2009年6月30日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at least 4,322 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 troops leave Iraqi cities as car bomb kills 27 (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Iraqis look on as others clamber over the smoldering wreckage following a car bomb at a central market in the northern city of Kirkuk, 255 kms from the capital Baghdad. Iraqi security forces jubilantly paraded in tanks and armoured vehicles on Tuesday as they took control of towns and cities, but jubilation was marred by a car bomb that killed 27 people.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraqi security forces jubilantly paraded in tanks and armoured vehicles on Tuesday as they took control of towns and cities, but the celebrations were marred by a car bomb that killed 27 people.

Biden to take new role overseeing Iraq policy (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 03:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has asked Vice President Joe Biden, pictured in January 2009, to take on a new role overseeing the US departure from Iraq and Washington's effort to promote internal political reconciliation there.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - President Barack Obama has asked Vice President Joe Biden to take on a new role overseeing the US departure from Iraq and Washington's effort to promote internal political reconciliation there.

White House: US pullback important step forward (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 02:45 PM PDT

Iraqis celebrate in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. U.S. troops pulled out of Iraqi cities on Tuesday in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that "Iraq's future is in the hands of its own people," warning of more violence in the days ahead but signaling optimism that Iraq will prevail as a stable, sovereign nation.

US pullback in Iraq 'important milestone': Obama (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Iraqi soldiers parade to mark the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities and towns across the nation in the southern city of Karbala, 110 kms south of the capital Baghdad. US President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities as an AFP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities as an "important milestone," but warned of difficult days of bloodshed and violence to come.

Iraq violence may endure as US troops pull back: Gates (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 02:02 PM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, seen here on June 9, 2009, said violence may continue in certain parts of Iraq in the coming months after US troops pull out of the country's cities.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - Violence may continue in certain parts of Iraq in the coming months after US troops pull out of the country's cities, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.

Iraq takes over its own security as violence continues (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:43 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — On a historic day for Americans and Iraqis alike — a rare if not unprecedented handoff of military sovereignty in an active war zone — the violence that's marred six years of U.S.-led occupation struck again.

Bomb kills 32 in Iraq as U.S. troops leave (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 12:35 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier carries a box at a base in Baquba, June 30, 2009.REUTERS/Helmiy al-AzawiReuters - Hours after U.S. troops handed over control of Iraq's cities to its domestic security forces, a car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday, police said.

(AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 11:26 AM PDT

AP - Obama: more work to be done, but U.S. has made progress toward a stable, sovereign Iraq.

Top US commander: Iran still supports Iraq attacks (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 11:01 AM PDT

Gen. Ray Odierno, top U.S. commander in Iraq, talks to reporters at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Gen. Odierno said Iran is still supporting, funding and training surrogates who operate inside Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq on Tuesday accused Iran of continuing to support and train militants who are carrying out attacks, including most of the ones in Baghdad.

Iran support for Iraqi militants falling: US general (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 10:45 AM PDT

Iraqis roll over a destroyed vehicle following a car bomb at a central market in the northern city of Kirkuk, 255 kms from the capital Baghdad. Iranian support for armed insurgents in Iraq has fallen slightly amid stepped up security along their joint border, the top US commander in Baghdad, General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iranian support for armed insurgents in Iraq has fallen slightly amid stepped up security along their joint border, the top US commander in Baghdad, General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday.

US captain's farewell patrol in one-time Iraqi battleground (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 10:22 AM PDT

US soldiers and Iraqi police take part in their last joint patrol in Khan Bani Saad, some 10 kms south of the town of Baquba, on June 28 2009.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - It was 6 am as Captain Barry Troy's men set off on their last patrol of the town of Khan Beni Saad ahead of Tuesday's deadline for US troops to withdraw from Iraq's urban centres.

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 10:01 AM PDT

AP - Major bombings in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

Foreign firms snub Iraq oil industry (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:57 AM PDT

Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani looks over during the bidding process to unveiling of the names of the foreign firms that have won contracts to develop key oil and gas fields in central Baghdad. Foreign energy companies snubbed Iraq on Tuesday by rejecting all but one deal to develop the country's oil and gas sector, in what had been the first such opportunity in nearly four decades.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Foreign energy companies snubbed Iraq on Tuesday by rejecting all but one deal to develop the country's oil and gas sector, in what had been the first such opportunity in nearly four decades.

Iraqi oil licensing round runs into trouble (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:56 AM PDT

Iraqi Oil Minster Hussein al-Shahristani, center, and Iraqi officials are seen during the licensing round to develop some of Iraq's massive oil fields at a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30. 2009. International oil companies were submitting bids for six oil and two gas fields more than 30 years after Saddam Hussein nationalized the oil sector and expelled foreign firms. (AP Photo/Photo Loay Hameed)AP - Iraq's hopes for an oil-revenue fueled postwar recovery suffered a sharp blow Tuesday as the foreign oil companies it counted on to help develop its vast reserves greeted the country's first oil auction in over 30 years with grumbles and just one deal.

US House speaker hails US pullout in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:53 AM PDT

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen here on June 26, 2009, hailed the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi towns and cities on Tuesday as a major step towards a complete pullout and AFP - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi towns and cities as a major step towards a complete pullout and "the end of the war."

US troops leave Iraqi cities as car bomb kills 26 (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT

Iraqis look on as others clamber over the smoldering wreckage following a car bomb at a central market in the northern city of Kirkuk, 255 kms from the capital Baghdad. Iraqi security forces jubilantly paraded in tanks and armoured vehicles on Tuesday as they took control of towns and cities, but jubilation was marred by a car bomb that killed 27 people.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraqi security forces jubilantly paraded in tanks and armoured vehicles on Tuesday as they took control of towns and cities, but jubilation was marred by a car bomb that killed 26 people.

U.S. Troop Withdrawal: Iraq Takes Charge of War (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:00 AM PDT

Iraqi policemen celebrate as they mark the U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi cities, in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad June 29, 2009. Picture taken June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)Time.com - After six years of combat, U.S. troops are being redeployed out of Iraqi cities and towns -- because the Iraqi government has insisted on it. For better or worse, it's Iraq's war now

Twenty-six killed in car bomb in Iraq's Kirkuk (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 08:59 AM PDT

Iraqi police officers inspect the back of a pick-up truck at a checkpoint in Kirkuk in May. At least 26 people were killed and around 56 wounded in a car bomb attack on a market area in Kirkuk on Tuesday, a high-ranking police official told AFP.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Twenty-six people people were killed and 56 wounded in a car bomb attack on a market area in Kirkuk on Tuesday, a high-ranking police official told AFP.

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