2009年10月23日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi PM and US envoy to UN meet over sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:01 PM PDT

In this handout image made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) meets with US permanent representative to the United Nations Suzan Rice in Baghdad. Maliki and Rice held talks in Baghdad Friday on helping Iraq get rid of sanctions imposed in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Maliki's office said.(AFP/IPMO-HO)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and US envoy to the UN Susan Rice held talks in Baghdad Friday on helping Iraq get rid of sanctions imposed in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Maliki's office said.

Iraqi cleric's aide warns of chaos if vote delayed (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:14 PM PDT

Iraqi women chant slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated throughout Iraq in response of the call by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections, and for improved public services, revealing growing discontent among Iraqis with the pace of reconstruction more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote.

US deactivates army engineering arm in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 07:48 AM PDT

General Ray Odierno, the top US commander in Iraq, gives a speech during an AFP - The US military on Friday closed its command centre for the corps responsible for pouring billions of dollars into major construction and engineering projects across Iraq since the invasion.

US should seek refund for shoddy Iraq embassy: audit (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 06:31 AM PDT

US and Iraqi officials attend the inauguaration ceremony of the new US Embassy in Baghdad, January 2009.(AFP/File/Eric Brooks)AFP - The United States should seek a refund of up to 132 million dollars from the Kuwaiti company that built the massive US embassy in Iraq, which has "multiple significant" flaws, an audit recommends.

Iraq election stalemate could delay US troop withdrawal (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Once again the US finds itself hostage to Iraqi politics – this time as a result of a standoff among Iraqi political parties over an overdue election law.

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