2009年6月11日星期四

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Marines will come out of Iraq by spring 2010 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 05:24 PM PDT

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway talks about the fight in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the current state of readiness of the Marines, Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - All but a few dozen of the 16,000 Marines now in Iraq will be out by next spring, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday, putting a solid end date on a long-anticipated exit. Gen. James T. Conway said his Marine commanders are already moving equipment out of Anbar Province, where his forces have largely been concentrated. But the larger exodus will begin shortly after the Iraqi elections.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,311 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, June 11, 2009, at least 4,311 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Two Guantanamo detainees sent to Iraq, Chad (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:01 PM PDT

In this pool photo, reviewed by the US military, a Guantanamo guard stands inside a doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, on May 31, 2009. Two Guantanamo detainees, a young man with dual Chadian and Saudi nationalities and an Iraqi, were transferred to Chad and to Iraq respectively, the US Justice Department said Thursday.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - Two Guantanamo detainees, a young man with dual Chadian and Saudi nationalities and an Iraqi, were transferred to Chad and to Iraq respectively, the US Justice Department said Thursday.

Gitmo detainees sent to Iraq, Chad (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:28 PM PDT

AP - U.S. officials say two more Guantanamo Bay detainees have been released, sent to their home countries of Iraq and Chad.

Iraqi government warns more violence likely (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:02 PM PDT

Men carry the coffin of Hassan Jaaz, 25 during his burial in Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, June 11, 2009. Jaaz was killed in car bombing a day before in the town of Bathaa, which is near Nasiriyah, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. A car bomb ripped through a market in southern Iraq's Shiite heartland Wednesday as shoppers were buying meat and vegetables, killing and wounding dozens, officials said.(AP Photo)AP - Iraq's government warned Thursday that more violence is likely as Iraqi security forces gear up for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from urban areas by the end of this month.

US Marines out of Iraq by spring 2010: general (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:07 PM PDT

A US soldier carries a duffle bag as his unit clears out of their joint security station in preparation to hand control of the base to the Iraqi army in Baghdad's Sadr city. The US Marines will withdraw from Iraq in the spring of 2010, the commandant of the elite force said Thursday, signaling the end of a mission that once faced a fierce Sunni insurgency.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US Marines will withdraw from Iraq in the spring of 2010, the commandant of the elite force said Thursday, signaling the end of a mission that once faced a fierce Sunni insurgency.

PM warns of worse to come after Iraq bombing (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 01:27 PM PDT

Iraqis gather near bloodied clothes following a bomb blast near Nasiriyah, June 10, 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Thursday that attacks could increase in the coming weeks ahead of the US troop pullout from urban areas, after a deadly car bomb hit the south of the country.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Thursday that attacks could increase in the coming weeks ahead of the US troop pullout from urban areas, after a deadly car bomb hit the south of the country.

Iraqi MPs demand probe after prison torture claims (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:23 AM PDT

Iraqi lawmakers hold a special session in Baghdad in 2007. Iraqi MPs called for an independent inquiry into reported cases of torture, rape and death in the country's prisons during a long debate in parliament on the subject on Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/Ceerwan Aziz)AFP - Iraqi MPs called for an independent inquiry into reported cases of torture, rape and death in the country's prisons during a long debate in parliament on the subject on Thursday.

Iraq frees three U.S. contractors (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 10:29 AM PDT

Reuters - Three of five U.S. security contractors arrested in Baghdad in an investigation into the murder of a fellow contractor will be released while two stay in custody accused of drug crimes, Iraq's government spokesman said on Thursday.

US officer in Baghdad finds loss of leverage (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 10:20 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 7, 2009, Sgt. 1st Class Gary Frey of Quincy, Illinois,left, talks to Iraqi soldier manning a checkpoint in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - The American captain was visibly irritated as local officials pressed him to move his vehicles away from the meeting place to allow traffic to pass. Finally, he walked out of the meeting — and none of the Iraqis asked why.

Iraq warns attacks will intensify before election (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 08:50 AM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (C), Iraq's Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani (R) and Iraq's Defence Minister General Abdel Qader Jassim (L) depart after a meeting in Baghdad June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed MalikReuters - Iraq's government said on Thursday that violence would increase before a parliamentary election due in January, a day after a car bomb killed at least 33 people at a marketplace in the country's south.

Tribal football match sparks violence in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:58 AM PDT

Children play football in the main street of Baghdad's al-Fadel district, March 2009. A football match involving youths from rival tribes in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala sparked violence in which five people including two women were wounded, an official has said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A football match involving youths from rival tribes in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala sparked violence in which five people including two women were wounded, an official said on Thursday.

Five US contractors cleared over Iraq murder (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:53 AM PDT

Iraqi police stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad on June 5. Five men arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow US citizen in Baghdad have been cleared but two remain in custody over drug allegations.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Five American men arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow US citizen in Baghdad have been cleared but two remain in custody over drug allegations, an Iraqi official said on Thursday.

Iraq arrests two over market bombing (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:19 AM PDT

Iraqis gather near bloodied clothes following a bomb blast near Nasiriyah, June 10, 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Thursday that attacks could increase in the coming weeks ahead of the US troop pullout from urban areas, after a deadly car bomb hit the south of the country.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraqi police said on Thursday they have arrested two men, including an Al-Qaeda member, over a car bomb attack in a market that killed 19 people.

Watchdogs urge Iraq to end media harassment (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:02 AM PDT

An undated file photo shows Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed, a freelance photographer working for Reuters news agency in Baghdad. REUTERS/StaffReuters - Media watchdogs have urged Iraq's government to end harassment and intimidation of journalists and push for the release of a freelance photographer working for Reuters, who is being held by the U.S. military.

Iraqi killed, US soldier wounded in Baghdad blast (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:42 AM PDT

US soldiers board a Blackhawk helicopter at a farm on the outskirts of Baghdad in April 2009. An Iraqi man was killed and an American soldier was among those wounded in an attack on a US military patrol in eastern Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - An Iraqi man was killed and an American soldier was among those wounded in an attack on a US military patrol in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, security forces and military officials said.

Iraq releases three US contractors held in murder case (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

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US likely to release insurgent accused of killing five US soldiers (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana gestures in front of a picture depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat while speaking during a joint news conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (not seen) in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)The Christian Science Monitor - Marking a gradual but dramatic shift in policy, the US appears prepared to release a major figure it accuses of masterminding the killing of five American soldiers in one of the most carefully planned insurgent attacks of this war, according to Iraqi and US officials.

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