2009年9月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,345 (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 04:44 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at least 4,345 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Fleeing heat, bombs, Iraqis go north for holiday (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:43 AM PDT

Iraqi teens dance in the street on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraqis celebrating the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan set off in droves Sunday on family trips to the country's northern Kurdish region, a prized escape from the sporadic violence that still batters the capital and other cities.


Black Hawk crash kills US service member in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Col. Steven Bernstein, from St. Louis, Mo. sounds the ram's horn, also known as a shofar in Hebrew, after a Rosh Hashanah service at Victory Base Complex (VBC) in Baghdad's international airport September 18, 2009. The shofar was sounded two days after the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, as the horn is not sounded on the Sabbath. AP - A Black Hawk helicopter crashed at a major American air base in Iraq, killing one U.S. service member and injuring 12 others, the military said Sunday.


Anglican Church leader concerned about Iraq's Camp Ashraf (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:25 AM PDT

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams listens during the Church of England's General Synod in London February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Kieran DohertyReuters - The spiritual head of the Anglican Church expressed concern Sunday about Iranian exiles living in a camp in Iraq, saying they faced "human rights violations" that needed to be addressed urgently.


One killed, four wounded in Iraq cemetery attack (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 05:20 AM PDT

Sunni Muslim families gather at a cemetery in Baghdad to pray for relatives and friends on the first day of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. A man was killed and four people wounded south of Baghdad when a homemade bomb engulfed a family visiting relatives' graves as Ramadan ended and Eid al-Fitr began, police said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - A man was killed and four people wounded south of Baghdad on Sunday when a homemade bomb engulfed a family visiting relatives' graves as Ramadan ended and Eid al-Fitr began, police said.


Iraq helicopter crash kills U.S. soldier (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 04:21 AM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. soldier was killed and twelve others wounded when their helicopter crashed in the U.S. military's main airbase in Iraq, the military said in a statement Sunday.

Blackhawk crash kills US service member in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:54 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says a Blackhawk helicopter has crashed in an American base in Iraq, killing 1 service member and wounding 12 others.

US serviceman killed in helicopter crash (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:19 AM PDT

A US Blackhawk helicopter takes off on the outskirts of Baghdad in 2008. One US serviceman was killed and 12 others injured when a Blackhawk helicopter crashed inside a US base north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - One US serviceman was killed and 12 others were injured when a Blackhawk helicopter crashed inside a US base north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement on Sunday.


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