2009年11月6日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Veteran admits faking paralysis to avoid Iraq (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST

AP - An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.

Iraq again seeks international bombing probe (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:34 PM PST

This undated photo released by Carlos Pena shows Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago. Velez was one of the victims killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Her father, Juan Guillermo Velez, says she only recently returned from deployment in Iraq. She was preparing to come home because she was pregnant. (AP Photo/Carlos Pena)AP - Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated his country's request for a high-level international envoy to investigate the extent of foreign involvement in recent bombings of government institutions.

Iraqi MP expenses scandal triggers religious outrage (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 10:47 AM PST

An expenses scandal erupted in Iraq after religious leaders hit out at how MPs secured themselves numerous lavish perks while failing to ensure the nation's general election goes ahead. MPs will receive 80 percent of their salary as a pension for 10 years after they retire, as well as a plot of land of up 600 square metres, Baha al-Araji, a Sadrist MP told AFP.(AFP/POOL/File/Wathiq Khuzaie)AFP - An expenses scandal erupted in Iraq on Friday after religious leaders hit out at how MPs secured themselves numerous lavish perks while failing to ensure the nation's general election goes ahead.

Fire forces 9 from jailed Iraqi father's AZ house (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:53 AM PST

AP - An early morning garage fire forced nine people from the home of a jailed Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter because she had become too "westernized."

AP sources: Ft. Hood suspect remains in coma (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:15 AM PST

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Authorities say Fort Hood shooting Nidal Malik Hasan remains in a coma but is expected to live.

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