2009年9月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US to send home 4,000 more troops from Iraq (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

US troops are served Arabic coffee at an Iraqi bazaar at a a US base in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)AP - The top general in Iraq is sending home 4,000 more U.S. troops by the end of October as the American military winds down the six-year war. Army Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing Wednesday that the number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq will total about 120,000 over the next month.

Murder charge dropped in Iraqi detainee killing (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT

AP - The government has dropped a murder charge against a Marine who pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty for killing an unarmed Iraqi detainee during a battle to recapture the city of Fallujah.

Iranian dissidents held in prison despite Iraqi court ruling (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 12:15 PM PDT

A picture released by the People's Mujahedeen shows Iraqi security forces clashing with a member of the Iranian opposition-in-exile at Camp Ashraf in July 2009, north of Baghdad in the Diyala province. Iraqi authorities have refused to allow 36 Iranian dissidents seized in a July raid to return to their base despite a court ruling they must be released, a judicial official said on Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/People's Mujahedeen)AFP - Iraqi authorities have refused to allow 36 Iranian dissidents seized in a July raid to return to their base despite a court ruling they must be released, a judicial official said on Tuesday.

Iraq FM blames failed talks on lack of Syrian 'seriousness' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:50 AM PDT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, pictured on September 18, on Tuesday said attempts at mediation with neighbouring Syria had failed because Damascus had not taken the talks seriously.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Tuesday said attempts at mediation with neighbouring Syria had failed because Damascus had not taken the talks seriously.

US Marine cleared of murder in Iraq detainee case (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:44 AM PDT

The main gate at the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in Oceanside, California. A spokesman at Camp Pendleton said a Murder charges against a US Marine accused of slaying an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in Fallujah in 2004 were dismissed Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Sandy Huffaker)AFP - Murder charges against a US Marine accused of slaying an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in Fallujah in 2004 were dismissed Tuesday, a military spokesman confirmed.

Iraq's disabled fight for war compensation (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 09:36 PM PDT

An Iraqi amputee straps on his prosthetic leg in the hallway of a hospital in central Baghdad, where Iraqis injured in the current violence are given a medical check-up to see if they are eligible for government compensation and financial help.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Milad Jassim hobbles into the family sitting room, her legs dragging behind her and her slumped shoulders propped up by the arms of her sister and father, who sets out the young woman's predicament.

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