2009年8月8日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq asks Iran about 3 detained Americans (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:30 AM PDT

This Feb. 2008 photo released by Elizabeth Sibley, Shane Bauer speaks during the United Nations Association Film Festival in Berkeley, Calif. Bauer, his girlfriend Sarah Shourd and Joshua Fattal — were hiking in a picturesque region of Iraq's northern Kurdish region near the Iranian border that is known for lush vegetation, pistachio groves and fruit trees. Iran arrested the three Americans for illegally entering the country from neighboring Iraq and a prominent Iranian lawmaker said Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, that authorities were investigating whether to charge them with spying. (AP Photo/unausaeastbay.org)AP - Iraq has appealed to Iran for information about the detention of three Americans who crossed the border while hiking in the Kurdish north, the foreign minister said Saturday.

The Case for Leaving Iraq -- Now (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Why even some U.S. officials are arguing that there's no point staying because Washington has lost its ability to influence events on the ground

Iraq asks Iran about arrested American hikers (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 03:14 AM PDT

The Azmar mountains north of the Iraqi Kurdistan city of Sulaimaniyah. Iraq's foreign minister has asked Iran for information on the fate of three US hikers detained after crossing the border between the two countries, he says.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq's foreign minister has asked Iran for information on the fate of three US hikers detained by Tehran after crossing the border between the two countries, he said on Saturday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,331 (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:52 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, at least 4,331 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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