2009年9月14日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Afghan embassy scandal compared to Abu Ghraib (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:39 PM PDT

Security forces walk at the site of a suicide attack outside the NATO military headquarters and US embassy in Kabul in August 2009. Scandalous photographs of contractors at the US embassy in Kabul Monday could hurt US interests in the same way as images of abuse in Iraqi prisons, the head of a US investigating panel said Monday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Scandalous photographs of contractors at the US embassy in Kabul Monday could hurt US interests in the same way as images of abuse in Iraqi prisons, the head of a US investigating panel said Monday.

Reid asks for investigation into electrocution (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:35 PM PDT

AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday asked the State Department and Pentagon to investigate the electrocution of a 25-year-old private security contractor while showering in his dormitory in Baghdad.

Contractor shot in Iraq worked with family on base (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:21 PM PDT

AP - Lucas "Trent" Vinson was due home from Iraq for a break in October. Instead, the 27-year-old civilian contractor's father will accompany his body on a flight back to the United States.

Iraqi shoe thrower's release from jail delayed (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 06:32 AM PDT

Relatives of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad earlier this year, celebrate as they wave Iraqi flags and hold posters bearing al-Zeidi's photograph, as they await for his release from prison after nine months, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. The poster in Arabic reads, 'Release the one who regained Iraqis dignity.' (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The expected release on Monday of the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush was postponed a day, two of his brothers said, citing delays in processing his paperwork.

Iraqi court orders the release of Bush shoe thrower (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 06:25 AM PDT

Relatives of Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi celebrate at his house before his release in Baghdad September 13, 2009. Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who became famous worldwide when he threw his shoes at then U.S. President George W. Bush, is thought likely to get a hero's welcome if he is freed from jail, as expected, on Monday. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - An Iraqi court on Monday ordered the release from jail of a reporter who attained worldwide fame when he hurled his shoes at then U.S. President George W. Bush last December, his lawyer said.

Iraq shoe-thrower's release hopes dashed (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:37 AM PDT

A young relative holds the Iraqi flag as he waits for the release of jailed Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi in central Baghdad. Hopes that Zaidi, the television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, have been dashed by legal red tape, his family has told AFP.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Hopes that Muntazer al-Zaidi, the television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, would be freed were dashed on Monday by legal red tape, his family told AFP.

Man killed after firing on US helicopter in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:16 AM PDT

Security forces walk at the site of a suicide attack outside the NATO military headquarters and US embassy in Kabul in August 2009. Scandalous photographs of contractors at the US embassy in Kabul Monday could hurt US interests in the same way as images of abuse in Iraqi prisons, the head of a US investigating panel said Monday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed one fighter, captured another and seized a truck loaded with weapons in an area of northern Iraq that remains an insurgent stronghold, the American military said Monday.

Three killed, five wounded in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:52 AM PDT

Armed fighters of the Sahwa (Awakening) Councils patrol a main street in the Dora neighbourhood of southern Baghdad. Three people have been killed and five wounded, one of them a three-year-old child, in attacks in Baghdad and in Diyala province to its north, security officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Three people were killed and five wounded, one of them a three-year-old child, in attacks in Baghdad and in Diyala province to its north, security officials said on Monday.

Iraq shoe-thrower's release delayed till Tuesday (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:56 AM PDT

A young relative holds the Iraqi flag as he waits for the release of jailed Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi in central Baghdad. Hopes that Zaidi, the television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, have been dashed by legal red tape, his family has told AFP.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Muntazer al-Zaidi, the television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes in disgust at former US president George W. Bush, will be released on Tuesday, a day later than expected, his family said.

Civilian contractor shot dead on US base in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 08:51 PM PDT

An Iraqi army officer inspect at the wreckage of a vehicle following a car bomb in al-Sharqat, 100 kms north of the city of Tikrit. Fifteen people, including two children, six policemen and a soldier, were killed, and dozens wounded on Saturday in a spate of attacks across Iraq, making it the deadliest day since Ramadan began.(AFP/Mahmud Saleh)AP - A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the military said.

U.S. soldier in Iraq arrested in contractor killing (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Members of Iraq's anti-terrorist squad during a drill in the grounds of a former palace belonging to ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the fortified Reuters - A U.S. soldier in Iraq was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead a civilian contractor on the U.S. military's Camp Speicher, its main base in northern Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said.

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