2009年11月28日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

U.S. hopeful of breakthrough in Iraq vote deadlock (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 05:19 PM PST

Residents demonstrate outside Nineveh governing council in Mosul, 390 km (242 miles) north of Baghdad, November 25, 2009. About 1,000 people gathered on Wednesday to protest against the reduction of seats in Nineveh province by the parliament for the upcoming January general election, local media reported. REUTERS/Khalid al-MousulyReuters - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq's leaders in a series of telephone calls on Saturday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen as critical for U.S. troops to withdraw, U.S. officials said.

Letter to reveal Blair was told Iraq war 'illegal' - report (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 04:54 PM PST

The British government's chief legal advisor informed then prime minister Tony Blair, pictured on November 18, in 2002 that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law, a newspaper reported on Sunday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The British government's chief legal advisor informed then prime minister Tony Blair in 2002 that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 03:21 PM PST

In this Thursday Nov. 19, 2009, photo Sgt. Michael McCann from Enterprise. Ala., of the 118th Airborne MP Company, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan wars, watches as a driver is stopped at a checkpoint near the town of Balisal Afghan, Logar province, Afghanistan. Soldiers and officers involved in combat operations all cite the more punishing geography and climate, those focused on development the bare-bones infrastructure, and intelligence specialists the even greater difficulties in identifying the insurgents as among the many sharp contrasts between Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world.

US vice president urges Iraq to resolve vote issue (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 01:11 PM PST

US Vice President Joseph Biden, pictured in October 2009, on Saturday contacted top Iraqi politicians to praise their efforts in seeking a compromise solution to their election scheduling problems.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - Vice President Joseph Biden on Saturday contacted top Iraqi politicians to praise their efforts in seeking a compromise solution to their election scheduling problems.

Biden to Iraq leaders: Settle election law dispute (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 12:17 PM PST

AP - Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.

Iraq resumes oil exports to Turkey after pipeline sabotage (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:48 AM PST

A 2004 picture of the Kirkuk-Turkey pipeline, Iraq's main oil export artery being repaired. Oil exports to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey resumed on Saturday after a week-long interruption because of sabotage to a pipeline in northern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Oil exports to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey resumed on Saturday after a week-long interruption because of sabotage to a pipeline in northern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.

Saddam was telling truth in missing Gulf War pilot (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:25 AM PST

FILE - This Oct. 11, 2002 , file photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows Navy Capt. Michael 'Scott' Speicher, the F/A-18 'Hornet' pilot who was shot down over Iraq on the opening night of Operation Desert Storm Jan. 17, 1991. The Pentagon initially declared him killed, but uncertainty led officials over the years to change his official status a number of times to 'missing in action' and 'missing-captured.' (AP Photo/US Navy Photo, File)AP - Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,366 (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 05:47 PM PST

AP - As of Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at least 4,366 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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