2009年4月21日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US Senate confirms Hill as Iraq ambassador (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:44 PM 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, in March 2009. The US Senate confirmed Hill to be ambassador to Baghdad after an often bitter debate over his handling of six-country nuclear talks with North Korea.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - The US Senate easily confirmed veteran diplomat Christopher Hill to be ambassador to Baghdad after weeks of bitter debate over his handling of the six-country nuclear talks with North Korea.

Report: Abusive tactics were used to find Iraq-al Qaida link (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:00 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Bush administration applied relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of cooperation between al Qaida and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime, according to a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a former Army psychiatrist.

New Iraq envoy confirmed by Senate (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2009 file photo, Christopher Hill, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next ambassador to Iraq, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. So far this year, Congress has done what it does best — spend a lot of money and make a lot of promises. Now as lawmakers return from a two-week spring break, comes the hard part, the actual crafting of legislation that will change how banks are regulated, health care is delivered and the nation consumes energy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FILE)AP - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Barack Obama's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq despite fierce opposition from conservatives who complained about the nominee's diplomatic record.

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

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:38 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, April 21, 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.

U.S. Senate confirms Chris Hill as Iraq envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 03:07 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Barack Obama's pick to be U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Chris Hill, after debate over whether he mismanaged international disarmament talks with North Korea.

Senate Confirms Hill as Iraq Ambassador as Brownback Ends Stall Tactics (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:45 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - After weeks of delay, the Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed Christopher Hill as ambassador to Iraq. The vote was 73-23.

Federal judge hears challenge to Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:13 PM PDT

AP - Opponents of the Iraq war are leaning on an unlikely source to bolster their efforts to declare the invasion unconstitutional: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Iraq: No long-term role for ex-Blackwater units (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 4, 2004 file photo, plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in a firefight as Iraqi demonstrators loyal to Muqtada Al Sadr attempt to advance on a facility being defended by U.S. and Spanish soldiers in Najaf, Iraq. The security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide will continue protecting American diplomats in Iraq for months to come, far longer than has previously been acknowledged, even though the company has no license to operate in the country and has been told by the State Department that its contracts will not be renewed. (AP Photo/Gervasio Sanchez, FILE)AP - Iraq's government spokesman insisted Tuesday that the former Blackwater Worldwide can have no long-term presence in the country and said authorities will continue to press for compensation for a deadly September 2007 shooting.

Syrian PM vows to support Iraq reconstruction (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 11:29 AM PDT

In this picture made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, Syria's Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri (L) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki listen to their national anthems upon arrival at Baghdad's International Airport. Otri pledged on Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit to Iraq to support its war-torn Arab neighbour's reconstruction, as the nations sought better ties.(AFP/IPMO-HO)AFP - Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri pledged on Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit to Iraq to support its war-torn Arab neighbour's reconstruction, as the nations sought better ties.

Spring is here, violence is down: Time to marry (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 10:46 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, April 16, 2009, Maysa Monem Abdul-Rahim, 24, center left, and Rahim Nouri, 23, center right, arrive at their wedding ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad is basking in the latest calm: with violence down by 70 percent from a year ago, its residents are embracing a new fad, elaborate grand wedding bashes. Hotels and social clubs are booked solid for months ahead with wedding parties and receptions, restaurants stay open longer and nightclubs are mushrooming in the capital's more secular neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - Three cars bedecked in flowers and ribbons swerve around blast walls and honk through police checkpoints, before screeching to a halt outside a Baghdad hotel. A brass band runs up to a shining sedan as the bride, struggling with her gown, emerges.

First high-level Syrian visit to Iraq in decades (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 08:09 AM 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 - The prime ministers of Syria and Iraq discussed ways to prevent militants from crossing the porous border between the two countries Tuesday during the highest level Syrian visit to Iraq in almost three decades, an Iraqi government spokesman said.

Can Iraq go it alone? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - There is little ambiguity in President Obama's plan for an accelerated US withdrawal from Iraq: By August next year the combat mission will be over. By the end of 2011 all US troops are intended to be gone.

Blackwater out of Iraq? No, not yet (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 10:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 20,2004 file photo, signs welcome visitors to the private North Carolina-based security company Blackwater USA's headquarters near Moyock, N.C. The security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide will continue protecting American diplomats in Iraq for months to come, far longer than has previously been acknowledged, even though the company has no license to operate in the country and has been told by the State Department that its contracts will not be renewed. (AP Photo/Karen Tam, FILE)AP - Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has been told by the State Department its contracts will not be renewed two years after a lethal firefight that stirred outrage in Baghdad.

The Out of Iraq Caucus Wants Out of More Than Iraq (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 07:04 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The Out of Iraq Caucus, which formed nearly four years ago, has yet to achieve its main objective of a full U.S. troop withdrawal from that Middle Eastern nation, but it is beginning to turn its sights to another war zone: Afghanistan.

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