2009年10月30日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,353 (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:30 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at least 4,353 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Police: Ariz. dad ran over 'Westernized' daughter (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT

AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday.

2 US soldiers in Iraq die of noncombat injuries (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:55 PM PDT

AP - Two American soldiers in Iraq died Friday of noncombat related injuries in separate incidents, the U.S. military said.

Swiss visit American hikers held in Iran (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:34 PM PDT

This undated photo provided in August 2009 by the Fattal family, shows Joshua Fattal, 27, (R) with his mother Laura Fattal in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Swiss diplomats visited three Americans jailed in Iran and found them in good physical condition and happy to see them, their families said Friday almost three months after the trio were arrested for hiking across the Iraqi border.(AFP/Fattal Family-HO/File)AFP - Swiss diplomats visited three Americans jailed in Iran and found them in good physical condition and happy to see them, their families said Friday almost three months after the trio were arrested for hiking across the Iraqi border.

Turkish FM stresses importance of Iraq ties on Kurdish visit (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:31 PM PDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) walks along side the Turkish Trade Minister Zafer Caglayan (L) and the Governor of the city of Basra Shiltagh Abud (2ndR) upon their arrival at the city's airport, 550 kms from Baghdad. Davutoglu also visited the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, as part of Ankara's efforts to end a conflict with Kurdish rebels based across its southern border.(AFP/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stressed the importance of ties with Iraq, which he termed Ankara's gateway to the Gulf, on a historic visit to Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday.

Correction: Iraq election law story (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:58 AM PDT

AP - In an Oct. 28 story about Iraq's election law, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said the Kurds demand the annexation of the northern Kirkuk region and would not accept any other solution.

Afghanistan: U.S. Forces Ship Blood Platelets from Iraq (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - One of the key combat-medicine innovations of the Iraq war was the use of platelet transfusions to stop bleeding. And as Afghanistan supplants Iraq in U.S. casualties, the military has begun diverting platelets there

US general in Iraq warns of rise in pre-poll violence (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 06:34 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands atop an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint in central Baghdad on October 29. US forces expect insurgents to plan more spectacular attacks like massive bombings in Baghdad last week in the run-up to January polls and are braced for an upswing in violence, a senior general warned in an interview with AFP.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - US forces expect insurgents to plan more spectacular attacks like massive bombings in Baghdad last week in the run-up to January polls and are braced for an upswing in violence, a senior general warned in an interview with AFP.

Religious leaders slam Iraq authorities over attacks (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 06:27 AM PDT

A US soldier surveys the area of the destroyed Justice Ministry in central Baghdad. Muslim clerics slammed Iraqi authorities in their Friday prayer sermons over massive bombings last week, as a top US general warned that he expected insurgents to plan more spectacular attacks.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Muslim clerics slammed Iraqi authorities in their Friday prayer sermons over massive bombings last week, as a top US general warned that he expected insurgents to plan more spectacular attacks.

Iraq clerics urge MPs to end election law deadlock (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 06:21 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman reads an billboard urging people to update their voting records in Baghdad on October 6. Iraqi clerics, both Shiite and Sunni, have called on members of parliament to end a protracted deadlock over a key election law that threatens to delay polls scheduled for January.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi clerics, both Shiite and Sunni, called on members of parliament on Friday to end a protracted deadlock over a key election law that threatens to delay polls scheduled for January.

Iraq: US military contractor burns recyclables, violating contract (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In this desert fortress of housing trailers and concrete barriers, military contractor KBR has launched a recycling campaign – a kind of oasis in the military, an institution not exactly renowned for environmental activism.

Aecom Charged Army $19 for 12-Cent Washers in Iraq, Audit Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:01 PM PDT

Bloomberg - Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Aecom Technology Corp. billed the U.S. Army $19 dollars apiece for 12-cent washers on one of the largest contracts in Iraq for training Iraqi security forces on depot maintenance, a new Defense Department audit said.

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