2009年6月12日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

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

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, June 12, 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.

Top Sunni lawmaker killed outside Baghdad mosque (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:02 PM PDT

Iraqi soldier walks in front of a mosque where a Sunni lawmaker Harith al-Obeidi was killed in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 12, 2009. al-Obeidi, a senior Sunni lawmaker was shot dead outside the mosque after Friday prayers in western Baghdad, officials said, underscoring fears that violence could rise ahead of Iraq's national elections next year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The moderate leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament was assassinated Friday after delivering a sermon at a Baghdad mosque, a killing that could set back efforts to reconcile differences between the two Muslim sects before national elections.

In Mosul, Iraqi army not ready to take over from U.S. forces (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 01:51 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MOSUL, Iraq — The Iraqi Army colonel glowered at his newest captain. Looking small and lost in his oversized new uniform, the captain conceded that he was an untrained civilian who'd been sent to Iraq's most violent city by one of the political parties in Baghdad that's vying for control of the country's security forces.

Troops in NJ are welcomed home from Iraq (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 01:50 PM PDT

New York Jets cheerleaders greet some of the hundreds of New Jersey National Guard soldiers waiting to march in a parade through downtown Trenton, N.J., Friday, June 12, 2009, to honor their return from Iraq. The mobilization last year of roughly 2, 900 soldiers- roughly half of the state's entire guard unit-marked the largest deployment of New Jersey National Guard troops to a combat zone since World War II. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Little Jewel Moore thought her daddy lived inside the computer. That's because since she was 3 months old, he did.

Sunni MP among five slain in Baghdad mosque attack (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 12:44 PM PDT

Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at the entrance to a mosque where Iraqi MP Harith al-Obaidi was slain in Baghdad. A teenage gunman went on the rampage in a Baghdad mosque on Friday, killing a senior Sunni Muslim MP and four other people in a grenade and gun attack, Iraqi officials and witnesses said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A teenage gunman went on the rampage in a Baghdad mosque on Friday, killing a senior Sunni Muslim MP and four other people in a grenade and gun attack, Iraqi officials and witnesses said.

Iranians vote in Iraq; Iraqis hope for moderate leader (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 10:55 AM PDT

Iranian women cast their ballots at a polling station in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Thousands of Iranians living in Iraq or on pilgrimages to Shiite shrines voted on Friday in Iran's hotly-contested presidential election as Iraqis hoped they would elect a moderate leader.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - Thousands of Iranians living in Iraq or on pilgrimages to Shiite shrines voted on Friday in Iran's hotly-contested presidential election as Iraqis hoped they would elect a moderate leader.

Leading Iraqi lawmaker killed, officials fear spread of violence. (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 09:32 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's leading Sunni lawmaker was assassinated Friday after he finished delivering prayers at a mosque in western Baghdad.

Thousands of Iranians cast ballots in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 09:01 AM PDT

Iranian women cast their ballots at a polling station in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Thousands of Iranians living in Iraq or on pilgrimages to Shiite shrines voted on Friday in Iran's hotly-contested presidential election as Iraqis hoped they would elect a moderate leader.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - Thousands of Iranians living in Iraq or on pilgrimages to Shiite shrines were voting in the Iranian presidential election on Friday, said Iranian officials manning the polls said.

Iraq Sunni leader killed at mosque, fears of fallout (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 08:42 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces secure the scene of a bombing at a popular resort outside Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, June 11, 2009. A man on a motorcycle detonated explosives killing himself and several bystanders. Over a dozen others were wounded in the attack. (AP Photo/Ahmed Alhusseiney)Reuters - The head of Iraq's biggest Sunni Muslim parliament bloc was killed at a mosque on Friday, officials said, an assassination which could undermine efforts for sectarian reconciliation in Iraq.

Sunni MP killed in Baghdad mosque attack (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 07:24 AM PDT

Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at the entrance to a mosque where Iraqi MP Harith al-Obaidi was slain in Baghdad. A teenage gunman went on the rampage in a Baghdad mosque on Friday, killing a senior Sunni Muslim MP and four other people in a grenade and gun attack, Iraqi officials and witnesses said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A teenage gunman killed a Sunni Muslim MP and four other people as he went on the rampage inside a Baghdad mosque, Iraqi officials and witnesses said on Friday.

(AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 12:30 PM PDT

AP - State media declares Iranian president winner in election, but rival also claims victory.

US Marines will exit Iraq by spring of next year (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - They are considered the "soldiers of the sea," but US Marines have been deployed to landlocked Anbar Province in western Iraq since 2003.

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