2009年10月17日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Truck bomb destroys key bridge in western Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 02:53 PM PDT

Iraqi Army soldiers inspect a bridge destroyed in a truck bomb attack in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden truck destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing U.S. military. (AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber driving a dynamite-laden truck destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing U.S. military, while separate attacks killed nine Iraqis, most of them security force members, police said.

Iraq approves oil deal with BP-led consortium (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 01:59 PM PDT

File - The BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington, in this Oct. 25, 2007 file photo. Iraq's government Saturday Oct. 17, 2009 approved an oil deal with a consortium led by British giant BP PLC to develop a prized oil field in the south. BP and its partner China's CNPC were the only winners in Iraq's first international oil auction in over 30 years in June for development rights for the 17.8 billion-barrel Rumaila field. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The Iraqi government said Saturday it has approved a contract with a British-Chinese consortium to develop a prized oil field in southern Iraq, a significant achievement for a country that has struggled to attract foreign investors despite its vast natural resource wealth.

Iraq to let trade fair exhibitors have Israel links: memo (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Iraqi women pass by the stand of French car manufacturer Peugeot at the Baghdad International Fair in 2002. Iraq will no longer require companies wishing to take part in its annual trade fair to boycott Israel, according to a foreign ministry memo obtained by AFP on Saturday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Iraq will no longer require companies wishing to take part in its annual trade fair to boycott Israel, according to a foreign ministry memo obtained by AFP on Saturday.

Refused asylum seekers were not Iraqi: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:57 AM PDT

A security guard pictured in a room in the long-term wing at an immigration removal centre near London's Heathrow Airport in 2004. Around 30 asylum seekers who were refused entry to Iraq after being deported by Britain were barred as they were unable to prove they were Iraqis, a government spokesman said Saturday.(AFP/POOL/File/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - Around 30 asylum seekers who were refused entry to Iraq after being deported by Britain were barred as they were unable to prove they were Iraqis, a government spokesman said Saturday.

Pentagon ends plans to send Army brigade to Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 09:14 AM PDT

US Marines watch as a helicopter lands to transport them from their forward operating base in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan, on October 12. Senator John Kerry says it is AP - The Pentagon is canceling plans to send a 3,500-member Army brigade to Iraq, a move that speeds the drawdown there and could free up forces as President Barack Obama considers sending new troops to Afghanistan.

Bomb kills four Iraqi soldiers, bridge blown up (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 07:55 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers examine site of a bomb attack in Falluja October 17, 2009. A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed four soldiers and wounded 10 near Falluja, police said. REUTERS/Yasser FaisalReuters - A roadside bomb killed at least four Iraqi soldiers near the western town of Falluja on Saturday and a truck bomb in another western city destroyed a main bridge linking Baghdad to Syria and Jordan, police said.

Iraq truck bomb halts traffic to Syria, Jordan (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 06:35 AM PDT

Iraqi troops inspect part of a damaged bridge that crosses the Euphrates River west of the city of Ramadi. A suicide bomber blew up a truck on a bridge near Ramadi, severely damaging the structure and halting traffic to Syria and Jordan, police have said.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AFP - A suicide bomber blew up a truck on a bridge west of the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Saturday, severely damaging the structure and halting traffic to Syria and Jordan, police said.

Nine die in attacks across Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 06:34 AM PDT

Iraqis inspect the site of a bomb explosion in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, on October 14. Nine people were killed, including six soldiers and two policemen, in a swathe of bombings and shootings across Iraq, ministry and security officials have said.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Nine people were killed, including six soldiers and two policemen, in a swathe of bombings and shootings across Iraq on Saturday, ministry and security officials said.

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