2009年3月26日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

16 die in bombing at Baghdad marketplace (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:35 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Sixteen people died Thursday when a bomb in a parked car detonated at a market in northeast Baghdad, the fifth big explosion this month in Iraq, Iraqi police said.

AP IMPACT: More bad wiring imperils troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:15 PM PDT

Iraq war veteran, and former California Army National Guardsman Sgt. Ron Vance, is seen at his in Fresno, Calif., home Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2009. The electric shock that ripped through Vance's body while showering at a U.S. base in Taji, Iraq, in August 2004 knocked him unconscious. Vance said he didn't feel the military took the incident seriously: 'It wasn't a priority on their list. It was like, he's fine. He's alive. He's OK.' (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Military inspectors are racing to examine 90,000 U.S.-run facilities in Iraq with the goal of repairing electrical problems before more troops are electrocuted or shocked while showering or using appliances.

Car bomb kills at least 20 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 12:11 PM PDT

Medics at a central Baghdad, Iraq hospital tend to a woman injured by a car bomb Thursday, March 26, 2009. The bomb exploded near a crowded market in a mainly Shiite area, killing as many as 20 people, Iraqi officials said, in the fifth major attack in Iraq this month.(AP Photo/Adil al-Khazali)AP - A car bomb exploded Thursday along a bustling commercial street in a mostly Shiite area of north Baghdad, killing at least 20 people in the third major attack in the capital this month.

Baghdad car bomb kills at least 20 (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 10:35 AM PDT

An Iraqi youth inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad. The bomb ripped through a crowd in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A car bomb ripped through a crowd in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.

US soldier dies of non-combat injuries in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 09:56 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of non-combat injuries in Iraq.

UK government says Iraqis freer than ever before (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 07:47 AM PDT

AP - The people of Iraq are probably freer now than at any time in their history, the British government said Thursday in an upbeat assessment of the country's human rights record.

Car bomb kills 16, wounds 40 in Baghdad (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 07:15 AM PDT

A US soldier stands guard at an Iraqi army station in the Shaab district of Baghdad, March 4. A car bomb has ripped through a crowd in Baghdad, killing at least 16 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - A car bomb in a crowded shopping district in northern Baghdad killed 16 people and wounded 40 others on Thursday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks to strike the Iraqi capital.

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1 (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:12 AM PDT

AP - Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

Car bomb kills at least 20 in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:44 AM PDT

Iraqi police cadets train on Ak-47 Kalashnikov submachine guns in Karbala, south of Baghdad. A car bomb has ripped through a crowd in Baghdad, killing at least 20 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A car bomb ripped through a crowd in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.

Car bomb kills at least 16 in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:40 AM PDT

A US soldier stands guard at an Iraqi army station in the Shaab district of Baghdad, March 4. A car bomb has ripped through a crowd in Baghdad, killing at least 16 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A car bomb ripped through a crowd in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.

Palestinian president's Baghdad trip called off (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:14 AM PDT

A planned visit by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, seen here, to Baghdad has been called off, officials told AFP without providing a reason for the cancellation.(AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - A planned visit by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to Baghdad on Thursday has been called off, officials told AFP without providing a reason for the cancellation.

At least 16 killed by Baghdad car bomb: officials (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:45 AM PDT

At least 16 people were killed, including women and children, and 35 wounded by a car bomb in northern Baghdad.(AFP Graphic)AFP - At least 16 people were killed, including women and children, and 35 wounded by a car bomb in northern Baghdad on Thursday, security officials said.

France sells 24 military helicopters to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:33 AM PDT

A French Eurocopter helicopter is seen in 2006. France on Wednesday sealed a contract for the sale of 24 military helicopters to Iraq, its first arms deal with Baghdad since 1990.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - France on Wednesday sealed a contract for the sale of 24 military helicopters to Iraq, its first arms deal with Baghdad since 1990.

Iraq hails improved Syrian efforts on security (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:25 AM PDT

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem smiles during a meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad. Iraq said on Wednesday that security at its border with Syria had improved due to increased efforts by its neighbour to prevent foreign fighters infiltrating the country.(AFP/Ali Abbas)AFP - Iraq said on Wednesday that security at its border with Syria had improved due to increased efforts by its neighbour to prevent foreign fighters infiltrating the country.

Obama's envoy pick: Iran is real problem for Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:23 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Baghdad, veteran diplomat and North Korea expert Christopher Hill testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, DC. Hill, told lawmakers Wednesday that Iran remains AFP - US President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Baghdad, Christopher Hill, said Wednesday that Iran posed a "real problem" for Iraq and that a US troop drawdown will test stunning but fragile security gains.

Republican senator opposes Obama's Iraq envoy pick (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 05:51 PM PDT

Reuters - A Republican senator vowed on Wednesday to block nomination of President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Iraq, saying he had mismanaged talks with North Korea and ignored its human rights record.

US risks Iraq reconstruction mistakes (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Iraqis work at a new construction site in Baghdad in 2008. The United States risks repeating the same mistakes in Afghanistan that have led to billions of dollars being squandered in Iraq on its reconstruction, US auditors warned Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The United States risks repeating the same mistakes in Afghanistan that have led to billions of dollars being squandered in Iraq on its reconstruction, US auditors warned Wednesday.

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