2009年8月27日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

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

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 06:04 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, Aug. 27, 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.

Khamenei hails Iraq Shiite leader's battle against Saddam (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 12:31 PM PDT

An Iraqi man nails a banner onto a wall carrying an image of the late Iraqi Shiite politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim in Baghdad. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised Hakim as the symbol of the struggle against Saddam Hussein's regime as Iranians mourned his death.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised leading Iraqi Shiite politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim as the symbol of the struggle against Saddam Hussein's regime on Thursday, as Iranians mourned his death.

Iraq's 'Shakira' shakes conservative Kurdistan (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 09:26 AM PDT

Iraqi Kurdish singer Dashni Murad performs during a concert in the northern city of Arbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, in July 2009. In a part of the world where many women are expected to be demure, the lithe and long-haired 23-year-old has been dubbed the AFP - Blending traditional folk music with pop beats, sultry gyrations and plunging necklines, the musical phenomenon that is Dashni Murad is shaking Iraq's conservative northern Kurdistan region.

Iraq VP's ex-guards responsible for bank heist: prosecutor (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 09:24 AM PDT

Iraqi police vehicles are parked outside the state-owned Al-Rafidain bank (L) in central Baghdad's Karrada shopping district in July 2009. Two former security guards for Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi plotted and carried out a massive bank heist in Baghdad that left eight police guards dead, a prosecutor said Thursday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Two former security guards for Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi plotted and carried out a massive bank heist in Baghdad that left eight police guards dead, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Doubts cast on authenticity of Picasso in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 08:47 AM PDT

In this image provided by the Iraqi Police, a painting believed to be 'The Naked Woman' by Pablo Picasso is seen after Special forces recovered the stolen work in a raid in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2008. An Iraqi judge says authorities are investigating a man accused of trying to sell an allegedly stolen painting by Picasso. 'The Naked Woman' was seized near the southern city of Hillah Tuesday after the man tried to sell it for $450,000. It's unclear if the painting is a genuine Picasso, although Iraqi police say it is.(AP Photo/Iraqi Police,HO)AP - Authorities in the art world cast doubt Thursday on the authenticity of an alleged Picasso painting that was seized by Iraqi police south of Baghdad.

Iraq says Syria must give up terror suspects (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 08:18 AM PDT

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Damascus on August 18. Iraq said relations with Syria will not improve until its neighbour gives up terrorists it says plotted a devastating bombing in Baghdad and are being harboured by Damascus.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Iraq said on Thursday relations with Syria will not improve until its neighbour gives up terrorists it says plotted a devastating bombing in Baghdad and are being harboured by Damascus.

Iraqi Shiite leader mourned at home and in Iran (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 08:12 AM PDT

Ammar, son and political heir of Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, speeches under the picture of his late father during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. al-Hakim, the scion of a revered clerical family who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein to become one of Iraq's most powerful politicians, died Wednesday in Iran, the country that was long his powerful ally. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Thousands of Iranians prayed and wept Thursday during a memorial for Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the start of a two-day tour of mourning that will take his body through his country's Shiite heartland, apparently in hopes of rallying large crowds of supporters.

Shi'ite cleric's death shakes up Iraq politics (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 07:36 AM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. A woman holds a placard bearing pictures of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (R), one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders, and his family members during a funeral ceremony in Tehran August 27, 2009. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who headed the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), a major partner in the Shi'ite-led government, died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment for cancer in Iran, ISCI said. From L: Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim, elder brother of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, and Grand Ayatollah Mohsen al-Hakim, father of the brothers. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - Iraq declared three days of mourning on Thursday for a leading Shi'ite cleric and politician whose death may intensify political instability before national elections.

Car bombs hit Iraqi troops ahead of Shiite funeral (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 06:58 AM PDT

Residents and policemen check the site of a bomb attack in Taji, north of Baghdad, August 27, 2009. The car bomb killed a civilian and wounded another five inside a bus station in Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT)AP - A string of car bombs exploded Thursday in Baghdad as Iraqi forces tightened security around Shiite mosques, shrines and political party offices ahead of the funeral of a top Shiite leader.

Kuwait offers to treat wounded Iraqis (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 12:19 AM PDT

Relatives and friends of victims of last week's truck bombs place plastic flowers at the bomb site outside the foreign ministry building in central Baghdad. Kuwait has offered to provide medical treatment to the hundreds of people wounded in the deadly Baghdad bombings last week, State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Roudhan al-Roudhan said on Thursday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Kuwait has offered to provide medical treatment to the hundreds of people wounded in deadly Baghdad bombings last week, State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Roudhan al-Roudhan said on Thursday.

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