2009年5月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Bomb kills policeman near governor's home in Mosul (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:54 AM PDT

A member of Iraqi Special forces stands guard inside a dummy house which is equipped with bullet-absorbent walls during a mock raid as part of a military training in an outskirt in Baghdad May 1, 2009. As U.S. troops gradually curtail combat operations in Iraq, Iraqi soldiers are taking over the task of securing the country and for Iraqi special forces, that means hunting down insurgents and militiamen. Picture taken May 1, 2009.      REUTERS/Tim Cocks (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)AP - A car bomb went off Sunday near the governor's residence in the turbulent northern city of Mosul, killing a policeman and wounding three civilians, hours after a lone gunman shot dead a prison officer in the city center, according to police officials.


Iraqi Special Forces on the hunt for al Qaeda (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2009 08:44 AM PDT

Reuters - As U.S. troops gradually curtail combat operations in Iraq, Iraqi soldiers are taking over the task of securing the country -- and for Iraqi special forces, that means hunting down insurgents and militiamen.

Two policemen killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 07:31 AM PDT

Iraqi and US soldiers guard the area following a road side bomb in Mosul in November 2008. Two Iraqi policemen were killed and three others were wounded on Sunday in two separate attacks, including a car bombing, in the volatile northern city, police said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Two Iraqi policemen were killed and three others were wounded on Sunday in two separate attacks, including a car bombing, in the volatile northern city of Mosul, police said.


Iraq's once-envied health care system lost to war, corruption (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 May 2009 03:00 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Dr. Zinah Jawad leans over her patient and peers into his glazed eyes. It doesn't look good, she said, shaking her head.

Army fights stigma of mental care in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 08:03 PM PDT

FILE - This U.S. Army photo made available by the Russell  family on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 shows U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Russell. His family remembers Russell as a loving son, a patriot, a good man -- far different from the man who stands accused of the deadliest act of soldier-on-soldier violence in the six-year war in Iraq.  (AP Photo/Family photo)AP - A military culture that values strength and a "can do" spirit is discouraging thousands of soldiers from seeking help to heal the emotional scars of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite top-level efforts to overcome the stigma, commanders and veterans say.


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