2009年8月16日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Arab and Kurdish leaders trade barbs over Iraq unrest (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 02:38 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard at the site of a bomb attack that targeted labourers in Baghdad's Amel neighbourhood on August 10, 2009. Arab and Kurdish politicians in northern Iraq traded accusations of responsibility on Sunday over a series of bloody bombings that have rocked the region in recent days.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Arab and Kurdish politicians in northern Iraq traded accusations of responsibility on Sunday over a series of bloody bombings that have rocked the region in recent days.

Bombs kill at least 8 people in Iraqi market (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:51 AM PDT

An Iraqi man reacts at the scene of a bomb attack which targeted a police patrol in Karrada neighborhood,central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. Several people were injured in the blast, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Bombs hidden in plastic bags near a falafel stand exploded at a market in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 21, Iraqi officials said. It was the latest in a series of bombings targeting Shiites and minorities in the capital and northern Iraq.

Four killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:50 AM PDT

Iraqi army soldiers take part in a military training exercise in the area of Kteiban, 20 kms east of the southern port city of Basra, near the border with Iran. At least four people were killed and 18 wounded in a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - At least four people were killed and 18 wounded in a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, an interior ministry official said.

At least 6 killed by bombs at Baghdad restaurant (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 10:48 AM PDT

Reuters - At least six people were killed when two bombs exploded at a popular restaurant in a predominantly Shi'ite Muslim neighborhood of eastern Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi police said.

Iraq delays first census in two decades (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 07:48 AM PDT

Iraqi Sunni and Shiite community leaders attend the Arab Political Council in Kirkuk on August 12. Iraq will delay indefinitely a nationwide census planned for October because of political wrangling over disputed areas in the country's north, Planning Minister Ali Baban said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraq will delay indefinitely its first census in two decades because of political wrangling over disputed areas in the country's north, Planning Minister Ali Baban said on Sunday.

Iraqi PM to visit Syria for security talks (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 05:07 AM PDT

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (pictured) 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/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Damascus on Tuesday to hold talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on border security and other key topics.

Qaeda stronger as blasts feed Iraqi Kurd-Arab feud (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 05:05 AM PDT

Firemen put out a fire in a burning vehicle after a bomb attack in Karrada District, central Baghdad August 16, 2009. A string of bombings is stirring growing unease among Iraqis as the government, confident it can secure the country against violence while U.S. troops pull back, insists on removing rows of blast walls from Baghdad's streets. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - A series of huge bombings in northern Iraq have triggered fiery accusations of blame between Arabs and Kurds, escalating a dispute over land and oil that has played into the hands of a resurgent al Qaeda.

Iraqi worries grow as blast walls vanish (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 04:44 AM PDT

Reuters - A string of bombings is stirring growing unease among Iraqis as the government, confident it can secure the country against violence while U.S. troops pull back, insists on removing rows of blast walls from Baghdad's streets.

Iraq's coalition of one changes its name (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 01:19 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in the mainly Sunni Muslim city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Multi-National Forces-Iraq, the name of the military command of the US-led coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003, will be changed next year as no other countries have troops stationed in the country, a US military spokesman said(AFP/File/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Multi-National Forces-Iraq, the name of the military command of the US-led coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003, will be changed next year as no other countries have troops stationed in the country, a US military spokesman said Sunday.

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