2009年2月28日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Ky. Army officer gets 25 years for detainee murder (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:23 PM PST

AP - A military jury in Kentucky has sentenced an Army officer to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing an Iraqi detainee during an interrogation.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,253 (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:12 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks February 27, 2009 at Goettge Memorial Field House in Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. President Obama on Friday set a date of August 31, 2010 for the end of US combat operations in Iraq, and said he intended to fully withdraw all troops by the end of 2011. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - As of Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at least 4,253 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iran urges Iraq to expel opposition group (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:43 PM PST

A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (C) meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Khamenei (R) in Tehran. Khamenei on Saturday urged visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to expel Iran's main opposition group from Iraqi territory, the ISNA news agency reported.(AFP/HO)AFP - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday urged visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to expel Iran's main opposition group from Iraqi territory, the ISNA news agency reported.

Iraq: Oil prices may drag budget lower (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:09 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks February 27, 2009 at Goettge Memorial Field House in Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. President Obama on Friday set a date of August 31, 2010 for the end of US combat operations in Iraq, and said he intended to fully withdraw all troops by the end of 2011. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - Iraq's parliament pushed back voting Saturday on this year's budget and could be forced to make further cuts because of falling oil prices.

Obama's balancing act on Iraq withdrawal strategy (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 12:58 PM PST

President Barack Obama shakes hands with National Security Adviser James Jones after he spoke about combat troop levels in Iraq as he addresses military personnel at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. At rear are Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, and Lt. Gen. Dennis Hejilik, Commanding General, Second Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders' preferences in setting a time frame for an Iraq pullout, as he weighed the fervent desires of anti-war supporters who propelled him into office and the equally strong worries of war generals.

Leaving Iraq: Shift to south, exit through desert (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 12:19 PM PST

In this July 4, 2008. file photo, U.S. military service members take an oath at a mass re-enlistment ceremony in which 1,215 service members re-enlisted during an Independence Day ceremony at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Under President Barack Obama's plan for Iraq, Camp Victory, a huge base in a former palace complex, will continue for some time to serve as the U.S. nerve center in the capital. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall mission is coalescing around air and logistics hubs in central and northern Iraq.

Baghdad bomb kills four: Iraq security official (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:35 AM PST

A municipal worker sweeps the street following a road side bomb that detonated along a busy street in central Baghdad on February 26 2009. Four Iraqis, one a police officer, were killed on Saturday and six civilians were wounded by a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, a medic at the hospital where they were taken told AFP.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Four Iraqis, one a police officer, were killed on Saturday and six civilians were wounded by a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, a medic at the hospital where they were taken told AFP.

Trial for Iraqis accused of killing British soldiers: judge (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:34 AM PST

Two Iraqis accused of killing two British soldiers in 2003 are to go on trial in Baghdad in April accused of war crimes, court president Aref al-Shahin, seen here in 2006, told AFP.(AFP/File/Ceerwan Aziz)AFP - Two Iraqis accused of killing two British soldiers in 2003 are to go on trial in Baghdad in April accused of war crimes, a senior judge said on Saturday.

Iran says US planning 'long-term stay' in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:30 AM PST

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pictured here in 2008, on Saturday accused Washington of planning a AFP - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday accused Washington of planning a "long-term stay" in Iraq after US President Barrack Obama said up to 50,000 combat troops will remain until 2011.

Iran says U.S.-led forces plan to stay in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:11 AM PST

Reuters - Iran's supreme leader said on Saturday U.S.-led forces in Iraq were planning to establish a permanent presence there and urged Iraqis not to let them stay.

Americans relieved as Obama pledges Iraq winddown (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 09:21 AM PST

Reuters - Bring 'em home. Or send them to Afghanistan, where things are getting worse.

Consensus emerges in Congress for Obama Iraq plan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:20 AM PST

From left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., applaud during President Barack Obama address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Congress has agreed to a timetable for troop withdrawals in Iraq after years of bitterly debating whether to set one.

Iraq arrests Al-Qaeda 'oil minister' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:18 AM PST

Iraqi soldiers take combat position during a search for insurgents in a rural area south of Baquba, 2008. Al-Qaeda's so-called AFP - Al-Qaeda's so-called "oil minister" in Iraq has been arrested along with 10 other members of the group, the interior ministry said on Saturday.

Iraq welcomes Obama plan but still needs US help (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:44 AM PST

Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, seen here in January 2009, welcomed the pullout of US combat troops outlined by President Barack Obama but stressed that Washington still has a AFP - Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Saturday welcomed the pullout of US combat troops outlined by President Barack Obama but stressed that Washington still has a "great responsibility" to help Iraq.

Iraq's ailing farm sector more crucial than ever (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:13 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq, once a bread basket for the Middle East, should look to farming as a lifeline as a sharp plunge in oil revenue threatens efforts to rebuild from years of war, Iraqi officials say.

Iraq War may end, but fighting doesn't (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:39 PM PST

Marines listen as President Barack Obama speaks about combat troop levels in Iraq as he addresses military personnel at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Marines based at Camp Lejeune now know when their missions to Iraq will end, but they also know their deadly days of fighting overseas are far from over.

New US envoy to Iraq is shrewd, tackles thorniest issues (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 07:42 PM PST

Christopher Hill has been named as the new ambassador to Iraq by US President Barack Obama. Hill has a reputation as a shrewd career diplomat who has tackled some of the thorniest international problems.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Christopher Hill, whom US President Barack Obama has named as the new ambassador to Iraq, has a reputation as a shrewd career diplomat who has tackled some of the thorniest international problems.

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