2009年4月15日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq study: Executions are leading cause of death (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov.20, 2008, file photo, a woman weeps over the coffin containing her relative, one of 150 victims from a mass grave that were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. A new study shows that execution-style killings have been the leading cause of death of Iraqi civilians during the Iraq war. The findings point to the brutal sectarian nature of the conflict, where death squads once roamed the streets hunting down members of the rival Muslim sect. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - Execution-style killings, not headline-grabbing bombings, have been the leading cause of death among civilians in the Iraq war, a study released Wednesday shows. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, point to the brutal sectarian nature of the conflict, where death squads once roamed the streets hunting down members of the rival Muslim sect.

Ten Iraqi police killed in Kirkuk car bomb (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:38 PM PDT

US soldiers look at a wrecked bus hit by a suicide bomber in Kirkuk. Ten Iraqi policemen were killed and at least 22 wounded in a massive suicide car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, which a senior officer immediately blamed on Al-Qaeda.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Ten Iraqi policemen were killed when a massive car bomb tore through a bus in the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday underscoring the fragility of recent security gains.

US Army soldier convicted over 2007 Iraq deaths (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. Army soldier was convicted Wednesday of murder in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees.

Army officials say war concussions overdiagnosed (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT

U.S. soldiers take up positions during a patrol in Baghdad's Ghazaliya district April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS)AP - Mild brain injuries — once considered an under-recognized problem in returning military troops — are being overdiagnosed because the government is using soft criteria instead of hard medical evidence, an Army doctor and two other officials contend.

US sergeant found guilty of murders in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:55 PM PDT

A US soldier entering the court room in the Rose Barracks in Vilseck, southern Germany, in March 2009. A US sergeant was found guilty Wednesday of the murder of four detainees in Iraq in 2007, but acquitted in the death of a fifth, following a court martial in Germany.(AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)AFP - A US sergeant was found guilty Wednesday of the murder of four detainees in Iraq in 2007, but acquitted in the death of a fifth, following a court martial in Germany.

Lawyer: Soldier killed comrades to defend himself (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:37 PM PDT

AP - An Army sergeant charged with killing two U.S. soldiers at their patrol base in Iraq opened fire to protect himself, his defense attorney said at the end of a hearing to determine if the case goes to a court-martial.

US sergeant convicted of murdering Iraq detainees (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:04 PM PDT

A US soldier entering the court room in the Rose Barracks in Vilseck, southern Germany, in March 2009. A US sergeant was found guilty Wednesday of the murder of four detainees in Iraq in 2007, but acquitted in the death of a fifth, following a court martial in Germany.(AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)AFP - A US sergeant was found guilty Wednesday of the murder of four detainees in Iraq in 2007, but acquitted in the death of a fifth, following a court martial in Germany.

Most civilian deaths in Iraq from executions (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:14 PM PDT

Family members pray over coffins in Iraq in 2008. The most common cause of death for civilians in the first five years of the Iraq war was execution after being kidnapped, according to a report published Wednesday by an independent casualties monitor.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - The most common cause of death for civilians in the first five years of the Iraq war was execution after being kidnapped, according to a report published Wednesday by an independent casualties monitor.

Police: Car bomb kills 11 in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:50 AM PDT

A U.S. Army soldier stands at the site of a bombing in Kirkuk, 180 miles, or 290 kilometers, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Iraqi police say a parked car bomb targeted a passing convoy in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)AP - A car bomb exploded Wednesday near a government security convoy in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, killing at least 11 guards and wounding about 20 other people, police said.

Blooming Iraq holds international flower festival (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer walks among people visiting Baghdad's al-Zawra park during an exhibition by flower merchants. Iraq kicked off its first-ever international flower festival on Wednesday with the hope of showing the world that peace is blossoming after the winter of a long war.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq kicked off its first-ever international flower festival on Wednesday with the hope of showing the world that peace is blossoming after the winter of a long war.

Judge urges Dutch to match insurgent's US sentence (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:35 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday encouraged the Netherlands to impose a 25-year sentence on an Iraq war insurgent who admitted to conspiring to kill American troops, while acknowledging the actual time he'll receive is beyond U.S. control.

Correction: Iraq-WMD Lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 10:46 AM PDT

AP - In an April 9 story about a lawsuit accusing three companies of providing chemical weapons materials to Saddam Hussein's government, The Associated Press, relying on information in the complaint, reported erroneously that Alcolac Inc. is based in Cumberland, Md. Alcolac, a division of the Paris-based Rhodia Group, has no operations in Cumberland, said Rhodia spokesman David Klucsik.

Car blast kills 10 people, wounds 23 in north Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 09:43 AM PDT

Reuters - A car bomb that targeted police assigned to protect northern Iraq's oil industry killed 10 people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, the latest high-profile bombing in the country.

Iraq MPs request more time for Kirkuk vote report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 07:25 AM PDT

An Iraqi woman casts her vote at a polling station in Najaf. Iraqi lawmakers have said they will request a two-month extension to complete a report on holding local elections in the ethnically divided oil hub of Kirkuk.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Iraqi lawmakers said on Wednesday they would request a two-month extension to complete a report on holding local elections in the ethnically divided oil hub of Kirkuk.

Iraq urges Christians to stay, vows protection (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 07:20 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer guards Baghdad's Chaldean Catholic Virgin Mary Church. Iraq's Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi has urged Iraq's Christian minority not to flee the country and called on the international community to help protect it from extremists.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi urged Iraq's Christian minority not to flee the country on Wednesday and called on the international community to help protect it from extremists.

Iraq to build major new oil refinery (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 07:15 AM PDT

A Czech built crude oil distillery unit at the Dura refinery in southern Baghdad. Iraq has signed a contract with British engineering and construction company Foster Wheeler to build the country's largest-ever oil refinery, an Iraqi official has said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq has signed a contract with British engineering and construction company Foster Wheeler to build the country's largest-ever oil refinery, an Iraqi official said on Wednesday.

Drought threatens `Garden of Eden' marshes in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 06:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, March 27, 2009, Akeed Abdullah stands next to his boat in a dried marsh in Hor al-Hammar in southern Iraq. A severe drought is threatening Iraq's southern marshes, the traditional site of the biblical Garden of Eden, just as the region was recovering from Saddam Hussein's draining of its lakes and swamps to punish a political rebellion. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A severe drought is threatening Iraq's southern marshes — the traditional site of the biblical Garden of Eden — just as the region was recovering from Saddam Hussein's draining of its lakes and swamps to punish a political rebellion.

Iraq holding 26,200 detainees: minister (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 06:57 AM PDT

An Iraqi detainee holds onto a fence at Camp Cropper detention centre in Baghdad. Iraqi authorities are currently holding about 26,200 people in detention, including 782 minors and 422 women, Human Rights Minister Wejdan Mikhail has said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - Iraqi authorities are currently holding about 26,200 people in detention, including 782 minors and 422 women, Human Rights Minister Wejdan Mikhail said on Wednesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,273 (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:04 PM PDT

A man who was wounded in a bomb attack receives treatment in a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad April 15, 2009. A car bomb that targeted police assigned to protect northern Iraq's oil industry killed 10 people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, in the latest high-profile bombing in the country. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ CONFLICT)AP - As of Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at least 4,273 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Gates: 'Last gasp' remark on al Qaida in Iraq was mistake (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that he'd made a mistake when he said that the rising tide of violence in Iraq is the "last gasp" of al Qaida there.

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