2009年6月2日星期二

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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,308 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:16 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at least 4,308 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Deadly remnants of Iraq's wars fuel maimings, deaths, corruption (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 01:56 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SAID JABAR, Iraq — Sadiqa Foroon has lost two brothers, her right foot and 32 sheep to land mines and other explosive remnants of the three wars that have raged across this village since 1980.

Iraq would need 'an army' to remove all land mines (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 01:49 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SAID JABAR, Iraq — Homemade bombs go off almost every day in Iraq, usually targeting military and police convoys in cities such as Baghdad and Mosul. It's been suspected for years that insurgents harvest at least some of their explosives from the contaminated soil in places such as Said Jabar.

Soldiers leave Iraqi cities for sweltering tents (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:09 AM PDT

In this image made on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, a U.S. soldier carries a bed frame in Camp Carver on the outskirts of Madain, about 15 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. military is expanding some bases and building others to house thousands of troops displaced by a June deadline to withdraw from Iraq's major cities. The Americans have already closed or handed over 60 bases since the beginning of the year, with more than 50 more bases tentatively scheduled to be closed or returned to Iraqi control by the end of June. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The U.S. military is expanding some rural bases and building others to house thousands of troops displaced by a June deadline to withdraw from Iraq's major cities.

U.S. combat troops to leave all Iraqi cities (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 10:01 AM PDT

A U.S. soldier walks past a man during a patrol in Samarra, north of Baghdad, June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - U.S. combat forces will vacate all Iraqi cities on schedule by the end of this month, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Tuesday, including the still violent insurgent holdout of Mosul.

Iraqi gets life sentence for Briton's kidnap-death (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 09:57 AM PDT

FILE -- This is an undated file photo provided by CARE shows Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped British aid worker and director CARE International's operations in Iraq. Iraqi man Ali Lutfi al-Rawi was convicted Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in the 2004 kidnapping and slaying of British aid worker Margaret Hassan and was sentenced to life in prison. Hassan, 59, was one of the highest profile figures to fall victim to the wave of kidnappings that swept the country as the insurgency was gaining traction. A judge handed down the sentence against Ali Lutfi al-Rawi after a one-day trial in an Iraqi court in Baghdad. He faced charges of kidnapping, murder and extortion. The defendant, who had pleaded not guilty, showed no reaction as he was led away by guards after the sentencing. (AP Photo/CARE/file)AP - An Iraqi court Tuesday convicted a Sunni architect in the 2004 kidnap-slaying of British aid worker Margaret Hassan and sentenced him to life in prison. Her family appealed for him to reveal where her body is buried so her remains can be returned to Britain.

Iraq bars Kurd party from polls for alleged rebel links (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 09:43 AM PDT

Passersby look at framed pictures of Kurdish politicians displayed for sale at a shop in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, 330 kms from Baghdad, in May 2009. A party said to be close to Kurdish rebels in Turkey has been barred from contesting next month's elections in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, the election commission and the party said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - A party said to be close to Kurdish rebels in Turkey has been barred from contesting next month's elections in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, the election commission and the party said on Tuesday.

Iraqi gets life for killing aid worker Hassan (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 08:06 AM PDT

An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping, killing and attempting to blackmail the family of British aid worker Margaret Hassan who was murdered in 2004.(AFP/Care International/File/null)AFP - An Iraqi man was on Tuesday sentenced to life for the 2004 kidnapping and killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, one of the most high-profile murders to follow the US-led invasion.

Kuwaiti MPs urge recall of ambassador from Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 07:57 AM PDT

Kuwaiti MPs react during a parliament session in Kuwait City, 2007. Kuwaiti lawmakers have urged the government to recall the emirate's ambassador from Baghdad in protest at AFP - Kuwaiti lawmakers on Tuesday urged the government to recall the emirate's ambassador from Baghdad in protest at "attacks" by Iraqi MPs and demands to halt the payment of reparations.

Baghdad roadside bomb kills US soldier (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 06:44 AM PDT

Iraqi army soldiers inspect the scene of a bomb blast in the Rasheed market in southern Baghdad, June 1. An American soldier was killed by a roadside bomb that struck his patrol in eastern Baghdad, the US army has said.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - An American soldier was killed by a roadside bomb that struck his patrol in eastern Baghdad, the US army said on Tuesday.

US: roadside bomb kills American soldier in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 06:13 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in a roadside bombing in Baghdad.

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Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:54 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi man convicted in 2004 kidnap-slaying of British aid worker Magaret Hassan, gets life

Iraq's ex-trade minister quizzed on corruption claims (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:31 AM PDT

Former Iraqi Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani (left) and Britain's Business Minister Peter Mandelson listen to reporters during a press conference in Baghdad, April 2009. Sudani has been quizzed on graft allegations for two days but pressure is growing for him to be released on bail, an anti-corruption official told AFP.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq's ex-trade minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani has been quizzed on graft allegations for two days but pressure is growing for him to be released on bail, an anti-corruption official told AFP on Tuesday.

Cheney Says There Was No Iraq Link to 9/11 Attacks (Bloomberg)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:22 PM PDT

Bloomberg - June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney disavowed intelligence he once cited to suggest that then-Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein collaborated with al-Qaeda to stage the Sept. 11 attacks.

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