2009年8月15日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,332 (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 05:08 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, at least 4,332 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Three killed after wandering into mortar exercise area (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 02:21 PM PDT

Iraqi soldiers secure Al-Rashid street during its official reopening ceremony as a US army vehicle drives through the road in Baghdad. Three Iraqi men were killed and one boy injured on Saturday when they wandered into an area being used for a mortar exercise, the US military said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Three Iraqi men were killed and one boy injured on Saturday when they wandered into an area being used for a mortar exercise, the US military said.


Three Iraqis killed in firing practice accident (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 01:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Three Iraqis were killed and another wounded when they wandered near an artillery firing exercise held by Iraqi and U.S. troops Saturday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

3 Iraqis killed in US-Iraqi mortar exercise (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces patrol during a ceremony that marked the reopening of a street in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. The street was reopened to traffic for the first time in five years. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Three Iraqi men herding cattle were killed Saturday after wandering into the middle of a U.S.-Iraqi mortar training exercise north of the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said Saturday.


Iraqis uneasy at idea of early US withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 09:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, U.S. military police, top, monitor Iraqi police as they practice house clearing during training in Mahmoudiya, Iraq. A string of fatal bombings has stirred debate among Iraqis about whether government forces are ready to guarantee security, even as a senior U.S. officer suggests it's time for the Americans to declare victory and leave. Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq disagreed, saying the Americans should stay the course because training was still needed. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)AP - Unnerved by bombings that have killed hundreds this summer, many Iraqis are losing faith in their own security forces and fear the Americans are leaving too quickly.


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