2009年5月28日星期四

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Victims recall U.S. abuse; other Iraqis shrug (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:13 PM PDT

Reuters - The marks on Firas al-Sammarrai's body from when he says U.S. soldiers repeatedly electrocuted him are one reason he can't forget his abuse at their hands, even if other Iraqis want to move on.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,302 (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, May 28, 2009, at least 4,302 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Relatives of slain Iraqis confront killer in court (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 02:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 13, 2006 file photo, Mohammed al-Janabi, uncle of 14 year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi who was raped and killed by American soldiers, displays death certificates and ID's on his niece's grave, in Mahmoudiya, Iraq, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Relatives of a murdered Iraqi family will get a chance Thursday, May 28, 2009 to tell a federal judge how the deaths affected them. (AP Photo/Ali al-Mahmouri, File)AP - Weeping relatives of a murdered Iraqi family confronted the killer Thursday in an American courtroom and said he deserved to die.

US rejects newspaper report on Iraq prison photos (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:33 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves after disembarking from Marine One upon his return to the White House in Washington, DC. Obama's spokesman lambasted British newspapers Thursday over new allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq, saying he trusted Fleet Street for football results -- but little else.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - The US Defense Department on Thursday strongly rejected a British newspaper report that alleged photographs of abuse at Iraqi prisons include images of rape and sexual assault.

Statement of ex-soldier Steven Dale Green (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:06 PM PDT

AP - Excerpts from text of prepared remarks that were read in U.S. District Court on Thursday by former Pfc. Steven Dale Green, as provided by his attorneys. His actual remarks deviated at times from the written statement, his attorneys said.

No more gestures to Saudis: Iraq's Maliki (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 09:32 AM PDT

Saudi-Iraqi relations are at a low ebb and Baghdad has no intention of making goodwill gestures because Riyadh sees them as a sign of weakness, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured in April 2009, said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Saudi-Iraqi relations are at a low ebb and Baghdad has no intention of making goodwill gestures because Riyadh sees them as a sign of weakness, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday.

Iraq prison photos show rape by US troops: report (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 07:37 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves after disembarking from Marine One upon his return to the White House in Washington, DC. Obama's spokesman lambasted British newspapers Thursday over new allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq, saying he trusted Fleet Street for football results -- but little else.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - A British newspaper Thursday described photographs showing alleged abuse including rapes at the notorious Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq, which US President Barack Obama does not want to release.

Turkish jets strike rebels in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 07:26 AM PDT

AP - Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq Thursday, the military said, hours after a land mine blast on the Turkish side of the border killed six soldiers.

Kuwait presses UN on Iraq sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 06:45 AM PDT

Kuwaiti security froces guard the border with Iraq, north of Kuwait City in 2005. Kuwait urged the United Nations not to lift sanctions on Iraq before Baghdad makes war reparations for invading the Gulf state nearly two decades ago.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - Kuwait urged the United Nations on Thursday not to lift sanctions on Iraq before Baghdad makes war reparations for invading the Gulf state nearly two decades ago.

Iraqi teen tackles maths puzzle, but not the first: university (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:42 AM PDT

Students take a math class at a school. A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant, who figured out a solution to a complex maths puzzle, was not the first person to come up with a successful formula, Sweden's Uppsala University said in a statement Thursday.(AFP/File/Laura Boushnak)AFP - A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant, who figured out a solution to a complex maths puzzle, was not the first person to come up with a successful formula, Sweden's Uppsala University said in a statement Thursday.

Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:41 AM PDT

Students take a math class at a school. A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant, who figured out a solution to a complex maths puzzle, was not the first person to come up with a successful formula, Sweden's Uppsala University said in a statement Thursday.(AFP/File/Laura Boushnak)AFP - A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant living in Sweden has cracked a maths puzzle that has stumped experts for more than 300 years, Swedish media reported on Thursday.

Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish rebels in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 03:27 AM PDT

A Turkish air force F-16 refuels while on flight. Turkish warplanes Thursday staged bomb raids on AFP - Turkish warplanes early Thursday bombed "a large group" of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq after six soldiers were killed in a blast blamed on the militants, the Turkish army said.

Families: Release the 5 British hostages in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 02:40 AM PDT

AP - The families of five British men held hostage in Iraq for nearly two years say they remain hopeful the men will be released.

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