2009年11月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi president in Iran seeking Kurd execution halt: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:54 PM PST

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, pictured on November 17, flew to Tehran on Sunday to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a newspaper website reported.(AFP/Pool/File/Benoit Tessier)AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran on Sunday to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a newspaper website reported.

Iraqi Turkmen politician killed at his Mosul home (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:36 PM PST

A convoy of Iraqi police vehicles during a street patrol in Mosul in 2005. An Iraqi Turkmen leader was assassinated at his home in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday by gunmen who knocked at his door then shot him, police and Turkmen sources said.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - An Iraqi Turkmen leader was assassinated at his home in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday by gunmen who knocked at his door then shot him, police and Turkmen sources said.

US military: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:19 PM PST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq.

Iraq says October 25 bombers came from Syria: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:08 PM PST

Smoke billows following a blast close to the Justice Ministry in central Baghdad on October 25, 2009. Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion.

Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:15 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo made on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen at a rally in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad. A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani,File)AP - A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.

Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:42 AM PST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks after he addressing delegates attending the Sierra Leone Trade and Investment Forum on 'Why I am supporting Sierra Leone', in London Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Blair is believed to be one of the candidates for the position of the first full-time President of the European Union, whose appointment will be decided by EU leaders at a dinner in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 18, 2009.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite poor economy (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:16 AM PST

In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 photo, Iraqi refugee Rawaa Bahoo helps her daughter Maryam, 5, with her hair as Marvin 8, left, and Maryana, 4, right, watch television in Farmington Hills, Mich. The hard-hit Detroit area saw a big jump in Iraqi refugees from other U.S. cities as the national economy eroded during the past year, according to a Michigan-based refugee resettlement agency. Bahoo, 29, came to Michigan in July 2008 just a few days after arriving in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.

Alleged Iraq bombers offer confessions (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 08:57 AM PST

Iraqi men fire into the air during a funeral procession for Jamal al-Baz in Azamiyah neighborhood, northern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Jamal al-Baz, a member of the Awakening council of Azamiyah, a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaida, was shot dead early Sunday by unknown gunmen, officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Three jailed suspects in Oct. 25 bombings that killed more than 150 people in Iraq said they filmed the targeted buildings before the attack and escorted the car bombs in a convoy into Baghdad, according to confessions shown on Iraqi television Sunday.

Iraqi MPs again fail to break election law deadlock (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:27 AM PST

Iraqi MP Omar Khalaf al-Juburi stands with other party members as he speaks to the press following a day in parliament discussing the election law in Baghdad. Iraq's parliament failed again to break a stalemate over a key election law, raising fears that nationwide polls will have to be delayed beyond a constitutional deadline.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq's parliament failed again on Sunday to break a stalemate over a key election law, raising fears that nationwide polls will have to be delayed beyond a constitutional deadline.

Iraqi parliament fails to reach election deal (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:01 AM PST

Reuters - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year.

US army prisons chief defends Iraq techniques (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 01:48 AM PST

US soldiers guard Camp Bucca prison on the outskirts of Basra, September 2009. The US army says its prison techniques in Iraq have cut the number of insurgents returning to the armed struggle, despite claims to the contrary from Baghdad, and plans to copy the methods in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - The US army says its prison techniques in Iraq have cut the number of insurgents returning to the armed struggle, despite claims to the contrary from Baghdad, and plans to copy the methods in Afghanistan.

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