2009年8月22日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Probe: Private's death reveals cruelty by soldiers (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 03:13 PM PDT

AP - The investigation into the death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq revealed cruelty and maltreatment by other soldiers who have been charged with treating soldiers in their platoon inappropriately, the U.S. military said Saturday.

Iraqis begin restoring concrete walls in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 02:14 PM PDT

Workers place concrete blast walls in front of the Iraqi foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Saturday that those who carried out bombings that targeted government buildings in the Iraqi capital received help to pull off the attacks, possibly from Iraqi security forces. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Workers used giant cranes to raise concrete walls around the blast-scarred Foreign Ministry and other government buildings on Saturday, as Iraqi authorities sought to bolster security after suicide truck bombings that killed scores in Baghdad.

Iraqis facing more deadly attacks says foreign minister (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (L) visits the site of a massive truck bomb which detonated outside the foreign ministry building earlier in the week in central Baghdad. Zebari said on Saturday that Iraq will witness more deadly attacks in the coming months because security forces are colluding with insurgents and the violence is getting worse.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Saturday that Iraq will witness more deadly attacks in the coming months because security forces are colluding with insurgents and the violence is getting worse.

Reporter's family reunion in Iraq is reality check (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 12:05 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, Hadeel al-Shalchi, left, walks with her family in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Shalchi who born in Kuwait and raised in Canada went to Iraq for the first time in her life this year on assignment with The Associated Press. It also gave her a chance to reconnect with her relatives. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The last time my aunt saw me, I was 6 and sitting on a bed, curiously watching her change her son's diaper.

Bombing of Iraqi ministry hit nearby resident hard (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 12:02 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD - The suicide bomber who drove two tons of explosives to the base of Iraq's Foreign Ministry took aim at a symbol of the Iraqi government, but dozens of his victims lived in a clutch of small brick and mortar houses behind the ministry.

Iraq's Maliki pledges victory amid criticism (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 09:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki assured Iraq on Saturday that its forces would defeat terrorism despite the year's deadliest bombings, ignoring remarks from a minister that the government had fallen into a false sense of security.

Maliki assures Iraq its forces will defeat terror (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 08:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday assured the country in the aftermath of the deadliest bombings this year that its security forces would defeat terrorism despite "breaches here and there."

Iraqi foreign minister warns of worsening security (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 05:16 AM PDT

Cement blast walls are off loaded in front of the damaged Iraqi foreign ministry in central Baghdad. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Saturday that Iraq will witness more deadly attacks in the coming months because security forces are colluding with insurgents and the violence is getting worse.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Saturday said Iraq will witness more deadly attacks in coming months because security is deteriorating due to collusion between security forces and insurgents.

Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis start Ramadan on same day (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 01:43 AM PDT

Iraqis buy sweets for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in a Baghdad market on August 17. Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq on Saturday started Ramadan at the same time for the first time since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq on Saturday started Ramadan at the same time for the first time since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Three soldiers killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 01:43 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in central Baghdad, January 2009. An Iraqi soldier was killed and three others wounded when a bomb exploded as they were on patrol in Diyala province, one of Iraq's most dangerous areas,(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others wounded on Saturday, the first day of Ramadan, in an attack in Baghdad and another incident north-east of the capital, police said.

After the Bombs, Iraqi Leaders Play the Blame-Game (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 10:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The dramatic and deadly attacks have raised the temperature of Iraqi politics even though parliament is officially in recess

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,334 (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 05:48 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at least 4,334 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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