2009年6月26日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Motorcycle bomb kills 13, wounds 45 in Baghdad (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Thirteen people were killed and 45 were wounded when a small parked motorcycle detonated early Friday in a crowd of young men in the Bab al Sheikh neighborhood in downtown Baghdad, Iraqi police said.

Motorcycle bombs kill 20 in Baghdad attacks (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:46 PM PDT

Police inspect the site of a bombing at a bus station in southwest Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 25, 2009. The blast was the latest in a series of deadly attacks ahead of a U.S. military withdrawal from cities next week. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)AP - Motorcycle bombs killed at least 20 people in separate attacks in Baghdad Friday, at least 19 of them in a crowded bazaar, part of an apparent trend toward increased use of motorcycles to thwart stepped-up security measures.

13 killed in Baghdad market bombing (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:18 PM PDT

A man walks past as damaged motorbikes are loaded on the back of a police truck following an explosion at a motorbike market in Baghdad. Iraq's main motorcycle market was hit by a bombing that killed 13 people and wounded more than 50, just four days before US soldiers pull out of cities, towns and villages nationwide.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq's main motorcycle market was hit by a bombing that killed 13 people and wounded dozens on Friday, just four days before US soldiers pull out from cities, towns and villages nationwide.

Obama: Political agreement the big problem in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:35 AM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during his joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not shown, Friday, June 26, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Despite continuing violence in Iraq, President Barack Obama says he thinks the bigger challenge there is finding political agreement among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.

Three more swine flu cases in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:35 AM PDT

An Iraqi woman shows a SMS text message she received from the Iraqi Ministry of Health asking people to take precautions to avoid cathcing the flu in May 2009. Iraq's northern autonomous region diagnosed three more cases of swine flu on Friday, including the 12-year-old brother of a female basketball player struck down by the condition.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq's northern autonomous region diagnosed three more cases of swine flu on Friday, including the 12-year-old brother of a female basketball player struck down by the condition.

Bomb kills 13 in latest Baghdad bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Iraqis gather at the scene of a blast at the Mraidi market in the eastern Sadr City district of Baghdad. 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.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)Reuters - A bomb killed at least 13 people at a Baghdad market selling motorbikes and furniture on Friday, the latest in a series of attacks that have intensified ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities.

Elite Iraqi troops in forefront after US pullback (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 10:45 AM PDT

In this handout photo released by the U.S. military and taken on April 26, 2009, Iraqi special operations forces conduct a hostage rescue exercise in Baghdad, Iraq. The commander of Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Bureau feels that his elite American-trained special operations units can replace U.S. troops after they withdraw next week major urban areas and said he was confident his country will not again slip into sectarian warfare.The troops, disctinctive because of the high-tech U.S.-made equipment they carry, have made a reputation for themselves as the most highly trained and effective troops in the Iraqi arsenal, often pairing up with American special operations forces to go after Iraq's most wanted on all sides of the sectarian divide — both al-Qaida extremists and Shiite militants.(AP Photo/US Military, Capt. Tommy Avilucea)AP - As Iraqi security services prepare to take back their towns from the Americans on Tuesday, the sharpest arrow in their quiver is an elite, American-trained force with a reputation that leads many Iraqis to call it "the dirty brigade."

Obama: not enough political progress in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:45 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel before their news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, June 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he has not seen as much political progress in Iraq as he would like and said the country's biggest challenge is to resolve political differences between various factions.

'Great place to live': US troops exit Sadr City (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:45 AM PDT

A US soldier of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, relaxes as another packs his bags at their barracks at the Joint Security Station Comanche base south of the Sadr City district in Baghdad on June 24, 2009.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - As recently as a year ago, it would have been unimaginable to hear an American soldier voicing sadness on leaving Sadr City, but Captain Christopher Clyde says he enjoyed his time here.

A Chinese Lesson in Iraqi Oil Exploration (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Iraq is about to award several big petroleum contracts. The winning bidders should learn a lesson from the first company ever to win a post-Saddam contract

Fans at US base in Iraq shocked over Jackson death (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:02 AM PDT

A US soldier of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, watches a US television network showing images of pop star Michael Jackson at his base in the city of Baquba on June 25, 2009. Thousands of kilometres from home, US soldiers and fans of Jackson stationed north of Baghdad expressed shock Friday over the death of the pop legend.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Thousands of kilometres from home, US soldiers and fans of Michael Jackson stationed north of Baghdad expressed shock Friday over the death of the pop legend.

US troop pullback to test new US-Iraq relationship (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 06:23 AM PDT

US soldiers in Kirkuk, Iraq. The US troop pullback in Iraq next week will serve as a test for the United States, which wants to move from a warlike to a diplomatic footing with Baghdad despite fears of militants and Iran.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - The US troop pullback in Iraq next week will serve as a test for the United States, which wants to move from a warlike to a diplomatic footing with Baghdad despite fears of militants and Iran.

US forces withdrawing from Iraqi cities will move instead to encircle them (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The commanding general in charge of US forces in the north says American combat troops pulling out of Iraq's most volatile cities are being shifted to areas encircling the cities to try to stop what has proved to be a resilient Al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent groups.

(AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:51 PM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials say a bomb exploded in a market in Baghdad, killing at least 9 people

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