2009年6月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi Immigrants: Refugees in a Land of No Opportunity (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Thousands of refugees from war-torn Iraq thought their dreams had come through when they came to America. But now there are no jobs to be had

Iraqi karate coach killed by gunmen in Mosul (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:43 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2008, file photo shows Iranian basij paramilitary volunteers, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, attending a parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. The militia force has stayed mostly on the sidelines of demonstrations against the results of last Friday's presidential election in recent days, but it has great potential to turn its power on protesters with just a nod from the country's leaders. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)AP - Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq's national karate team Friday in Mosul, underscoring the dangers still facing this northern city less than two weeks before a deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from urban areas.

Iraq, Afghanistan wars coordinated from afar (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:46 AM PDT

US General Petraeus (R), Commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and French Army Chief-of-Staff General Jean-Louis Georgelin (L) attend a meeting at the United States Central Command Headquarters on June 17, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. The target may be in Iraq or Afghanistan, but if a US air attack risks killing civilians the decision to strike is taken by leaders at this military base.(AFP/File/Michel Moutot)AFP - The target may be in Iraq or Afghanistan, but if a US air attack risks killing civilians the decision to strike is taken by leaders at this military base in sunny Tampa, Florida.

Iraqis back Iranian protesters' call for change (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:06 AM PDT

Shiite Muslim men sit in the shade of a tiled arch in the inner courtyard at the Imam Musa al-Kadhim mosque in the Kadhimiyah district of northern Baghdad in May 2009. Many Iraqi Shiites back the Iranian protesters who have turned out onto the streets in massive demonstrations over the past week to contest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - In a bazaar in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite district of Kadhimiyah, one tailor bluntly expresses hope that the turmoil now besetting Iran will lead Iraq's neighbour to stop interfering in his country.

Firms chasing Iraq oil contracts on 'level field': minister (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:02 AM PDT

All foreign energy companies bidding for contracts to develop Iraq's oil fields are on a AFP - All foreign energy companies bidding for contracts to develop Iraq's oil fields are on a "level playing field", Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said on Friday.

Iraqi anti-terror agency does not legally exist: chief (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 09:59 AM PDT

A general view of a market in the northern city of Kirkuk, 255 kms from Baghdad in April 2009. Iraq's anti-terror agency has not legally existed nor had a budget since the fall of now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein, its chief said on Friday.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraq's anti-terror agency has not legally existed nor had a budget since the fall of now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein, its chief said on Friday.

Iraq confident about security after U.S. troops leave towns (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:35 AM PDT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Tokyo June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Iraq is confident its security forces can manage alone after U.S. soldiers pull out of towns and cities this month, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Friday.

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

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:52 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, June 18, 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.

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