2009年4月19日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,274 (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 04:33 PM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to member of the Interior Ministry in Baghdad. Maliki warned on Sunday at a meeting of top security officials that the danger from AP - As of Sunday, April 19, 2009, at least 4,274 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Iraq parliament gets new speaker (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 01:24 PM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's parliament Sunday picked a prominent Sunni Arab as its new speaker, filling a post that had been vacant for four months due to political squabbling that had delayed legislative business.

Iraq PM warns 'terror' danger far from over (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to member of the Interior Ministry in Baghdad. Maliki warned on Sunday at a meeting of top security officials that the danger from AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Sunday at a meeting of top security officials that the danger from "terrorist cells" in the country was far from over.


Iraq arrests children recruited by Al-Qaeda (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:43 AM PDT

US soldiers look at a wrecked bus hit by a suicide bomber in Kirkuk on April 15, 2009. Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by Al-Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by Al-Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday.


Iraqi military investigates gangland-style heists (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:37 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, passes a portrait of himself as he arrives at a meeting at the Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 19, 2009. Maliki met with security officials to review their achievements. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq created a military task force Sunday to battle gangland-style crime after the latest bloodshed: gunmen with silencer-fitted weapons killing at least seven people during a daylight heist of jewelry stores.


Iraq MPs elect new parliamentary speaker (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 07:52 AM PDT

Iraqi lawmakers have elected prominent Sunni politician Iyad al-Samarrai, seen here in 2008, as speaker of parliament after the position remained unfilled for nearly four months.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iyad al-Samarrai, a strong critic of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was elected Iraq's parliament speaker on Sunday after the post was left vacant for nearly four months.


Politics could hamper Iraq oil development: MEES (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 03:45 AM PDT

An engineer works at the Barjisiya oil fields in Iraq. The Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) has warned that the development of Iraq's massive oil and gas reserves could be hampered by its chaotic politics and lack of interest in proposed projects.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - The development of Iraq's massive oil and gas reserves could be hampered by its chaotic politics and lack of interest in proposed projects, an economic newsletter warned on Sunday.


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