2009年6月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US urges Gulf states to support Iraq, counter Iran (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:28 PM PDT

Iran's F-5 fighter jet lands in Chabahar city, south of Iran during a military exercise. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday that Gulf states needed to lend support to Iraq in the face of efforts by Iran to AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday that Gulf states needed to lend support to Iraq in the face of efforts by Iran to "destabilize" the Baghdad government.

Iraq to mark US pullback from cities with holiday (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:12 PM PDT

Iraqi shop owners clear debris a day after a parked motorcycle loaded with explosives blew up in a market at Husseiniya, north east of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim kadim)AP - The Iraqi government on Tuesday declared a public holiday to mark next week's withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities.

Iraq to mark US pullout with holiday, ceremonies (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:41 PM PDT

US Army soldiers survey the damage from a truck bomb that exploded the day before in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on June 21, 2009. Iraq will mark the June 30 pullout of US troops from cities and major towns with a public holiday and ceremonies will be held on the preceding day, a government spokesman announced on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraq will mark the June 30 pullout of US troops from cities and major towns with a public holiday and ceremonies will be held on the preceding day, a government spokesman announced on Tuesday.

Iraq oil minister insists strategy is on track (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 07:34 AM PDT

A worker pictured at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan. Iraq's oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani has defended his strategy for tapping the country's vast energy reserves, insisting that output must increase before new fields can be explored.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraq's oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani on Tuesday defended his strategy for tapping the country's vast energy reserves, insisting that output must increase before new fields can be explored.

Iraqi Kurds seek change in parliamentary campaign (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 07:12 AM PDT

AP - Kurdish candidates have begun campaigning for the first elections in four years in their semiautonomous territory in northern Iraq — and the kickoff heralds an unusually bitter campaign.

Iraq: forgotten and in trouble? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Fresh concerns about the US-Iraq relationship are rising as the draw-down of US forces approaches. A suicide bombing in Kirkuk Saturday was the deadliest in Iraq in more than a year. Meanwhile, the Iraqi government continues to fail to approve crucial laws for administering the country.

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