2009年11月16日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Schwarzenegger drops in on US troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, hands out cigars to U.S. soldiers during a visit to Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped in on U.S. troops in Iraq on Monday, thanking them for the sacrifices they and their families are making.

Gunmen kill 13 men execution style west of Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:00 PM PST

Iraqi police officers insect a damaged vehicle following a car bomb explosion in Kirkuk 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. A parked car bomb erupted Monday, in a market of the city of Kirkuk, killing five people and wounding seven others, police said. (AP Photo)AP - Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq's largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida.

Thirteen anti-Qaeda tribe members killed in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:53 PM PST

An Iraqi soldier mans his rifle while on guard during a visit to a girls school in Radwaniya, west of Baghdad. Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms launched execution-style attacks west of Baghdad on Monday, killing 13 members of a tribe who took up arms against Al-Qaeda, a villager and security official said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms launched execution-style attacks west of Baghdad on Monday, killing 13 members of a tribe who took up arms against Al-Qaeda, a villager and security official said.

UK war criminal: Troops kicked and punched Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:47 PM PST

AP - Britain's first convicted war criminal said Monday that some of his fellow soldiers frequently beat Iraqi detainees.

Schwarzenegger wows US troops on return to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:32 PM PST

California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) hugs a US soldier during his visit to Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad. Schwarzenegger flew in to Iraq on a morale-boosting visit for US troops on Monday, drawing cheers from servicemen and women, some of whom were lucky enough to be gifted a cigar.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Arnold Schwarzenegger flew in to Iraq on a morale-boosting visit for US troops on Monday, drawing cheers from servicemen and women, some of whom were lucky enough to be gifted a cigar.

France welcomes Iraqi leader for state visit (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:10 AM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani (R) prior a bilateral meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris. France moved to raise both its profile and its profits in Iraq on Monday, welcoming Talabani to Paris with a series of trade and aid deals ready for signing.(AFP/Gerard Cerles)AFP - France moved to raise both its profile and its profits in Iraq on Monday, welcoming President Jalal Talabani to Paris with a series of trade and aid deals ready for signing.

U.N. preparing Iraq-Kuwait reconciliation plan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:24 AM PST

Reuters - The United Nations is outlining a plan to help Iraq end its dispute with neighboring Kuwait over war reparations, 19 years after Baghdad invaded the oil-producing Gulf state, a U.N. official said on Monday.

Assailants massacre Sunni men, youths in Iraq's Abu Ghraib (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 09:53 AM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's worst years of sectarian bloodshed, assailants dressed in Iraqi army uniforms savagely killed 13 men and boys late Sunday near the restive city of Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials and villagers.

Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:43 AM PST

Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War join anti-war demonstrators in a protest march on Hollywood Boulevard to mark the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war ground invasion in March 2009 in Hollywood, California. With the US military several years into two faraway wars, American students are taking to the streets less often -- and to less effect -- than their Vietnam-era predecessors.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took notice.

Iraq public sector needs fundamental reform: PM (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:16 AM PST

In this handout image made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office on November 16, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to an audience during a conference on civil service reform in Baghdad. Iraqi leaders have called for fundamental changes to be made to a huge public administration riddled with corruption, and for this to be accompanied by broader economic reforms.(AFP/Iraqi Pm Office Ho)AFP - Iraqi leaders called on Monday for fundamental changes to be made to a huge public administration riddled with corruption, and for this to be accompanied by broader economic reforms.

Six killed in Kirkuk car bomb blast (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:35 AM PST

Reuters - A car bomb exploded in a crowded market place in northern Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding six others, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

US military: American soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:33 AM PST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of noncombat-related injuries in Iraq.

Iraq presidency puts January vote in doubt (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:26 AM PST

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani answers questions during a press conference in Sulaimaniyah. Iraq's general election in January was thrown into doubt when the war-torn country's presidential council demanded a greater say for minorities and nationals living abroad.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - Iraq's general election in January was thrown into doubt on Monday when the war-torn country's presidential council demanded a greater say for minorities and nationals living abroad.

Gunmen in army uniforms kill 12 Iraqi villagers (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:56 AM PST

An Iraqi policeman stands guard in front of a damaged helicopter which police believed have belonged to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's family near Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, November 13, 2009. Three helicopters were found hidden in farms on Friday, a police source said. Picture taken November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)Reuters - Gunmen wearing military uniforms shot dead at least 12 men in a pre-dawn attack in a village near Baghdad on Monday, villagers and police said.

Iraqi claims abuse by British soldiers: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST

The hands of Iraqi juvenile prisoners are seen dangling from the bars of their cell at the Al-Karkh Juvenile Correctional Center in Baghdad in 2004. British troops forced an Iraqi detainee to wear an orange jump suit and told him that he was to be executed at Guantanamo Bay camp, according to allegations published in a newspaper.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)AFP - British troops forced an Iraqi detainee to wear an orange jump suit and told him that he was to be executed at Guantanamo Bay camp, according to allegations published in a newspaper on Monday.

Bingo! In quieter Baghdad, beloved game is back (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST

This Oct. 17, 2009 shows an Alwiyah Club employ announcing the winners of a bingo game in Baghdad, Iraq. After years of bombings, sectarian killings and shootings that drove most of its members away, Baghdad's elite social club is seeing a resurgence and there is no better sign of it than the weekly Saturday night bingo games, where the crowd can reach hundreds and range from teenagers to grandparents. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - It's Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing — playing bingo.

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