2009年9月22日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US soldier charged with murder in Iraq base death (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 01:37 PM PDT

Basij militia : Turkmen members of the Iranian Basij militia march during an annual military parade which marks Iran's eight-year war with Iraq, in the capital Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)AP - A U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in the slaying of a civilian contractor on an American base in Iraq, the military said Tuesday.


Iraq PM says almost no hope of Syrian 'anti-terror' help (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured here on September 10, 2009, said on Tuesday Iraq had almost no hope of receiving counter-terrorism cooperation from neighbouring Syria and he unequivocally rejected Arab offers to mediate.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Tuesday Iraq had almost no hope of receiving counter-terrorism cooperation from neighbouring Syria and he unequivocally rejected Arab offers to mediate.


Iraq in danger of missing Shell deadline: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:19 AM PDT

Flared gas burns at an Iraqi oil field. Iraq risks missing a one-year deadline to strike a deal with energy giant Royal Dutch Shell for a four-billion-dollar gas production deal in southern Iraq, a government spokesman told AFP(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraq risks missing a one-year deadline to strike a deal with energy giant Royal Dutch Shell for a four-billion-dollar gas production deal in southern Iraq, a government spokesman told AFP on Tuesday.


Iraq to press for dropping debt at UN meeting (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:26 AM PDT

AP - Iraq's president said Tuesday he will press his government's case before the United Nations this week to have the country's remaining multibillion dollar Saddam Hussein-era debts dropped.

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

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 06:11 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, Sept. 21, 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.
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