2009年10月11日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq War veteran opens fire on police in Indiana (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 03:47 PM PDT

AP - An ex-Marine who served in Iraq has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a police officer after firing on police.

Soldier's fight to bring Iraqi translator to US (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 12:57 PM PDT

This Dec. 23, 2005 photo released by Joey Coon shows Coon, left, and his translator at the time, Bandar Hasan, beside the Tigris River in Iraq. (AP Photo/Joey Coon)AP - They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets.


Series of car bombs kills 19 in western Iraq (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 10:18 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect a damaged car after a car bomb attack in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Oct. 11, 2009.  A series of bombings killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 Sunday in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, said police and hospital officials, a worrying sign that violence may be on the rise. (AP Photo)AP - A spate of car bombings killed 19 people Sunday in Iraq's western Anbar province, once a hotbed of insurgency that later become a showcase for restoring peace.


Groups help imperiled Iraqis come to US (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 09:20 AM PDT

AP - When many Americans who served or worked in Iraq came home, they left behind Iraqi friends whose lives were at risk because of their U.S. connections. Some soldiers and others, frustrated with the government efforts to help the Iraqis, embarked on their own rescue missions. Here are two of their stories:

Triple attacks kill 19 in western Iraqi city (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:59 AM PDT

A policeman inspects the site of twin car bombs in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq, October 11. Twin car bombs and an apparently coordinated suicide attack killed 19 people in Ramadi on Sunday, in an explosion of violence blamed on police collusion.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Twin car bombs and an apparently coordinated suicide attack killed 19 people in Iraq's western city of Ramadi on Sunday, in an explosion of violence blamed on police collusion.


Three blasts kill at least 16 in western Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 06:19 AM PDT

A police vehicle takes up an observation position at the site of a car bomb attack in Ramadi, about 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, October 11, 2009. Three bombs killed at least 16 people and wounded scores more on Sunday in Ramadi, capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, officials said, in the latest in a string of attacks in the vast desert region. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhdani (IRAQ)Reuters - Three bombs killed at least 16 people and wounded scores more Sunday in Ramadi, capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, officials said, in the latest in a string of attacks in the vast desert region.


Trio of attacks kill 14 in Iraqi city (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 04:40 AM PDT

Map of Iraq locating the city of Ramadi in western Iraq. Twin car bombs and an apparently coordinated suicide attack killed 19 people in Iraq's western city of Ramadi on Sunday, in an explosion of violence blamed on police collusion.(AFP/Graphics)AFP - Twin car bombs on Sunday and an apparently co-ordinated suicide attack at a hospital killed 14 people and wounded dozens in the western Iraq city of Ramadi, shattering a relative lull in violence.


U.S. experts train Iraqis to tackle bomb scourge (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 04:14 AM PDT

Reuters - The robot scout and the lumbering man in a sealed helmet bring space travel to mind, but in this Iraqi desert moonscape they are part of training for one of the most dangerous jobs on Earth.

'Sixteen killed' in western Iraq car bombs (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 04:11 AM PDT

Map of Iraq locating the city of Ramadi in western Iraq. Twin car bombs and an apparently coordinated suicide attack killed 19 people in Iraq's western city of Ramadi on Sunday, in an explosion of violence blamed on police collusion.(AFP/Graphics)AFP - At least 16 people were killed and 60 wounded when a trio of car bombs exploded in quick succession in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, security officials told AFP.


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Posted: 11 Oct 2009 03:24 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials: At least 10 killed, dozens injured as series of bombings rock Anbar province.

An Iraqi's trek from Sadr City to Monterey (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:02 PM PDT

AP - On one of his first days in America, Hussein Albayati visited the Statue of Liberty.

Iraqis face tough times, starting over in America (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:02 PM PDT

This Aug. 30, 2009 photo shows Saif Alnasseri, center, his daughter Sarah Alnasseri, 3, wife Zeinab Alrubaye, left, and mother Layla Alshawi, right, gather together to break their fast during Ramadan at their Plainfield, N.J. home. This is the first Ramadan the family will celebrate in the United States.  'Every morning we wake up and ask ourselves, 'Did we make the right decision?' In Iraq, financially we were living the good life, but we were in danger,' Alnasseri said.  Saif was a pharmacist and Iraqi translator in Baghdad, and is now a pharmacist technician. (AP Photo/Sarah Simonis)AP - Her mansion in Iraq was bombed, her medical career and future in her beloved country dashed the day she found a white envelope on her car windshield. Inside was a single bullet. Wassan Yassin was marked for death.


Captured insurgent in Iraq: `I will fight again' (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:01 PM PDT

This Oct. 7, 2009 photo shows Mohammed Abdullah al-Obeid, speaking during an interview with the Associated Press in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. The story told by Al-Obeid shows how insurgent networks manage to recruit unlikely fighters across the Islamic world for Iraq. He told his family he was going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Instead, the second-year college student packed a vinyl travel bag and left home in Saudi Arabia for a trip that would take him on a smuggling route across the Syrian border and into the heart of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. (AP Photo)AP - He told his family he was going on a pilgrimage to Mecca.


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