2009年8月23日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,335 (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:54 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at least 4,335 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Dead soldier's family reacts to Iraq cruelty probe (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:55 PM PDT

AP - When Adrian Wilhelm learned that his son committed suicide just four days into his deployment in Iraq, he knew right away that the facts didn't add up.

Hair salons once again the fashion in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 12:04 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Leali Kamel's back in business as a hair stylist, two years after religious extremists ran her out of Ramadi, her hometown.

Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:01 AM PDT

In this image shot off of a television screen and broadcast for reporters on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009 at a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, a Sunni man, identified by security officials as the mastermind of one of two suicide truck bombings targeting government buildings, confesses to the attacks. The 57-year-old man identified himself as Wisam Ali Khazim Ibrahim and said he was a former police officer from the Diyala province city of Muqdadiyah, north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Attackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast Sunday.

Iraq broadcasts truck bomber video confession (AFP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:37 AM PDT

Qassim Atta, spokesman for the Iraqi army's Baghdad operations, looks on as the press is shown a video of a man who allegedly confessed to being a senior member of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party and whom the government said planned a massive truck bombing in the Iraqi capital four days ago, during a press conference in Baghdad.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq on Sunday showed a video of a Saddam Hussein loyalist confessing to orchestrating one of two massive truck bombings that killed 95 people and maimed hundreds more in Baghdad four days ago.

Outbursts disrupt Baghdad bank robbery trial (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Iraqi police load victims killed in a bank robbery into a truck in central Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi judge has postponed the trial of five members of Iraq's security forces charged with a deadly Baghdad bank heist, following courtroom outbursts from family members of those killed. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Five members of Iraq's security forces charged in a deadly bank robbery went on trial Sunday, as relatives of those killed in the heist beat and spat on the defendants. One relative was dragged away from the courtroom, screaming obscenities.

Iraq shows video it says is confession of bomber (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:38 AM PDT

Reuters - An Iraqi official on Sunday showed a video of what he said was a supporter of late dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party confessing to organizing one of the truck bomb blasts last week in which 95 people died.

US military: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:19 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of injuries sustained during an attack on a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital.

US military leader concerned by Baghdad bombings (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:42 AM PDT

AP - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he's extremely concerned by last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad.

Iraq halts removal of Baghdad security barriers (AFP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:12 AM PDT

Qassim Atta, spokesman for the Iraqi army's Baghdad operations, looks on as the press is shown a video of a man who allegedly confessed to being a senior member of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party and whom the government said planned a massive truck bombing in the Iraqi capital four days ago, during a press conference in Baghdad.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq has halted the dismantling of blast-proof concrete security walls in Baghdad following devastating truck bombings last week that left 95 people dead, government officials said on Sunday.

Iraq intelligence chief retired before major blasts (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:37 AM PDT

Reuters - The head of one of Iraq's main intelligence services went into retirement days before huge bombings in Baghdad killed almost 100 people in the deadliest day of violence this year, officials said on Sunday.

McCain: Afghanistan needs Petraeus' Iraq approach (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:22 AM PDT

AP - Sen. John McCain said he wants the military leadership in Afghanistan to use the same aggressive approach that Gen. David Petraeus used successfully in Iraq.

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

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 09:01 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.

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