2009年6月25日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,316 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, June 26, 2009, at least 4,316 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 US lawmaker: Iraq pullout 'on track' (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:29 PM PDT

US soldiers pack bags at the Joint Security Station (JSS) Comanche base south of the Sadr City district in Baghdad on June 24, 2009. A senior US lawmaker said Thursday that he hoped a recent wave of deadly attacks in Iraq would not affect the planned US troop draw-down next week and said it appears the withdrawal is AFP - A senior US lawmaker said Thursday that he hoped a recent wave of deadly attacks in Iraq would not affect the planned US troop draw-down next week and said it appears the withdrawal is "on track."

Iraqi bombings kill scores ahead of US withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Men carry the coffin of a relative killed in a bombing in the main Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 25, 2009. A bomb ripped through a crowded market on Wednesday, less than a week before a deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq's urban areas. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The bombing of a Baghdad bus station Thursday pushed the death toll from a weeklong series of blasts near Shiite targets to about 200, calling into question Iraq's ability to provide security as U.S. combat troops slowly withdraw from cities.

Iraq PM moves to reassure public after market bomb (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:12 PM PDT

Relatives lift the coffin of a victim of the blast at the Mraidi market in Sadr City prior to his burial at the main Shiite Muslim cemetery in the country. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki moved to reassure Iraqis that his security forces were able to protect the population after a bomb killed dozens days before a major pullout of US forces.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki moved to reassure Iraqis on Thursday that his security forces were able to protect the population after a bomb killed dozens days before a major pullout of US forces.

Iraqi, US commanders strike Mosul deal (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:10 AM PDT

Iraqi Maj. Gen. Hassan Karim Qudayar (L) sits next to the governor of the Province of Nineveh Athil al-Nujaifi and US Gen. Robert Caslen (R) during a press conference regarding security and the withdrawal of US troops on June 30th in the northern city of Mosul, 370kms from Baghdad. Senior military commanders said they had chosen five locations in the restive northern city of Mosul.(AFP/File/Mujahed Mohammed)AFP - Senior military commanders on Thursday said they had chosen five locations in the restive northern city of Mosul where Iraqi security forces will work with US soldiers after June 30.

Angry Iraqis demand protection from bombings (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:07 AM PDT

A policeman examines the site of a car bomb attack in Karrada District, central Baghdad, June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Bassim ShatiReuters - Hundreds of angry Iraqis gathered on Thursday around the wreckage of a market bombing in Baghdad where 78 people were killed, demanding better protection from the government when U.S. troops pull back to rural bases.

Risks battle rewards as Iraq opens up its oilfields (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 08:41 AM PDT

A worker adjusts a valve of a gas pipe in Al-Nassiriya gas field, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - For the first time since the U.S. invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, global oil firms will have a run at Iraq's vast oil resources when Baghdad auctions off contracts in its biggest fields this month.

Two killed in Baghdad bus station bombing (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:55 AM PDT

Iraqis relatives lift the coffin of a victim of a bomb blast in Sadr City. At least six people died in a new wave of bomb and gun attacks in Iraq, as the families of 62 people killed in a Baghdad market bombing began to bury their loved ones.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - Two people were killed and 31 wounded when two bombs went off within hours of each other on Thursday at a bus station in Baghdad, security officials said.

Four Iraqi police killed near Fallujah (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 05:33 AM PDT

Iraqi police guard a checkpoint in central Baghdad on June 5. Four Iraqi policemen were killed in two separate incidents near the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Four Iraqi policemen were killed on Thursday in two separate incidents near the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, west of the capital, police officials told AFP.

Iraq PM slams cleric's death calls (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 05:27 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here in April 2009, has criticised Arab and Muslim countries for their silence on calls by a senior Saudi cleric for Shiite scholars to be killed.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday criticised Arab and Muslim countries for their silence on calls by a senior Saudi cleric for Shiite scholars to be killed.

Tension deepens over intent to close Iraq's Camp Ashraf (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Fifty miles from the Iranian border, a tense drama is quietly unfolding as the Iraqi government grapples with the fate of several thousand Iranian opposition members who refuse to fade into history.

US discounts Iraq withdrawal risk despite attacks (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 09:01 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June. 24, 2009. 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. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Obama administration has concluded the risk of a security collapse in Iraq is too slight to slow plans for withdrawing U.S. troops. In the run-up to June 30, the deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraqi cities, the nation has been rocked by big attacks, including a bombing Wednesday evening in the Sadr City district of Baghdad that killed more than 50.

US leaves cultural imprint on Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 08:26 PM PDT

A US Army soldier from 3rd Battalion 8th Cavalry Division kneels in front of an image of Mickey Mouse painted on a wall in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Six years after invading Iraq and toppling dictator Saddam Hussein, the US has affected local society in wildly conflicting ways.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Sipping tea and smoking from a water pipe at Shahbander, a favoured haunt for Baghdad's intelligentsia, Jafaar Bairga neatly summed up the contradictions of Iraqi views of the United States.

US intel: Al-Qaida activity plunges in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT

US soldiers pack bags at the Joint Security Station (JSS) Comanche base south of the Sadr City district in Baghdad on June 24, 2009. A senior US lawmaker said Thursday that he hoped a recent wave of deadly attacks in Iraq would not affect the planned US troop draw-down next week and said it appears the withdrawal is AP - The number of al-Qaida extremists in Iraq has plummeted and their ability to maintain a high-level of attacks has been eroded, U.S. intelligence suggests.

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