2009年3月17日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,259 (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 04:54 PM PDT

US troops set off on a night mission through fields located along the southern edge of Baghdad, in 2007. The number of reports of sexual assault rose by eight percent in 2008 in the US military, and spiked by more than 25 percent in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - As of Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at least 4,259 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

McCain still has questions about Hill as Iraq envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Senator John McCain still has questions about the Obama administration's choice of veteran diplomat Chris Hill to be U.S. ambassador to Iraq after meeting with him on Tuesday, McCain's office said.

Iraq nominee Hill courts US lawmakers (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 01:53 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama's embattled nominee to be ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, seen here in 2008, courted senators, including some of his chief critics, on Tuesday in a bid to secure his confirmation.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - US President Barack Obama's embattled nominee to be ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, courted senators, including some of his chief critics, on Tuesday in a bid to secure his confirmation.

Lugar signs off on Iraq ambassador nomination (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 01:33 PM PDT

AP - Veteran diplomat Christopher Hill on Tuesday won the support of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar to become the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq, even as other GOP senators bluntly urged President Barack Obama to withdraw the nomination.

US: No surprise Iran using drone craft over Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT

AP - An Iranian unmanned aircraft shot down by the U.S. military over Iraq was operating illegally and unsafely, but its presence should not come as a shock, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.

Iraq govt calls for death sentences to be ratified (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 12:59 PM PDT

An Iraqi policeman stands guard atop a roof as a U.S. military attack helicopter flies overhead during a joint search operation with U.S. troops in southwestern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces are making a renewed push in the Sunni-dominated city of about 2 million to deny safe haven for insurgents and restore basic services. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Iraq's government on Tuesday called on the presidential council to ratify the death sentences against former officials from Saddam Hussein's regime so that the punishments can be carried out.

Iraq Qaeda chief criticises Obama troop plan (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 12:54 PM PDT

A US (L) and an Iraqi soldier secure the area during a handover ceremony of one of Baghdad's government buildings in the al-Yarmouk district of the Iraqi capital on March 16, 2009. The reputed head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq attacked US President Barack Obama's plan for withdrawing troops from the country, saying it is a deception, in an audio tape made public on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The reputed head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq attacked US President Barack Obama's plan for withdrawing troops from the country, saying it is a deception, in an audio tape made public on Tuesday.

Three Iraqis killed in unrest: police (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 12:07 PM PDT

Iraqi soldiers are seen on patrol in the northern city of Mosul, some 380 kms from Baghdad, in May 2008. Two Iraqi soldiers and a student died in separate attacks around the tense northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, police said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Two Iraqi soldiers and a student died in separate attacks around the tense northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, police said.

Blind Iraqi girl struggles despite offers of help (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:43 AM PDT

Shams Hushan, a 3-year-old Iraqi girl who was blinded and disfigured in a Baghdad car bombing in 2006, sits with her relatives outside her home in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 9, 2009. Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani paid for her to travel to India where she was examined by opthalmologists. But Shams, whose name in Arabic means 'sun,' appears no closer to regaining her eyesight and still spends her days feeling her way aimlessly around the sparse three-room home she shares with her grandparents and 10 other people. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A 3-year-old Iraqi girl who was blinded and disfigured in a 2006 Baghdad car bombing has traveled to India and Jordan in her family's quest to restore her vision.

Iraq urges execution of Saddam-era officials (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 07:12 AM PDT

Reuters - The Iraqi government renewed its call on Tuesday for the executions of officials in the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein to go ahead despite the objections of Iraq's president and vice president.

Arab League chief presses Iraq on reconciliation (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:09 AM PDT

Amr Mussa, Secretary General of the Arab League, attends a press conference in Cairo, March 4. Mussa has urged Iraq to broaden the national reconciliation process, in a nod to banned former Baathist regime officials.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - Arab League secretary general Amr Mussa on Tuesday urged Iraq to broaden the national reconciliation process, in a nod to banned former Baathist regime officials.

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