2009年10月29日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi election delay could stall US troop pullout (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:37 PM PDT

U.S. troops at a transit camp in Kuwait are searched by military customs workers before being sent to the United States October 22, 2009. A pole-dancing pole and strobe lights, a forgotten brand new van and six year-old spoiled meat - just some of the discoveries made by U.S. military staff clearing Iraq of equipment ahead of withdrawal. Picture taken October 22, 2009.       REUTERS/Mohammed Abbas (KUWAIT CONFLICT MILITARY)AP - U.S. troops could leave Iraq later than currently planned if the fragile nation's elections are delayed, the Pentagon said Thursday.


Iraqi security officials held in blast aftermath (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Relatives react over the covered body of Sahra Abdallah,at Al Sadr hospital morgue, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Abdallah was one of the three women who were killed after a bomb attached to a mini van exploded in Baghdad's Sadr City late Wednesday, killing three women and wounding four other people, police said.The blast came days after Sunday's deadliest attacks that targeted the Ministry of Justice and Baghdad provincial Administration in which at least 155 people were killed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq detained dozens of security officials responsible for protecting the Baghdad district where twin suicide bombings this week killed 155 people, and authorities said Thursday they are trying to determine whether they were negligent or even had a role in the attack.


Iraq MPs fail to reach quorum for election law vote (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:53 AM PDT

Kurdish lawmaker Khalid Shawani speaks during a press conference following Parliament meetings in Baghdad. Iraqi lawmakers again put off a vote on a key electoral bill on Thursday after failing to reach a quorum when a compromise version was presented, raising the prospect of January polls being delayed.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi lawmakers again put off a vote on a key electoral bill on Thursday after failing to reach a quorum when a compromise version was presented, raising the prospect of January polls being delayed.


Saddam planned 2006 prison escape: lawyer's memoirs (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:27 AM PDT

Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, seen here in 2006, planned to escape from his US-run prison in 2006 with the help of loyalists, including former bodyguards, according to a book written by one of his lawyers.(AFP/POOL/File/David Furst)AFP - Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein planned to escape from his US-run prison in 2006 with the help of loyalists, including former bodyguards, according to a book written by one of his lawyers.


Dozens of security force members held over Baghdad bombs (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:35 AM PDT

A tattered Iraqi flag flutters outside the destroyed Justice and Municipality buildings in central Baghdad. More than 60 soldiers and policemen, including 13 officers, have been arrested over twin bombings in central Baghdad that killed 153 people, a security spokesman said on Thursday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - More than 60 soldiers and policemen, including 13 officers, have been arrested over twin bombings in central Baghdad that killed 153 people, a security spokesman said on Thursday.


Iraq to initial oil deal with Italian-led consortium (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:01 AM PDT

An engineer works at the Barjisiya oil field in Zubair One, southwest of Basra. Iraq is to initial this weekend a draft agreement with a consortium led by Italian energy giant ENI to exploit the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq will initial a draft agreement with a consortium led by Italian energy giant ENI next week to exploit the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq, the oil ministry said on Thursday.


Iraq arrests senior officers, vows more over blasts (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq arrested dozens of security officials over bombings that killed 155 people and vowed to arrest more security officers suspected of colluding with the bombers or dereliction of duty, an official said on Thursday.

Security force members held over Baghdad bombs (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:12 AM PDT

A tattered Iraqi flag flutters outside the destroyed Justice and Municipality buildings in central Baghdad. More than 60 soldiers and policemen, including 13 officers, have been arrested over twin bombings in central Baghdad that killed 153 people, a security spokesman said on Thursday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - More than 60 security force members including 11 officers have been arrested over twin bombings in Baghdad that killed 153 people, army spokesman General Qasim Atta told AFP on Thursday.


Iraq says 153 people died in Baghdad bombings (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:39 AM PDT

Iraqi security officers inspect the destroyed Baghdad Governorate building. Twin bombings in Baghdad at the weekend killed 153 people, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding that of the more than 500 people wounded six or seven remained in hospital(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Twin bombings in Baghdad at the weekend killed 153 people, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding that of the more than 500 people wounded six or seven remained in hospital.


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