2009年7月19日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 04:50 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, July 19, 2009, at least 4,327 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 saddened by death of two contractors in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 12:56 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces man a road block on the southern entrance of Baghdad on July 17, 2009,. The United States on Sunday expressed its sadness over the deaths of two employees of a US security company and the wounding of two others in a helicopter crash in Iraq, and said an investigation had been launched.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - The United States on Sunday expressed its sadness over the deaths of two employees of a US security company and the wounding of two others in a helicopter crash in Iraq, and said an investigation had been launched.


Kurds in troubled Iraqi province threaten to secede (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 07:56 AM PDT

Reuters - A row between Arabs and Kurds in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh threatens to split the province in two and inflame tensions that could threaten the country's long-term stability.

Iraqi teens get up-close look at US (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 07:31 AM PDT

AP - For the 17-year-old Baghdad girl, it's all so new: The sight of the lush green mountains, the smell of cow manure on a working dairy farm, the safety of the streets.

Anti-Qaeda leader among two killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 06:29 AM PDT

A member of the Sahwa anti-Qaeda militia guards a checkpoint on the outskirts of Baquba in June 2009. An anti-Qaeda commander was among two people killed in two bombings in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A Sunni Arab anti-Qaeda militia commander was among two people killed in two bombings in Baghdad on Sunday, security officials said. Four people were wounded.


Baghdad's antique shops tell city's sad story (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 09:00 PM PDT

n this photo taken Thursday, June 11, 2009, antique dealer Riyadh al-Khafaf, 43, works at his shop in Baghdad, Iraq. The two dozen or so antique shops in the Iraqi capital boast treasures of museum quality. Like Baghdad, a city of mosques with turquoise tiled domes and streets divided by barbed war and blast walls, the shops' contents speak of both Iraq's recent dark days and its more gloried past. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Antique dealer Riyadh al-Khafaf has so few customers he hasn't bothered to dust his collection of fine metalware from the early 20th century. Other dealers say they can go for days without seeing even a browser.


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