2009年3月3日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,255 (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 04:35 PM PST

A U.S. soldier helps a student during English lessons after the reopening of a school in a town in Latifiya, about 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, March 3, 2009. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)AP - As of Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at least 4,255 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US soldier killed in attack on base in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PST

U.S. service members take an oath of citizenship during their naturalization ceremony at al-Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 251 troops from 65 countries became U.S. citizens at the ceremony. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Insurgents attacked a main U.S.-Iraqi base Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul, killing one American soldier and striking directly at the Iraqi command center for an offensive against the militants.

US commanders hone battlefield diplomacy in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 11:39 AM PST

A soldier sits in the bed of a pickup truck as US Army Col. Walt Piatt, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, center, talks with Abu Khalef, left, and Sabah Mutasher, tribal sheiks in ad-Dawr, a village outside Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Lara Jakes)AP - Sheik Sabah Mutasher appreciated the U.S. Army's efforts to build a school for his tribe. But he didn't embrace the American mission until Col. Walt Piatt showed up in a dusty pickup truck for a spur-of-the-moment courtesy call.

AP count: Iraqi deaths hover near lowest level (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 11:34 AM PST

AP - Casualties among Iraqi civilians and security forces last month hit their second-lowest level in nearly four years with 283 deaths linked to war-related violence, according to an Associated Press tally.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 06:43 AM PST

AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Iraq tribal leader killed resisting son's kidnap (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 06:12 AM PST

US troops along with Iraqi soldiers seal off a street following a road side bomb in central Baghdad. An Iraqi tribal leader from the northern oil city of Kirkuk was shot dead as he stopped gunmen from kidnapping his son from the family home.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - An Iraqi tribal leader from the northern oil city of Kirkuk was shot dead on Tuesday as he stopped gunmen from kidnapping his son from the family home, police said.

Americans' lasting mark on Iraq: colorful, complex tattoos (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 12:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Before US troops rolled into Iraq, Robert Eagle, an Iraqi, had seen his fair share of tattoos. There were lots of traditional Bedouin designs – simple patterns of lines and dots – and prisoners who scrawled loved ones' names using ink and a sewing needle, but nothing more complicated than this.

Iraq panel tries to right Saddam's land grabs (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:01 PM PST

A dove flies near a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in 2005. When it came to property grabs, the regime of executed dictator Saddam Hussein was more than fair: it took what it could from the people, no matter what their religious persuasion or ethnic origins.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - When it came to property grabs, the regime of executed dictator Saddam Hussein was more than fair: it took what it could from the people, no matter what their religious persuasion or ethnic origins.

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