2009年9月25日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi forces catch five Al-Qaeda jailbreakers (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:58 AM PDT

An Iraqi detainee sits in his cell. Iraqi security forces have recaptured three Al-Qaeda members, police said, two days after a daring breakout which officials believe was an inside job.(AFP/Pool/File/Damir Sagolj)AFP - The ringleader of a daring prison break and four other Al-Qaeda fugitives were recaptured on Friday, two days after they fled an Iraqi jail in what officials believe was an inside job.


Iraq detains 109 in jail break investigation (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 06:30 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman holds a photocopied picture of a fugitive prisoner at a checkpoint in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. A curfew was imposed on the city after 16 prisoners escaped Wednesday night in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit and the U.S. military offered sniffer dogs and conducted aerial patrols as part of the search for the fugitives. (AP Photo/Bassem Daham)AP - More than 100 prison officials and guards have been detained after 16 prisoners, including five al-Qaida-linked inmates awaiting execution, made a stunning jailbreak in Saddam Hussein's hometown, a police commander said Friday.


15 Iraqi soldiers 'killed in accidental blasts' (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:28 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers stand guard in the city of Mosul in 2008. Fifteen Iraqi soldiers have been killed accidentally during what were meant to be controlled explosions in a town outside the northern city of Mosul, a defence ministry official said.(AFP/File/Mujahid Safodien)AFP - Fifteen Iraqi soldiers were killed accidentally during what were meant to be controlled explosions in a town outside the northern city of Mosul on Friday, a defence ministry official said.


11 Iraqi soldiers killed in bomb disposal accident (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:03 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in central Baghdad, January 2009. Three policemen were gunned down in separate incidents in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - Eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed on Friday in a roadside bomb disposal accident in northern Iraq, Iraqi security officials said.


(AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:44 AM PDT

AP - Osama bin Laden warns of retaliation against Europe for its alliance with U.S. in Afghanistan.

Court nixes $5M verdict against funeral protesters (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 06:56 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday tossed out a $5 million verdict against protesters who carried signs with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers" outside the Maryland funeral of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq.
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