2009年7月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

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

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:25 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, July 1, 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.

As Biden Takes Lead on Iraq Policy, Kurds Seek More From U.S. (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 12:53 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - As Sunni and Shiite Arabs dance in the streets to celebrate the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraqi cities, Iraq's other major ethnic group is pleading for increased U.S. commitment and involvement in Iraqi affairs.

Iraq far behind in mine clearance (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 12:43 PM PDT

From left to right: Lt. Gen. Ahmed Hashim, representative of Iraq's ministry of Defense, Kent Paulusson, United Nation Development Fund's senior mine action adviser, and Arnold Glmer, special representative of the General Secretary of the UN. presents the report on the steps taken by Iraq to clear land-mines and unexploded bombs at a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Iraq's failure to take any steps to clear land-mines and unexploded bombs will derail any chance of its ever meeting an international deadline to clean up what is considered one of the world's most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The Iraqi government's failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world's most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday.

June is deadliest month for Iraqis this year (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 12:00 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces carry a portrait of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a parade in Mosul, 360 kilometers, 225 miles, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The U.S. withdrew its combat troops from major urban areas on June 30 as part of a security agreement that will see American forces out of Iraq by the end of 2011. (AP Photo)AP - At least 447 Iraqi civilians were killed in June, double the toll from the previous month, according to an Associated Press tally, as insurgents took aim at crowded areas to maximize the number of casualties.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 10:51 AM PDT

AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Iraq death toll spikes as US troops leave cities (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 10:28 AM PDT

Iraqi police take part in a parade in the northern city of Mosul, 370 kms from Baghdad. Bombings in the lead-up to the pullback of US forces from Iraq's towns and cities, resulted in the bloodiest death toll seen in the conflict-hit nation in 11 months, official figures showed Wednesday.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)AFP - Bombings in the lead-up to the pullback of US forces from Iraq's towns and cities resulted in the bloodiest death toll seen in the conflict-hit nation in 11 months, official figures showed Wednesday.

Iraq death toll in June 'highest in 11 months' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 08:55 AM PDT

An Iraqi shopkeeper surveys the damage following a car bomb blast in the northern city of Kirkuk that 33 civilians. The month of June witnessed the highest number of deaths from violence in Iraq for 11 months, official figures have shown, with 437 people killed across the conflict-hit nation.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - The month of June witnessed the highest number of deaths from violence in Iraq for 11 months, official figures showed on Wednesday, with 437 people killed across the conflict-hit nation.

Iraqi Cabinet approves BP's offer on Rumaila (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 07:19 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces parade in Tikrit, Iraq, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The U.S. withdrew its combat troops from major urban areas on June 30 as part of a security agreement that will see American forces out of Iraq by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)AP - Iraq's government on Wednesday approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck during a much-hyped but ultimately disappointing international oil auction.

Iraqi politicians of all stripes laud U.S. pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 07:16 AM PDT

SPC Charles Lewis, 30, of the 10th Combat Support Hospital prepares to leave Baghdad, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel C. BrittReuters - Iraqi politicians from across the ethnic and sectarian divide on Wednesday welcomed the U.S. troop withdrawal from cities as a step toward sovereignty, even though they feared it might trigger more violence.

Iraq stands firm, rejects foreign oil deals (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 06:24 AM PDT

An Iraqi oil worker at an oil field in the southern Rumaila area in 2007. Iraq said it has rejected further offers from foreign companies to work in the country's oil and gas sector and pledged that some sites will instead be solely exploited by state-owned firms.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq on Wednesday said it has rejected further offers from foreign companies to work in the country's oil and gas sector and pledged that some sites will instead be solely exploited by state-owned firms.

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

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 07:36 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 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.

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