2009年4月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq: US raid 'crime' that breaks security pact (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:30 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, April 19, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting at the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday April 26, 2009 in the southern Shiite city of Kut, which left at least one person dead and six arrested, as a 'crime' that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday as a "crime" that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts.


Biden worries about son in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT

AP - Vice President Joe Biden said he worries about his son who is serving in Iraq, but tries to not look at the ongoing war solely as a father.

Iraq says U.S. raid "a crime," violated security pact (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 01:47 PM PDT

Arms and munitions are laid onto a stretcher to be moved after being shown to the press at the Iraqi Army 11th Brigade headquarters in Baghdad. The weapons and ammunition were discovered in the Sadr City district in Orfali and Rashad neighborhoods.(AFP/Ali Yussef)Reuters - Iraq considers a U.S. military raid that killed two people a crime and wants U.S. forces to hand over those responsible to the courts, an Iraqi official said on Sunday.


Iraq PM: Deadly US raid 'breach' of security pact (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Iraqis carry the coffins of a woman and policeman killed during a US raid in the southern town of Kut. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said a US raid on Sunday in which a policeman and a woman were shot dead was a AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said a US raid on Sunday in which a policeman and a woman were shot dead was a "breach" of a landmark security pact with Washington.


Stakes high as Obama shifts from Iraq to Afghan war (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 12:05 PM PDT

Pakistani army soldiers patrol in Buner District about 100 kms (62 miles) from Islamabad on April 25, 2009. President Barack Obama has moved quickly to shift the US military's focus to the Afghan war instead of Iraq, but the success of his new strategy could hinge on events beyond his control in volatile Pakistan.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - President Barack Obama has moved quickly to shift the US military's focus to the Afghan war instead of Iraq, but the success of his new strategy could hinge on events beyond his control in volatile Pakistan.


Iraqi commanders detained after US raid kills two (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 08:54 AM PDT

Iraqis carry the coffins of a woman and policeman killed during a US raid in the southern town of Kut. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said a US raid on Sunday in which a policeman and a woman were shot dead was a AFP - Two Iraqi military commanders were detained on Sunday on charges of allowing an unauthorised US raid during which a woman and policeman were shot dead.


US-Iraqi force raids alleged Qaeda hideout (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 07:55 AM PDT

US soldiers patrol a street in central Baghdad on April 25. US and Iraqi forces swept into a suspected Al-Qaeda hideout north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven fighters in a gunbattle, Iraqi officials said.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - US and Iraqi forces swept into a suspected Al-Qaeda hideout north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven fighters in a gunbattle, Iraqi officials said.


Iraq detains its own commanders after US raid (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:53 AM PDT

Iraqis carry the coffin of a woman killed during a US raid in the southern town of Kut. Two Iraqi military commanders were detained on Sunday on charges of allowing an unauthorised US raid during which the woman and a policeman were shot dead.(AFP/Ali al-Alak)AFP - Iraq detained two of its own army commanders on Sunday after the US military carried out a deadly house raid without the knowledge of the Iraqi government, the defence ministry said.


Security problems uncovered at US bases in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:24 AM PDT

FILE -- Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. left, looks on as Sen. James Webb, D-Va., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FILE)AP - A commission investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending has found serious deficiencies in training and equipment for hundreds of Ugandan guards hired to protect U.S. military bases in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.


Clinton tries to reassure Iraqis during visit (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:26 PM PDT

In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Presidential Press Office, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, during their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 25, 2009. Clinton sought to assure Iraqis on Saturday that the Obama administration would not abandon their country even as it presses ahead with plans to withdraw American troops amid a recent surge in violence. Persons in background are unidentified aides.(AP Photo/Iraqi Presidential Press Office, HO)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. won't abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence.


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