2009年7月11日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,323 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 05:30 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, July 11, 2009, at least 4,323 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq bombings kill 8 in capital, northern village (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 05:05 PM PDT

Family members of eleven year old Mohammed Akeel, who was killed in a bombing the day before, grieve at his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A car bomb exploded in an alley Saturday in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least four people, wounding others and destroying eight homes, police said. Another six people died in bombings in Baghdad.


U.S. soldier sentenced in accidental shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 03:18 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. military sentenced a soldier to three years in a military jail Saturday for the accidental shooting death of a fellow soldier serving in Iraq.

Seven killed in Iraq bombings (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Relatives grieve as the coffin of 11-year-old Muntazar Mohammed, killed in two explosions at a market in Adhamiyah, a Sunni Arab district of Baghdad, is taken for burial on July 10, 2009. Seven people were killed and 66 wounded on Saturday in attacks in Iraq, including bombings at a central Baghdad billiards cafe, security officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Seven people were killed and 66 wounded on Saturday in attacks in Iraq, including bombings at a central Baghdad billiards cafe, security officials said.


US soldier in Iraq sentenced in comrade's shooting (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:01 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. military in Iraq has sentenced a soldier to three years in jail in the shooting death of another soldier.

Car bomb in northern Iraq's Mosul kills 4 (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 08:27 AM PDT

Reuters - A car bomb in a market killed at least four people and wounded 50 in the violent northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday, police said.

US army says Iraqi truck driver mistakenly killed (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 08:15 AM PDT

Iraqi children wave to US soldiers in Khan Bani Saad, 10km south of Baquba last month. A truck driver was mistakenly killed by American forces outside the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, the US army has said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A truck driver was mistakenly killed by American forces outside the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, the US army said on Saturday.


Iraq car bomb kills four (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 08:12 AM PDT

Relatives grieve as the coffin of 11-year-old Muntazar Mohammed, killed in two explosions at a market in Adhamiyah, a Sunni Arab district of Baghdad, is taken for burial on July 10, 2009. Seven people were killed and 66 wounded on Saturday in attacks in Iraq, including bombings at a central Baghdad billiards cafe, security officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Four civilians were killed and 35 people injured on Saturday by a car bomb in a Shiite district in the restive Iraqi city of Mosul, a police officer told AFP.


Iraq PM wants stronger central govt powers (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 08:09 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here with members of the Albu Sultan tribe in Baghdad, has renewed a call for the constitution to be changed to concentrate more power with the central government in Baghdad.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday renewed a call for the Iraqi constitution to be changed to concentrate more power with the central government in Baghdad.


Sadr supporters stymie vote on British pact (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 06:12 AM PDT

British soldiers prepare to go out on a mission in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - Lawmakers loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr held up a vote on Saturday to approve a deal allowing British troops to remain in Iraq longer than previously agreed to help the local navy protect oil platforms.


Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:31 PM PDT

This photo provided by Susan Willems taken July 5, 2009 shows an American flag being flown upside down, a day after it was removed by local police,  in Crivitz, Wis. The flag being flown upside down as a protest in a small northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade. The businessman flying the flag claims police trespassed and stole his property. (AP Photo/Susan Willems)AP - An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it — an Iraq war veteran — claims the officers trespassed and stole his property.


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