2009年8月2日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

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

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 2, 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.

US identifies navy pilot shot down in Iraq in 1991: Pentagon (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 03:52 PM PDT

This undated US Navy handout photo released in 2002 shows Navy Capt. Michael AFP - The remains of a US navy pilot whose fate had been a mystery for years after he was shot down over Iraq during the first Gulf War have been identified, the Pentagon said Sunday.

Iraqi PM, Kurd president meet over land, oil feud (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 03:39 PM PDT

Kurdish President Masoud Barazani (L) welcomes Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki upon his arrival in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, August 2, 2009. REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Kurdish regional president Masoud Barzani held a rare meeting on Sunday but agreed only to further talks to solve a row over land and oil seen as the greatest threat to Iraqi security.

Remains of first U.S. Gulf War casualty found (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 02:55 PM PDT

U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Reuters - The remains of a U.S. Navy pilot have been found and positively identified, more than 18 years after he was shot down over Iraq and became the first U.S. casualty of the first Gulf War, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday.

Iraq: Ex-Saddam aide gets 7 years in Kurdish case (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 02:35 PM PDT

Kurdish President Masoud Barazani (L) welcomes Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki upon his arrival in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, August 2, 2009. REUTERS/Azad LashkariAP - One of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants was convicted Sunday of helping to plan the forced displacement of Kurds from northeastern Iraq and sentenced to seven years in jail.

Iraq's Kurds and Arabs struggle to defuse tensions (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 01:47 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Iraq Prime Minister's Office, from left to right: Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani are seen during their meting at the Dokan resort west of Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug 2, 2009. al-Maliki is visiting the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq for talks with Kurdish leaders over a range of issues that have long poisoned relations, like control of oil and territory. (AP Photo/Iraq Prime Minister's Office, HO)AP - Iraq's prime minister headed north Sunday to the self-ruled Kurdish region to defuse rising tensions and address a range of disputes that have poisoned relations and threatened to become a new source of the conflict for the battered country as U.S. forces increasingly disengage.

U.S. apparel retailer suits military types in Iraqi town (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 11:54 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - IRBIL, Iraq — Shoppers in a street market in the shadow of Irbil's ancient citadel can pick up texts on Islam, cloth banners woven with images of Kurdish heroes and light sandals ideal for Iraqi heat.

GIs, out of Iraq cities, have time on their hands (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 11:07 AM PDT

In this photo released by the US military and taken Friday, July 24, 2009, a US Army soldier from D Co., 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Brigade Combat is seen with Iraqi children during a patrol in a village south of Baghdad, Iraq. Out of the cities and letting the Iraqi security forces take the lead, U.S. troops are facing a new challenge: finding things to do. (AP Photo/U.S. military, HO)AP - Out of the cities and letting the Iraqi security forces take the lead, U.S. troops are facing a new challenge: finding things to do.

Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 03:51 PM PDT

FILE - This a photo of Michael Scott Speicher made aboard the carrier USS Saratoga in June 18, 1990 when he was promoted to Lt. Commander. Speicher, whose jet fighter went down Jan. 17, 1991 over Iraq, has been missing ever since. Officials said Sunday Aug. 2, 2009, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology has positively identified the remains of Captain Michael 'Scott' Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the war (AP Photo/Barry Hull, File) NO SALESAP - Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, the sand hiding him from the world's mightiest military all these years.

U.S. identifies remains of missing Gulf War pilot (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 10:36 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The Defense Department said Sunday that it's identified the remains of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, a Navy pilot who's been missing since he was shot down on the first night of the Gulf War.

35 Iranian dissidents sent to Baghdad for questioning (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 10:12 AM PDT

A picture released by the People's Mujahedeen shows Iraqi security forces clashing with a member of the Iranian opposition-in-exile at Camp Ashraf on July 28, 2009, north of Baghdad in the Diyala province. Thirty-five Iranian dissidents arrested by Iraqi security forces during a takeover of their base were transferred to Baghdad for questioning on Sunday, a senior Iraqi official told AFP.(AFP/HO/File/People's Mujahedeen)AFP - Thirty-five Iranian dissidents arrested by Iraqi security forces during a takeover of their base were transferred to Baghdad for questioning on Sunday, a senior Iraqi official told AFP.

Iraq's Tareq Aziz gets 7 years jail in Kurds case (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 08:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Tareq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister was sentenced on Sunday to seven years in jail for his role in the forced displacement of Kurds from oil-prosperous northeastern Iraq during Saddam Hussein's rule.

Maliki in Iraqi Kurdistan to tackle disputes (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 07:21 AM PDT

In this handout picture released by the prime minister's press office, Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki (right) shades hands with regional Kurdish president Massud Barzani in the northern city of Sulaimaniya. Maliki has made his maiden trip as premier to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region in a bid to resolve key disputes with regional leaders over land and oil.(AFP/HO)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made his first trip to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region in more than two years on Sunday in a bid to resolve key disputes with regional leaders over land and oil.

Latest in string of west Iraq bombings kills six (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 05:19 AM PDT

Reuters - A car bomb in a market killed six people on Sunday in western Iraq's Anbar province, a health official said, the latest in a string of attacks in the former Sunni Arab insurgent heartland.

Seven killed in Iraq market bombing (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 03:01 AM PDT

Iraqi police officers on patrol in the Hurran Valley near the town of Haditha, April 2009. Four women and three children have been killed in a car bomb attack on a market in the centre of the western Iraqi town of Haditha, military and medical officials.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Four women and three children were killed in a car bomb attack on a market in the centre of the western Iraqi town of Haditha on Sunday, military and medical officials.

Maliki on first visit to Iraqi Kurd region as PM (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 01:03 AM PDT

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Sunday, his first trip there as premier, for talks with regional leaders over land and oil disputes, an AFP correspondent said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Sunday, his first trip there as premier, for talks with regional leaders over land and oil disputes, an AFP correspondent said.

Lawmaker questions low Medal of Honor count (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 02:25 AM 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 - Nearly eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq have left 4,000 soldiers killed in action, more than 34,000 wounded — and only six considered worthy of the nation's highest military award for battlefield valor.

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