2009年9月7日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Suicide bombings kill at least 17 outside Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:08 PM PDT

People gather around a destroyed car after a suicide car bomber targeted a checkpoint in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. The car exploded as vehicles were waiting to be inspected before crossing a bridge near the provincial capital of Ramadi, a police officer said. The dead included three police officers; the others were civilians, police said. (AP Photo)AP - Suicide attackers struck near a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad and a checkpoint west of the capital on Monday as bombings killed at least 17 people nationwide.


Power problems mean Iraq suffers hot summer, again (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2007 file photo, the Abu Mustafa family eats dinner by the light of an oil lamp in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, as the family lives on a block that gets only one or two hours of electricity per day.  There's a running joke in Baghdad during September 2009, that whenever the electricity minister promises to generate more power, it's time to buy more diesel for your private generator.  Despite nearly two years of relative calm in Iraq, the government is still unable to guarantee electricity supplies to the general population. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim, File)AP - There's a running joke in Baghdad this summer — whenever the electricity minister promises to generate more power, it's time to buy more diesel for your private generator.


Bombs across Iraq kill 19, wound 39 (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT

Local residents look at destroyed vehicles after a car bomb attack in Ramadi, about 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, September 7, 2009. REUTERS/Ali MashhadaniReuters - Two separate bomb attacks killed 10 people in Iraq Monday evening, police said, bringing the death toll from bomb attacks across the country to 19.


Nineteen killed in spate of Iraq bombings (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:28 PM PDT

Iraqis gather around a destroyed vehicle following a car bomb attack on a security checkpoint in the western town of Ramadi, 100 kms from Baghdad. Ten people have been killed in attacks across Iraq, eight of them in a suicide car bomb on a security checkpoint in the western city of Ramadi, a former Al-Qaeda stronghold, police have said.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Nineteen people died across Iraq on Monday in a spate of bloody attacks, including a suicide car bombing that killed eight at a security checkpoint in the former Al-Qaeda stronghold of Ramadi.


Iran sees no quick fix for 3 detained US hikers (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 08:19 AM PDT

Undated image of Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers being held in Iran. Iran has said it will take time to decide on the fate of the three detained hikers who entered the Islamic republic from neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan.(AFP/File)AFP - Iran said on Monday it will take time to decide on the fate of three detained US hikers who entered the Islamic republic from neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan.


Hundreds of Iraqis protest against Syria (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 08:16 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a trip to the southern city of Karbala at the weekend. More than 300 Iraqis have held a protest to demand Syria stop its alleged support for AFP - More than 300 Iraqis protested on Monday to demand that Syria stop its alleged support for "terrorists and assassins" determined to carry out attacks in Iraq, an AFP journalist said.


Eight killed in suicide car bomb in western Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:22 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier secures a street in the western town of Ramadi. Eight people were killed and six wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a security checkpoint in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, a police official said.(AFP/File/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Eight people were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a security checkpoint in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, a police official said.


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