2009年6月4日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq
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NJ reservist sentenced in Iraq contract scheme (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 05:53 PM PDT

AP - An Army Reserve officer from New Jersey has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for her role in a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars for Iraq reconstruction projects to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars and jewelry.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,309 (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 05:32 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, June 4, 2009, at least 4,309 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

AP NewsBreak: IG says dad's complaints unfounded (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 03:41 PM PDT

AP - The practice of sending unlicensed psychologists to Iraq to treat troops did not violate Army regulations, according to a military inspector general's investigation instigated by a complaint from the father of a soldier who committed suicide.

Kurd chief Barzani urges Iraq-Kuwait reparations talks (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 10:02 AM PDT

The president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan Massud Barzani, seen here in May 2009, said on Thursday it was not in Iraq's interests to enter a new crisis with Kuwait, amid a deepening row between the two over war reparations.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - The president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan said on Thursday it was not in Iraq's interests to enter a new crisis with Kuwait, amid a deepening row between the two over war reparations.


US soldier dies after Iraq grenade attack (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 08:03 AM PDT

A US soldier patrols south of Baghdad in March 2008. An American soldier died following a grenade attack on his patrol in northern Iraq's tense city of Kirkuk.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - An American soldier died following a grenade attack on his patrol in northern Iraq's tense city of Kirkuk on Thursday, the US Army said.


US: American soldier killed in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 07:55 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier was killed in a grenade attack in northern Iraq.

Nine killed in Baghdad cafe bombing (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 12:42 AM PDT

US soldiers patrol in Baghdad. Nine civilians were killed and 31 others were wounded when a bomb exploded inside a coffee shop in southern Baghdad, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Nine civilians were killed and 31 others were wounded when a bomb exploded inside a coffee shop in southern Baghdad, an interior ministry official said.


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