2009年6月28日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Banking on security in Baghdad (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Under the watchful eye of a guard in army fatigues -- with badges depicting a dagger through a skull -- the meeting of the Iraqi private banks association was like any gathering of mostly fat and balding money men.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,318 (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, June 28, 2009, at least 4,318 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US withdraws from Iraqi cities despite violence (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 03:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2009 file photo, A U.S. Army soldier carries American flags used at a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. troops will be out of Iraqi cities by Tuesday in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim, File)AP - Death squads roamed the streets, slaughtering members of the rival Muslim sect. Bombs rocked Baghdad daily — until thousands of U.S. troops poured in two years ago, establishing neighborhood bases and taking control of the Iraqi capital and other cities.

Iraq steps up security ahead of US city withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 01:12 PM PDT

A U.S. Army soldier greets an Iraqi child during routine patrol in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 28, 2009. U.S. troops will be out of Iraqi cities by Tuesday June 30 in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi security forces bolstered checkpoints and banned motorcycles from the streets of Baghdad as they prepared Sunday for more violence before this week's withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from the capital and other cities and towns.

As U.S. troops move on, Iraqis fear the coming turmoil (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 12:58 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The guys with the guns and bombs and best-laid plans may think the U.S. withdrawal of combat troops from major Iraqi cities will work.

American troops in Iraq fade from major cities (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 12:34 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The last American patrol in Baghdad?

Iraqi forces 'ready' to take over: US general (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 07:41 AM PDT

US soldiers and Iraqi police carry out their last patrol along the streets of Khan Bani Saad on June 28. US General Ray Odierno has told CNN that Iraqi forces are AFP - Iraqi forces are "ready" to take over security operations in the country's cities after American troops pull back on June 30, the general in charge of US-led coalition forces there said on Sunday.

Iraq lessons learned, U.S. Marines turn to Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 07:35 AM PDT

Reuters - After five years coping with the most dangerous province in Iraq, the U.S. Marines have been given their next assignment: the most dangerous province in Afghanistan.

General says Iraq violence is counterproductive (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 06:52 AM PDT

AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq says he believes that the recent increase in violence in Iraq may end up hurting the extremists who are behind the attacks.

Heavy sandstorm blankets Iraq, delays oil bidding (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 06:40 AM PDT

Iraqi policemen wear dust masks as they direct traffic during a sand storm in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 28, 2009. Sandstorms are a regular occurrence in Baghdad although it is shielded from the desert by a thin strip of arable land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A heavy sandstorm has blanketed Iraq's capital, closing the Baghdad airport and delaying the country's first oil bidding process in 30 years.

US commander: Iraqi troops ready for city security (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 06:22 AM PDT

AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq says he believes Iraqi forces are ready to take over when American combat troops pull out of Baghdad and other cities by Tuesday.

Iraqi 'city from hell' happy for US troops to go (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:55 AM PDT

US soldiers take part in one of the last patrols through the streets of Baquba on June 26.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Baquba, the Iraqi city synonymous in recent years with murders, intercommunal killings and suicide bombings, is celebrating the imminent departure of US troops with balloons and bunting.

Iraq oil bidding process delayed by one day (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:40 AM PDT

An Iraqi worker opens a pipeline at the Shuaiba oil refinery near Basra. Iraq's oil ministry said an event to announce the names of foreign and large state-owned firms awarded major contracts has been delayed by a day because of sandstorms in Baghdad.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's oil ministry said an event to announce the names of foreign and large state-owned firms awarded major contracts has been delayed by one day from Monday because of sandstorms in Baghdad.

Life after U.S. pullout brings worries for Iraqis (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 03:24 AM PDT

Reuters - Sitting in his small room in northern Baghdad, a pistol nearby and assault rifles stacked under the bed, Khalil Ibrahim is worried over Iraq's future.

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