2009年8月11日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Gonzales says he would 'do some things over' (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:38 PM PDT

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales speaks during an interview in Lubbock, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Gonzales will be teaching a Political Science course this fall at Texas Tech University. Gonzales said Tuesday that any criminal investigation into whether CIA interrogations after 9/11 crossed legal lines could have a chilling effect on U.S. anti-terrorism efforts. (AP Photo/Zach Long)AP - Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday he wishes he could "do some things over" from his years with the Bush administration, citing a memo he wrote that human rights groups contended led to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.

Iraq contractor KBR cited by oversight commission (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:43 PM PDT

AP - An independent panel examining waste and fraud in wartime spending accused contracting giant KBR Inc. on Tuesday of resisting government oversight and failing to cut costs on support work in Iraq.

U.S. sends military team back to Syria for talks (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:33 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States is sending a military delegation to Syria for the second time in two months to discuss ways to prevent militants from crossing the border into Iraq, defense officials said on Tuesday.

US, Syria resuming talks about 'stability' in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:32 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is sending a delegation to Syria for talks this week on ways to stem the movement of foreign fighters into Iraq.

Pentagon "very nervous" about Arab-Kurdish feud (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:57 PM PDT

Reuters - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it was "very nervous" about ethnic tensions in Iraq between Arabs and Kurds despite initial talks between their leaders, and a top U.S. commander warned the feud over land and oil could still turn violent.

Iraq's Bombs of August: A Return to the Bad Old Days? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:00 PM PDT

People inspect a damaged bus after a car bomb explosion in the neighborhood of Shaab in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009. A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in four days, the worst spasm of violence the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Time.com - Even as the northern city of Mosul struggles with al-Qaeda, Baghdad is buffeted by violence and fears that politics is taking over where religion left off

Eight killed in Iraq bomb attacks: officials (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 12:57 PM PDT

Iraqis inspect a burnt vehicle at the site of a car bombing near a restaurant in the Shurta neighbourhood in southern Baghdad. At least eight people were killed and 45 were wounded in bomb attacks in the capital Baghdad and central Iraq on Tuesday, officials said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - At least eight people were killed and nearly 50 wounded in bomb attacks in Iraq on Tuesday as a top US general said Al-Qaeda remained a potent force still capable of bloody attacks in the country.

Iraqi police say bomb blasts kill 8 and wound 22 (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 12:49 PM PDT

People inspect a damaged bus after a car bomb explosion in the neighborhood of Shaab in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009. A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in four days, the worst spasm of violence the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Several bombs exploded nearly simultaneously Tuesday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least eight people and raising fears of a sustained insurgent campaign aimed at provoking new sectarian tensions. The five-day death toll rose to 123 in the worst spasm of bombings the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities at the end of June, turning over urban security to Iraqi troops.

(AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 11:19 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi police say several bombs strike Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 7 people.

Al Qaeda shows resilience in Northern Iraq: U.S. commander (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 10:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Al Qaeda in Iraq has shown with a string of more deadly bombings in northern areas that it can reconstitute itself and its capabilities, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said on Tuesday.

Commander: al-Qaida remains a combat power (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 10:01 AM PDT

AP - A top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that simmering ethnic tensions between Kurds and Arabs remain a grave threat to Iraq's stability, especially after American forces depart.

Al-Qaeda remains threat in northern Iraq: US general (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 09:40 AM PDT

US General Robert Caslen, pictured here in Mosul in June 2009, said the Al-Qaeda network remains active in northern Iraq and capable of staging bloody attacks like Monday's bombing near Mosul.(AFP/File/Mujahed Mohammed)AFP - The Al-Qaeda network remains active in northern Iraq and capable of staging bloody attacks like Monday's bombing near Mosul, a US general said on Tuesday.

Iranian group asks US to take control of Iraq camp (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 09:35 AM PDT

AP - An exiled Iranian opposition group urged the international community on Tuesday to assume control of a camp housing some of its members outside Baghdad, after an Iraqi raid last month killed at least six of its residents.

Iraq blasts Turkey for holding back on water (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 07:26 AM PDT

Iraqi men look out over the Euphrates River in Hindiya, May 2009. Iraq's water minister has accused Turkey of breaking a promise to increase water flows down the Euphrates river, saying Ankara was actually holding back on the precious commodity.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Iraq's water minister accused Turkey on Tuesday of breaking a promise to increase water flows down the Euphrates river, saying Ankara was actually holding back on the precious commodity.

Briton appears in Iraqi court over killings (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:30 AM PDT

AP - A British security contractor accused of shooting two colleagues to death made an initial appearance in an Iraqi court, a step to determine if there is sufficient evidence to charge him with murder, Iraqi and British officials said Tuesday.

Ancient Iraqi stone head matched up with body (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:40 AM PDT

A stone head from the Akkadian Empire, unearthed by Iraqi archaeologists in 1982, is displayed at the National Museum in Baghdad on August 6. A mysterious stone head from ancient Mesopotamia dating back more than 4,000 years has been matched up with a replica body in Iraq after years of delays brought on by sanctions and war.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A mysterious stone head from ancient Mesopotamia dating back more than 4,000 years has been matched up with a replica body in Iraq after years of delays brought on by sanctions and war.

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

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 06:12 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, Aug. 10, 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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