2009年5月15日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,296 (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, May 15, 2009, at least 4,296 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqis shrug off concerns over photos of U.S. abuse (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 May 2009 01:37 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — As President Barack Obama argues that releasing photos of U.S. soldiers abusing detainees could incite violence against American troops abroad, one prominent Iraqi leader called for their publication while others cast doubt on the U.S. administration's dire warnings.

What led assailant to shoot his comrades? (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 11:54 AM PDT

FILE - This May 13 2009 file photo, shows Adm. Michael Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, foreground right, saluting as a carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Christian E. Bueno-Galdos at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The soldier was one of  five men shot and killed at a military clinic in Iraq, allegedly by Sgt. John M. Russell . (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - He was, in his family's eyes, the most stable guy in the world.


Iraq Stability May Stall as U.S. Withdraws Troops, Haass Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 15 May 2009 09:37 AM PDT

Bloomberg - May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq has reached its peak of stability and conditions probably won’t improve before the U.S. withdraws its troops, said Richard Haass, a former top official in both Bush administrations.

New mass grave found in central Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 09:10 AM PDT

US soldiers post guard near their Humvee in Diwaniyah during an overnight patrol in 2004.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - A mass grave containing the remains of dozens of Kurds thought to have been killed during Saddam Hussein's rule was found on Thursday in central Iraq, a government official said.


US military: US soldier killed north of Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 07:11 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in combat with enemy forces north of Baghdad.

EU announces 20m euros aid for vulnerable Iraqis (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 05:49 AM PDT

Internally displaced Iraqi children play with an aid box distributed by the Iraqi Red Crescent Society at a squatter settlement in Abu Cher in west Baghdad, July 2008. The European Commission on Friday announced 20 million euros (27 million dollars) in fresh humanitarian aid for displaced and AFP - The European Commission on Friday announced 20 million euros (27 million dollars) in fresh humanitarian aid for displaced and "vulnerable" Iraqis.


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