2009年5月4日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq insists on US leaving cities by June 30 (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 05:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2009 file photo, an Iraqi Army soldier and a U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Co., 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment stand guard during a joint patrol in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The Feb. 24, 2009 shooting, which killed a U.S. solider and an interpreter and wounded five others, was an alarming inside job that reinforced what many fear: insurgents and sympathizers possibly infiltrating the ranks of Iraq's security forces. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, file)AP - Iraq's government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that Iraqi forces cannot cope with the security challenge following a resurgence of bombings in recent weeks.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Lobbyists eye Iraq measure (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 04:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2009, file photo headlight trails are seen from cars streaking past the Rock N Roll McDonald's restaurant in Chicago. Firms, including huge employers like McDonald's, Sears, and Coca-Cola tried and failed to get relief as part of the economic recovery bill enacted in February 2009, and backers now see the Iraq spending measure as a second chance. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - From car companies to big retailers, firms looking for shelter in the recession are swarming around a promising opportunity: a multibillion emergency spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,284 (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 04:24 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, May 4, 2009, at least 4,284 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 sticks to US pullout timetable (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 10:51 AM PDT

US soldiers board a blackhawk helicopter following a transition ceremony of the 'Warrior' patrol base from the command of US army to the Iraqi army in Yussifiyah, about 25 kms south of Baghdad, in 2008. Iraq insisted on Monday that the timetable set last year for the withdrawal of US forces would not be extended, despite a surge in deadly bombings in and around the capital.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraq insisted on Monday that the timetable set last year for the withdrawal of US forces would not be extended, despite a surge in deadly bombings in and around the capital.

Iraq's Maliki in Paris seeking investment (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 09:56 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a press conference after a meeting at the French employers association MEDEF headquarters in Paris. Maliki met French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Monday as he tries to drum up European investment for a country seeking recovery after six years of war.(AFP/Eric Piermont)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Monday as he tries to drum up European investment for a country seeking recovery after six years of war.

Iran shells Iraqi Kurdistan village (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2009 09:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Iran shelled a Kurdish village in a remote area of northern Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdistan region on Monday, causing damage to buildings but no casualties, the region's border police said.

Anti-Qaeda boss says arrest 'violates' US amnesty (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 08:13 AM PDT

In this image taken from AFP television on May Mullah Nadim al-Jubur, a senior anti-Qaeda militia leader said his arrest by Iraqi police was a violation of an amnesty deal signed with the United States last year.(AFP/Dsk)AFP - A senior anti-Qaeda militia leader allied with American forces said on Monday that his arrest by Iraqi police was a violation of an amnesty deal signed with the United States last year.

Twin car bombings kill four in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 08:07 AM PDT

A man sits on plastic gallons as he waits near a warehouse to buy diesel in Baghdad. Twin car bomb attacks near Iraq's oil ministry in Baghdad have killed four people and injured seven in the latest violence to hit the capital, security officials have said.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Twin car bomb attacks near Iraq's oil ministry in Baghdad killed four people and injured seven on Monday in the latest violence to hit the capital, security officials said.

Iraq says committed to US withdrawal timetable (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2009 11:15 PM PDT

US soldiers patrol a street in central Baghdad in April. Iraq has reaffirmed its commitment to a June 30 deadline for the withdrawal of US forces from all cities and towns and their complete pullout from Iraq by the end of 2011.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraq has reaffirmed its commitment to a June 30 deadline for the withdrawal of US forces from all cities and towns and their complete pullout from Iraq by the end of 2011.

Saddam gets stamp of disapproval from Iraqi show (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2009 10:05 PM PDT

A man looks at a collection of stamps at the Baghdad Central Post Office(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Famous figures from Hitler to the first king of Iraq are among the people portrayed in a stamp exhibition at Baghdad Central Post Office but one executed Iraqi tyrant is conspicuous by his absence.

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