2009年6月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,315 (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 05:13 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at least 4,315 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

What Iraqis Think About Iran's Election Turmoil (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Time.com - While much of the rest of the world wrings its hands over the Iranian election, there has been little anguish in Baghdad. There are several reasons why

U.S. House clears $106 billion war funding, Senate next (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:36 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama warned Tuesday nuclear North Korea was a Reuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly backed a $106 billion bill to pay for the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and extend billions in new credit to the International Monetary Fund.

House passes $106 billion war funding bill (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:08 PM PDT

US soldiers evacuate a wounded comrade from the site of a suicide attack in front of the German embassy in Kabul in January 2009. Bogged down over the release of detainee abuse photos, a bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was on track Friday for passage in Congress after a late-night intervention by President Barack Obama.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - War-funding legislation survived a fierce partisan battle in the House on Tuesday, a major step in providing commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan the money they would need for military operations in the coming months.

Finally, a British Inquiry into the Iraq War (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 02:10 PM PDT

Time.com - After years of public demand, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced the launch of an inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq War. But will it provide answers or just more questions?

Iraq unveils results of prison abuse investigation (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:46 PM PDT

Men sit in crowded cells in a jail in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Iraqi interior minister Jawad al-Bolanivisited the jail after members of Iraqi parliament called for investigation on human rights abuses in Iraqi jails. Complaints about mistreatment of inmates in Iraqi prisons gained widespread attention last week when a Sunni lawmaker who was a champion of prisoner rights was killed after delivering a sermon at a Baghdad mosque. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's interior minister said Tuesday more than 40 police officers face charges after an investigation into prison abuse found inmates incarcerated without warrants and others with their rights violated.

US: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:43 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb southeast of Baghdad.

Army couple's rarest asset in Iraq: time together (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:41 PM PDT

In this image made on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq, U.S.Army Captains Jennifer Williams and husband Nathan Williams pose at Camp Victory at Baghdad airport. The Williamses have each been deployed twice to Iraq - in different locations - on 12-month tours and spent at least another year apart at home because of training commitments. Nathan Williams commands an infantry company that moved May 30 from an outpost in north Baghdad to Camp Victory, where his wife is stationed. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - They still feel like newlyweds, five years into their marriage. A lucky couple?

US help not needed in future combat: Iraq PM (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:40 PM PDT

A handout picture released by the Iraqi premier's office shows Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (C) laying the first tile for a hospital that is to be built in Babel province, south of Baghdad, on June 15, 2009. Iraq will not call on US forces to take part in combat operations after they pull out from urban centres in two weeks, Maliki said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Iraq will not call on US forces to take part in combat operations after they pull out from urban centres in two weeks, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said.

Iraqi refugees face poverty, eviction in U.S.: study (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 11:43 AM PDT

Senators Arlen Specter (L) (D-PA) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) look toward a curtained off area from where Iraqi refugees testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 16, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Thousands of Iraqi refugees resettled in the United States are living in poverty and facing homelessness as they struggle to rebuild their lives amid the recession, a study by a humanitarian aid group found.

NH soldier killed disarming bomb in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 09:36 AM PDT

AP - Bright and hardworking like his immigrant parents, Edmond Lo's future grew even more promising when he was offered a full scholarship to a prominent engineering school. But he turned it down, choosing instead to disarm bombs for the Army.

Iraqis take control of Baghdad's Green Zone (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 06:19 AM PDT

Reuters - As the armored car carrying Westerners cut to the front of the line at a checkpoint into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone, an enraged Iraqi leapt from his BMW and yelled at the occupants.

US soldier killed, six people wounded in Iraq violence (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 06:14 AM PDT

US soldiers board a Blackhawk helicopter at a farm on the outskirts of Baghdad in April 2009. A US soldier was killed and six people were wounded in violence across Iraq on Tuesday, two weeks before the scheduled American pullout from the country's urban centres.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A US soldier was killed and six people were wounded in violence across Iraq on Tuesday, two weeks before the scheduled American pullout from the country's urban centres.

Bus accident in Iraq kills 16 (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 05:35 AM PDT

A van drives past the city of Sulaimaniyah, 2005. A bus travelling between Baghdad and the southern port city of Basra on Tuesday turned over after its driver lost control of the vehicle, killing 16 people and injuring 24, police said.(AFP/File/Ahmed al-Rubaye)AFP - A bus travelling between Baghdad and the southern port city of Basra on Tuesday turned over after its driver lost control of the vehicle, killing 16 people and injuring 24, police said.

Iraqi boy rescued from abductors after 70 days (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 05:03 AM PDT

An Iraqi boy takes part in Friday prayers in the southern holy city of Karbala in April 2009. A three-and-a-half-year-old boy who was kidnapped west of Baghdad 10 weeks ago and tortured has been freed and his four abductors arrested, Iraqi police and his father said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A three-and-a-half-year-old boy who was kidnapped west of Baghdad 10 weeks ago and tortured has been freed and his four abductors arrested, Iraqi police and his father said on Tuesday.

Iraqi fishermen suffer in Iran, Kuwait border feud (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:46 AM PDT

Iraqi fishermen travel on their boat along the banks of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway off the Faw peninsula nearly 100 km south of Basra province June 15, 2009. Fins and gills flash silver in the dawn light as Iraqi fishermen offload their catch, the men relieved to back from waters jealously guarded by two of Iraq's old war-time foes, Iran and Kuwait. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - Fins and gills flash silver in the dawn light as Iraqi fishermen offload their catch, relieved to be back from waters jealously guarded by two of Iraq's erstwhile war-time foes, Iran and Kuwait.

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