2009年8月18日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Doctor kidnapped, two killed in northern Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Medics treat Iraqi soldiers after they were wounded in an improvised explosive device that targeted their patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk on August 17, 2009. A Christian doctor was kidnapped and two people were killed in attacks by armed gunmen in the restive northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - A Christian doctor was kidnapped and two people were killed in attacks by armed gunmen in the restive northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said.

Iraq seeks stimulus for Anbar, which bled jobs as well as lives (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:48 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - RAMADI, Iraq — The rubble's gone from the explosions and bombs that tore up the commercial center of this western Iraqi city, but the jobs haven't returned.

Iraqi leader wants Syria to hand over suspects (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:34 PM PDT

Syrian Prime Minister Naji Otari, left, receives his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki, right, upon al-Maliki's arrival in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. Al-Maliki will ask Syrian officials for help in confronting terrorism during talks in the Syrian capital Tuesday, including handing over Iraqi fugitives. His visit to Damascus follows one by senior U.S. military officials during which Iraqi security was also discussed. (AP Photo)AP - Iraq's prime minister is asking Syrian officials to hand over people suspected of links to insurgent attacks in his country and to stop fighters from crossing its border into northern Iraq, one of his advisers said Tuesday.

Iraqi PM meets Syria's Assad for security talks (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:30 PM PDT

This picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) welcoming Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus. AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed on Tuesday to reinforce security cooperation, after the top US commander in Iraq said Syria's role in fighters crossing the border remained a concern.

Inspired by fallen son, father completes book on Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:25 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Staff Sgt. Darrell "Skip" Griffin Jr. wanted to give Americans a close-up view of his two tours of duty in Iraq, so they could see the blood and grit in the aftermath of an attack on a convoy, and feel his anxiety in watching the lives of ordinary Iraqis fall part in the crossfire between sectarian killers and the soldiers who hunted them.

Iraqis find Iranian-made rockets after US attacked (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 11:18 AM PDT

Medics treat Iraqi soldiers after they were wounded in an improvised explosive device that targeted their patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk on August 17, 2009. A Christian doctor was kidnapped and two people were killed in attacks by armed gunmen in the restive northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AP - U.S.-backed Iraqi troops seized a launcher loaded with more than a dozen Iranian-made rockets and detained three suspected militants after an attack against the American base outside the southern city of Basra, officials said Tuesday.

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

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:56 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, Aug. 17, 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.

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