2009年4月11日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq, Turkey and US step up intel-sharing on PKK (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 12:43 PM PDT

A Turkish soldier on patrol near the border with Iraq. Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay has flown to Baghdad for talks on measures against Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the mountains of neighbouring northern Iraq, Anatolia news agency has reported.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Iraq's national security minister Shirwan al-Waili said on Saturday that Iraq, Turkey and the United States had agreed to step up intelligence sharing to help combat Kurdish rebels.


As Marines' exit gathers pace, some Iraqis fret (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 11:54 AM PDT

This March 30, 2009 photo shows U.S. marines from 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment preparing for a mission in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. As the Marine Corps shrinks its footprint in Iraq's western desert, Arab community leaders are publicly voicing worries about what will happen once the Americans are gone. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - As the Marine Corps shrinks its footprint in Iraq's western desert, Iraqi community leaders here are publicly voicing worries about what will happen once the Americans are gone.


Iraq suicide attacker kills 9 at anti-Qaeda militia HQ (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 11:08 AM PDT

Injured members of the Sahwa wait to be treated at the Iskandiriyah hospital, south of Baghdad. A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform infiltrated a gathering of US-allied Sunni fighters who were waiting to be paid, killing nine people and wounding dozens south of Baghdad on Saturday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform infiltrated a gathering of US-allied Sunni fighters who were waiting to be paid, killing nine people and wounding dozens south of Baghdad on Saturday.


Another suicide bombing in Iraq kills 9, caps bloody week (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 09:34 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a crowd of militiamen waiting to collect their paychecks Saturday near the southern Iraqi town of Iskandariyah, killing at least nine and wounding dozens more.

Suicide bomber kills 12 Sunni militiamen in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 08:58 AM PDT

Reuters - A suicide bomber killed 12 Sunni Arab militiamen queuing to collect overdue pay cheques at an Iraqi army post south of Baghdad on Saturday, and wounded 32, police said.

Turkish minister in Iraq for Kurd rebel talks (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 08:56 AM PDT

A Turkish soldier on patrol near the border with Iraq. Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay has flown to Baghdad for talks on measures against Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the mountains of neighbouring northern Iraq, Anatolia news agency has reported.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay flew to Baghdad Saturday for talks on measures against Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in neighbouring northern Iraq as clashes inside Turkey claimed nine lives.


Suicide bomber kills 9 at Iraq militia HQ (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 08:29 AM PDT

Injured members of the Sahwa wait to be treated at the Iskandiriyah hospital, south of Baghdad. A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform infiltrated a gathering of US-allied Sunni fighters who were waiting to be paid, killing nine people and wounding dozens south of Baghdad on Saturday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A suicide bomber struck the headquarters of a US-allied Sunni militia south of Baghdad on Saturday, killing nine people and extending a recent rise in deadly bombings across Iraq.


Iraqi PM welcomes Russian business (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 07:56 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met Saturday with Russian business leaders to encourage them to take an active part in rebuilding Iraq's economy.
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