2009年8月1日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iran state TV confirms arrest of 3 Americans (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:01 PM PDT

Map locates border region of northern Iraq where three Americans were detained by Iranian forces when they wandered over the Iranian borderAP - Iran state TV confirmed Saturday that it has detained three Americans who crossed the border from northern Iraq, saying they failed to heed warnings from Iranian guards.

Limited Medals of Honor for Iraq, Afghan wars (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:57 PM PDT

FILE -- This photo released by the United States Navy shows Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor while attending cold weather training in Kodiak, Alaska, in 2004. The elite Navy SEAL who threw himself on top of a grenade in Iraq to save his comrades was posthumously awarded the highest U.S. military tribute, the Medal of Honor, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. (AP Photo, United States Navy)AP - Eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 4,000 members of the U.S. military killed in action. More than 34,000 wounded. Just six considered worthy of America's highest military award for battlefield valor.

US seeks Swiss help with missing Americans in Iran (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:32 PM PDT

AP - The State Department says it's aware of Iranian media reports that three American citizens have been detained in Iran.

US troops now a 'coalition of one' in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 01:05 PM PDT

FILE-- In this March 31, 2009 file photograph, a British soldier kisses the flag of Great Britain during a hand over ceremony to American forcesin Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The war in Iraq was truly an American-only effort Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009 after Britain and Australia, the last of its international partners, pulled out. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)AP - The war in Iraq was truly an American-only effort Saturday after Britain and Australia, the last of its international partners, pulled out.

Iraqi death toll down in July after US handover (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 12:54 PM PDT

An Iraqi woman reacts after learning of her son's death in a blast outside Al-Shurufi mosque in northeastern Baghdad. Violent deaths in Iraq fell by a third in July, the first month that Iraqi police and troops were in charge of security in urban areas since the 2003 US-led invasion, official figures showed Saturday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Violent deaths in Iraq fell by a third in July, the first month that Iraqi police and troops were in charge of security in urban areas since the 2003 US-led invasion, official figures showed Saturday.

Sunni mosque bombed south of Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 12:54 PM PDT

A man is seen at the site of one of five bombings that took place Friday in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. A string of bombings targeted Shiite worshippers in the Baghdad area during Friday prayers, killing dozens in an apparently coordinated attack against followers of an anti-U.S. cleric who were blamed for some of Iraq's worst sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A bomb hidden inside a toilet struck a Sunni mosque south of Baghdad on Saturday, injuring two people, according to Iraqi police, the latest in a wave of attacks against Islamic sites of worship.

Iran says three US nationals arrested near Iraq border (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 12:30 PM PDT

The Azmar mountains north of the Iraqi Kurdistan city of Sulaimaniyah. Iran has arrested three Americans who AFP - Iran has arrested three Americans who "infiltrated" from Iraq, state television said on Saturday, as Washington sought confirmation those picked up are backpackers who reportedly strayed across the border.

Maliki to visit Iraqi Kurdistan Sunday: TV (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki addresses tribal leaders during a meeting in Baghdad. Maliki will on Sunday make his first visit as premier to Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, where he will meet regional leaders, a senior Kurdish MP said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will on Sunday make his first visit as premier to Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, where he will meet regional leaders, state television said.

US seeks confirmation three Americans arrested in Iran (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 11:12 AM PDT

The Azmar mountains north of the Iraqi Kurdistan city of Sulaimaniyah. The United States said Saturday it has asked Switzerland, which represents US interests in Tehran, to confirm reports that three American tourists were arrested through the border with Iraq.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - The United States said Saturday it has asked Switzerland, which represents US interests in Tehran, to confirm reports that three American tourists were arrested through the border with Iraq.

Iran says three U.S. tourists arrested: report (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 08:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Iran arrested three American tourists after what one Kurdish official said was an unwitting crossing into Iran from Iraq while hiking in mountains and Washington said it was taking the case very seriously.

Iraqi death toll drops after US handover (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 08:13 AM PDT

An Iraqi woman reacts after learning of her son's death in a blast outside Al-Shurufi mosque in northeastern Baghdad. Violent deaths in Iraq fell by a third in July, the first month that Iraqi police and troops were in charge of security in urban areas since the 2003 US-led invasion, official figures showed Saturday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Violent deaths in Iraq fell by a third in July, the first month that Iraqi police and troops were in charge of security in urban areas since the 2003 US-led invasion, official figures showed on Saturday.

Iraqi death toll drops in July (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 07:22 AM PDT

An Iraqi woman reacts after learning of her son's death in a blast outside Al-Shurufi mosque in northeastern Baghdad. Violent deaths in Iraq fell by a third in July, the first month that Iraqi police and troops were in charge of security in urban areas since the 2003 US-led invasion, official figures showed Saturday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Violent deaths in Iraq dropped by a third in July, the first month Iraqi police and troops had been in charge of security in urban areas since the 2003 US-led invasion, official figures showed Saturday.

Army officers behind Baghdad bank heist: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 06:41 AM PDT

Iraqi police vehicle are parked outside the state-owned Al-Rafidain bank in central Baghdad's Karrada shopping district. Two Iraqi army officers, including a member of the presidential protection unit, were behind a bank heist earlier this week that left eight guards dead, the interior ministry has said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Two Iraqi army officers, including a member of the presidential protection unit, were behind a Baghdad bank heist earlier this week that left eight guards dead, the interior ministry said on Saturday.

Iraqis fear al Qaeda violence after mosque bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:31 AM PDT

An Iraqi Kurdish man inspects the damage following a bomb blast in a Kurdish neighbourhood in Kirkuk. Violent deaths in Iraq fell by a third in July, the first month that Iraqi police and troops were in charge of security in urban areas since the 2003 US-led invasion, official figures showed Saturday.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)Reuters - Iraqis said on Saturday they feared al Qaeda was trying to tip their country back into the sectarian strife that nearly tore it apart two years ago, after a spate of bombs outside five Shi'ite mosques killed 31 people.

Foreigners, possibly Americans, missing in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:06 AM PDT

Reuters - Three foreign nationals believed to be U.S. citizens disappeared close to northern Iraq's border with Iran, Iraqi security officials said Friday, but U.S. officials could not confirm the report.

Kuwait alarmed by Iraqi failure to pay reparations (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 03:53 AM PDT

File - Kuwait's oil wells burning after the defeated Iraqi troops were expelled from Kuwait are seen in this file photo taken March 2, 1991. Iraq's recent efforts to avoid paying Kuwait some $25 billion in U.N.-mandated war reparations for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion have alarmed Kuwaitis and strained relations that have slowly improved since the fall of the Iraqi dictator.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari, File)AP - Iraq's recent efforts to avoid paying Kuwait some $25 billion in U.N.-mandated reparations for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion have alarmed Kuwaitis and strained relations that have slowly improved since the fall of the Iraqi dictator.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 03:52 AM PDT

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

Democracy 'could end' Kurdish unrest in Turkey (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 03:43 AM PDT

A supporter of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) holds up a picture of their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan during a demonstration in Istanbul in 2008. Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey will lose popular support and be forced to lay down arms if Ankara broadens the democratic rights of its Kurdish community, Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani has said.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)AFP - Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey will lose popular support and be forced to lay down arms if Ankara broadens the democratic rights of its Kurdish community, Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani said in comments published Saturday.

Analysis: Memo raises questions about Iraq pullout (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 08:34 PM PDT

An Iraqi boy examines the remains of a car destroyed in a car bomb explosion in a parking lot next to a Shiite mosque in the neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 31, 2009. Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing more than twenty people, in an apparent coordinated attack that targeted worshippers leaving Friday prayers, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - An Army colonel's colorfully worded memo arguing for the U.S. to declare victory in Iraq and leave next summer suggests the possibility of an important shift in the debate about U.S. withdrawal plans.

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