2009年7月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Gunmen kill 8 in Baghdad bank robbery, police say (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:33 PM PDT

File photo shows Iraqi policemen standing guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad. Eight police guards were killed in an overnight bank robbery in a central Baghdad shopping district, police said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Gunmen killed eight security guards and made off with nearly $7 million during a brazen bank robbery Tuesday in central Baghdad in the second such assault in a week. While overall violence is down in Iraq, ordinary crime has emerged as an increasing threat to the country's stability.

US touts new era as Iraqi forces take lead (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) visits troops from the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division's Advise and Assist Mission upon his arrival at COB Adder in Tallil, Iraq. Gates on Tuesday spoke of a new era in Iraq with American troops playing a less dominant role as Baghdad's security forces increasingly take the lead.(AFP/Pool/Jim Watson)AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates spoke of a new era in Iraq with American troops playing a less dominant role as Baghdad's security forces launched a major operation.

Iraqi forces raid camp of Iranian exiles (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:45 PM PDT

In this image provided by the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, an injured man is seen after a raid by Iraqi security forces on the opposition group's camp northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Residents say Iraqi forces have raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad. A video provided by the group shows Iraqi forces using batons and water hoses against the residents gathered at the camp's gates and group officials say dozens of people were wounded. Iraqi government officials could not be reached for comment.(AP Photo/HO)AP - Iraqi forces raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad on Tuesday in a move that ran contrary to U.S. wishes and prompted clashes.

Gates says U.S. urban pullout in Iraq going well (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:17 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, shakes hands with Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates toured a base in southern Iraq Tuesday where U.S. and Iraqi troops sit side-by-side but he later sidestepped questions about whether American forces might stay beyond their 2012 departure date. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)Reuters - The U.S. defense secretary on Tuesday praised Iraqi forces as they take control from the U.S. military, pledging U.S. support to help Iraq end the political feuds that threaten its fragile security.

Ten killed in Baghdad bombings (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:17 PM PDT

Two Iraqi women walk past damaged vehicles following an overnight explosion in central Baghdad. Ten people were killed and 42 others were injured in bomb attacks across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Ten people were killed and 42 others were injured in bomb attacks across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

Robbers kill eight in Baghdad bank heist (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:02 PM PDT

A police vehicle is parked outside Iraq's state-owned Al-Rafidain bank in central Baghdad. Bank robbers made off with at least 3.8 million dollars in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday, leaving eight police guards dead in one of Iraq's biggest-ever heists.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Bank robbers made off with at least 3.8 million dollars in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday, leaving eight police guards dead in one of Iraq's biggest-ever heists.

Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:01 PM PDT

A picture released by the People's Mujahedeen Iranian opposition group allegedly shows wounded protestors evauacted from inside Camp Ashraf, the camp's main opposition-in-exile base, north of Baghdad in Diyala province. Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.(AFP/HO)AFP - Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.

US general: Iran working to influence Iraq vote (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:54 PM PDT

A man reads the newspaper with an image of an Iraqi Kurdish woman that took part in voting the day before in the northern city of Arbil, 350 kms from Baghdad, on July 26, 2009. The Iraqi Kurdish opposition accused the party of regional president Massud Barzani of vote rigging in weekend elections, insisting it had made a bigger breakthrough than preliminary results showed.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that Iran is still training and equipping Iraqi insurgents but is shifting its focus to influence the upcoming Iraqi elections and exerting "soft power" over its majority-Shiite neighbor.

Baghdad blast kills eight people, wounds 13: police (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:58 AM PDT

A U.S. soldier stands guard during a reopening ceremony of a bridge connecting Shula and Ghazaliya districts in Baghdad July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - A bomb hidden on a motorcycle killed eight people and wounded 13 others in the Iraqi capital's eastern New Baghdad district, police said.

Iraqi army storms Iranian opposition camp (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:42 AM PDT

A picture released by the People's Mujahedeen Iranian opposition group allegedly shows wounded protestors evauacted from inside Camp Ashraf, the camp's main opposition-in-exile base, north of Baghdad in Diyala province. Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.(AFP/HO)AFP - The Iraqi army seized control on Tuesday of the main base for Iran's main armed opposition in exile after months of a tense standoff, military officials said.

Turkey urges Iraq to stop Kurdish rebel attacks (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 05:27 AM PDT

Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay speaks to the media with Iraq's Minister of State for National Security Shirwan al-Waili, unseen, after a security meeting with Turkish, U.S. and Iraqi officials aimed at coordinating the struggle against Turkish Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Turkish, U.S. and Iraqi officials held a security meeting to coordinate the struggle against Turkish Kurdish rebels based in neighboring Iraq. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Iraq must do more to stop Kurdish rebels using hideouts in its territory to launch deadly attacks in Turkey, a Turkish minister said Tuesday after meeting with Iraqi and U.S. officials to discuss the issue.

Defense Chief Gates in Iraq to Review U.S. Troop Role (Bloomberg)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 05:16 AM PDT

Bloomberg - July 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates landed in Iraq today on an unannounced visit to review a newly converted advisory brigade that represents a bellwether for the changing American role in the nation.

Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 04:29 AM PDT

U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates attends a news conference at the U.S. embassy in Amman July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Ali JarekjiAP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got a firsthand look Tuesday at the future of the U.S. military mission in southern Iraq.

Quotations of the day (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:59 AM PDT

AP - "Nobody's the boss or the occupier." — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the ground-level relationship between U.S. and Iraqi forces.

Audit finds contractor oversight improving in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 09:01 PM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) walks with US commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno upon his arrival in Baghdad. Gates on Tuesday spoke of a new era in Iraq with American troops playing a less dominant role as Baghdad's security forces increasingly take the lead.(AFP/POOL/Jim Watson)AP - The government has kept a closer eye on U.S. contractors in Iraq since a deadly 2007 shooting by Blackwater guards, but it still needs to do a better job tracking and investigating when private security guards fire their guns, two new Pentagon audits have found.

New Kurdish Party Could Bring Instability to Northern Iraq (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 07:10 PM PDT

An Iraqi Kurd police officer receives her voting ballot at a polling station in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah, 330 kms from Baghdad. Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a president and a parliament amid a simmering land dispute with Baghdad and rising tensions over oil exports that could lead to armed conflict.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)Time.com - A third party's strong showing in Kurdistan's election highlights mounting complaints against the leadership in the northern Iraqi region. It could also lead to more discord with the government in Baghdad

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,329 (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 05:35 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, July 27, 2009, at least 4,329 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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