2009年4月18日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Shells hit Baghdad's Green Zone after 3-month lull (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Map locates Fallujah, Iraq, where Iraqi security forces launched raids on sections of the city once controlled by Sunni insurgentsAP - Suspected militants shelled Baghdad's protected Green Zone on Saturday in the first such bombardment in more than three months.


Saudi senior Al-Qaeda figure arrested in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 08:52 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers on patrol in the southern Iraqi city of Basra earlier this week. A Saudi accused of being a senior Al-Qaeda leader in southern Iraq has been arrested in the port city of Basra along with three of his aides, an Iraqi army official has told AFP.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - A Saudi accused of being a senior Al-Qaeda leader in southern Iraq has been arrested in the port city of Basra along with three of his aides, an Iraqi army official told AFP on Saturday.


Saddam army general finally felled by Cyprus mine (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 01:05 AM PDT

Flaih Jihad, a former general in executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's presidential guard, sits on a wheelchair in his rented apartment in the southern Cypriot port city of Larnaca on April 9. Jihad was never wounded in combat but he almost lost his leg when he stepped on a mine as he sneaked illegally into EU member Cyprus to seek asylum.(AFP/File/Hasan Mroue)AFP - Former Iraqi officer Flaih Jihad was never wounded in combat but he almost lost his leg when he stepped on a mine as he sneaked illegally into EU member Cyprus to seek asylum.


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