2009年7月16日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Shiite pilgrimage poses major challenge for Iraqi military (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 01:50 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — A human tide of Shiite Muslim pilgrims visiting the Kadhimiyah shrine is expected to fill the streets of Baghdad on Saturday in the first major security challenge for Iraqi military forces since U.S. combat troops withdrew from Iraq's cities June 30.

Iraq-Kurd impasse seen to threaten unrest (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 10:06 AM PDT

An Iraqi engineer carries outs checks at the Kirkuk oil field in June 2009, 225 kms from the capital Baghdad. Kurdish demands to expand their autonomous region in northern Iraq to include the Kirkuk oil fields and other districts threaten to trigger armed conflict, diplomats and analysts warn.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Kurdish demands to expand their autonomous region in northern Iraq to include the Kirkuk oil fields and other districts threaten to trigger armed conflict, diplomats and analysts warn.

Iraq trade union threatens to block foreign oil field work (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 10:01 AM PDT

An Iraqi oil worker works at an oil field in the southern Rumaila area in 2007. The trade union representing workers of Iraq's state-owned Southern Oil Company (SOC) threatened on Thursday to prevent exploitation of one of Iraq's biggest oil fields by energy giants BP and CNPC.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - The trade union representing workers of Iraq's state-owned Southern Oil Company (SOC) threatened on Thursday to prevent exploitation of one of Iraq's biggest oil fields by energy giants BP and CNPC.

Iraqi 'rap royalty' takes to the Baghdad stage (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 09:59 AM PDT

Iraqi rap group DKZ (Danger Killer Zone) perform at the national theatre in central Baghdad. Around 150 fans attended the first major concert for the popular group composed of rappers Mr Passion, J-Fire and Nine-Z, who rap in both Arabic and English.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A young rapper wearing a baseball cap and a large chain around his neck shouts "Raise your hands in the air! Make some noise for Mr Passion!" in a scene that could easily have been in New York.

Police patrol Baghdad streets as Shiite pilgrims stream in (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 09:55 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer checks the handbag of a woman as Shiite Muslim pilgrims head towards the Imam Musa al-Kadhim shrine in northern Baghdad. Thousands of police officers patrolled Baghdad's streets on Thursday to curb attacks as Shiite Muslim pilgrims flocked to the Iraqi capital to commemorate the death of a venerated saint.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Thousands of police officers patrolled Baghdad's streets on Thursday to curb attacks as Shiite Muslim pilgrims flocked to the Iraqi capital to commemorate the death of a venerated saint.

18 hurt by Baghdad bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:54 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman searches a young Shiite pilgrim headed to the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Iraqi authorities have tightened security in Baghdad as tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims make their way to a holy shrine to commemorate the death of the revered Shiite imam. The poster above depicts another revered Shiite, Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Eighteen people were injured Thursday in an explosion that targeted a minibus transporting Shiite pilgrims to a holy shrine to commemorate the death of a revered imam.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,324 (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:46 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at least 4,324 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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