convoys — carrying armored vehicles, weapons and other items — mark the Pentagon's first steps in confronting the complex logistics of transporting the huge arsenal stockpiled in Iraq over nearly six years. (AP Photo/Ali Haider)AP - The American military is shipping battlefield equipment through Jordan and Kuwait, testing possible exit routes in advance of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq, military officials said.

US soldier, two Iraqis killed in attacks (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 01:08 PM CST

A US soldier, a candidate in local elections last month and an Iraqi policeman were killed in violence around the country on Saturday, the military and police said.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - A US soldier, a candidate in local elections last month and an Iraqi policeman were killed in violence around the country on Saturday, the military and police said.

With new name and fresh paint, Abu Ghraib reopens (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 12:00 PM CST

Guards stand at the entrance of a renovated Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Iraq has reopened the notorious Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad, but it has a new name and officials promise more humane treatment of prisoners. The compound has come to symbolize American abuses after photos released in 2004 showed U.S. soldiers sexually humiliating inmates there.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A gym, barber shop and planters of plastic flowers: Welcome to the gentler face of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.

Court ruling sought on Iraqi speaker race (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:07 AM CST

A US soldier, a candidate in local elections last month and an Iraqi policeman were killed in violence around the country on Saturday, the military and police said.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AP - The struggle to select an Iraqi parliament speaker hit another snag Saturday after a Sunni party demanded a court ruling on the voting rules — threatening further delays on key legislation, including a law on investment in Iraq's oil fields.

Iran offered nuclear deal to stop Iraq troop attacks: BBC (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:07 AM CST

Shiite militants prepare a roadside bomb on the corner of a street in the southern city of Basra in March 2008. Iran offered to stop attacking troops in Iraq if the West dropped opposition to its nuclear programme, a top British official said in comments to be broadcast Saturday.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iran offered to stop attacking troops in Iraq if the West dropped opposition to its nuclear programme, a top British official said in comments to be broadcast Saturday.

Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, renamed, reopens (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:24 AM CST

Iraqi guards stand at the entrance of the newly named Baghdad Central Prison in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib February 21, 2009. Iraqi officials on Saturday formally reopened Abu Ghraib prison, made infamous by images of U.S. troops humiliating Iraqi prisoners, and in addition to a fresh coat of paint, gave it a new name. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqi officials on Saturday formally reopened Abu Ghraib prison, which became synonymous with abuse under the U.S. occupation, and in addition to a fresh coat of paint, gave it a new name.

Gunmen kill Iraq election candidate (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 06:52 AM CST

Electoral employees start the process of counting the vote following nationwide provincial elections at the end of January. A candidate in Iraq's January 31 provincial elections was killed by gunmen outside his house in Babil province, south of the capital Baghdad, police have said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A candidate in Iraq's January 31 provincial elections was on Saturday killed by gunmen outside his house in Babil province, south of the capital Baghdad, police said.

Iraq arrests dozens of 'terrorists' in Mosul (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 05:15 AM CST

Iraqi soldiers stand guard at the site of of a road side bomb in the northern city of Mosul in November. Iraqi security forces says they have arrested dozens of AFP - Iraqi security forces said on Saturday they had arrested dozens of "terrorists" in a day-long operation targeting suspects in Mosul, seen as Al-Qaeda's last stronghold in the country.

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