2009年12月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Obama, Biden phoned Kurds to press Iraq election deal (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:47 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq's elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop withdrawal.

Accused SEALs arraigned, vow to defend charges (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 11:27 AM PST

AP - Two Navy SEALs accused in the mistreatment of an Iraqi suspect in the 2004 slayings of four U.S. contractors were arraigned in military court Monday, and one SEAL said he was gratified by support from the public and some members of Congress.

UN urges Iraq to set election date 'as soon as possible' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 11:18 AM PST

A Shiite woman casts her vote during Iraq's provincial elections in January 2009. The United Nations has urged Iraq's president to announce AFP - The United Nations on Monday urged Iraq to announce "as soon as possible" the date for the war-torn country's general election after MPs struck a last-minute deal to get the poll back on track.

Officials recommend postponing Iraqi elections (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 11:10 AM PST

Unidentified Iraqi wounded students lay in hospital beds after a bomb exploded outside a Baghdad elementary school in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's electoral commission on Monday recommended a 45-day delay in parliamentary elections until Feb. 27, raising concerns that the postponed balloting could complicate the planned withdrawal of U.S. combat troops and bring a possible surge of violence.

Baghdad calmer — and quieter — with club crackdown (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:56 AM PST

An Iraqi singer and musician carries his keyboard outside al-Madheef nightclub in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The padlocks were snapped shut last week. Musicians were allowed to return briefly to pack up their keyboards and drums. The closure of the two popular spots facing the Tigris River, the Al-Madheef club and Al-Khayam fish restaurant, was a blow by authorities trying to tame Baghdad's increasingly wild nights as falling violence gives way to some high spirits. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The padlocks were snapped shut last week.

Iraq VP election veto brings Sunnis limited gains (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:35 AM PST

Iraq's Vice-President Tareq al-Hashimi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniReuters - Iraq's vice president has gained prestige through his controversial veto of a long delayed law allowing a national vote next year, but the move has done little to improve the lot of his once dominant Sunni Arab countrymen.

Six schoolchildren among 16 dead in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:09 AM PST

Iraqi students inspect a damaged classroom in Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City. Six children were among eight people killed at a Baghdad school in what the Iraqi security forces said was an ammunition blast, among a total of 16 people killed in and around the capital.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Six pupils were among eight people killed at a Baghdad primary school on Monday in what authorities said was an ammunition blast, out of a total of 16 people who died in violence in and around the capital.

US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 07:25 AM PST

This undated photo released by the I Corps & Fort Lewis Public Affairs Office shows Pfc. Derrick D. Gwaltney, of Cape Coral, Fla. The Department of Defense announced, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, Gwaltney, 21, died Nov. 29 south of Basra, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Gwaltney was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash. (AP Photo/I Corps & Fort Lewis Public Affairs Office)AP - Army Spc. Tony Carrasco Jr.

U.S. timetable for handing over Iraq detainees slips (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 07:20 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. military's timetable for handing the thousands of detainees it still holds in Iraq over to local authorities appears to be slipping, according to information from the U.S. military on Monday.

Seven children killed by bomb at Baghdad school (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 05:27 AM PST

Residents and security personnel gather at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City, December 7, 2009. Seven children were killed and 42 others were wounded in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Monday when a bomb exploded in their schoolyard, police said. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Seven children were killed and 42 wounded in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad Monday when a bomb exploded outside a school, police said.

Baghdad school blast kills eight (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 05:03 AM PST

Iraqi students inspect a damaged classroom in Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City. Six children were among eight people killed at a Baghdad school in what the Iraqi security forces said was an ammunition blast, among a total of 16 people killed in and around the capital.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A blast in a school in the Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City killed eight people on Monday, six of them children, security and health officials said.

Call from Obama seals Iraq election law (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraq's fractious Parliament agreed to a compromise paving the way for legislative elections early next year after an 11th-hour phone call from President Obama to a top Kurdish leader removed remaining objections to a deal.

Six anti-Qaeda fighters gunned down in Iraq: police (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 12:34 AM PST

File photo shows a member of the Sahwa (Awakening) anti-Qaeda militia at a checkpoint in the Iraqi village of Abu Basal. Six members of an anti-Al Qaeda militia were gunned down in broad daylight near the Iraqi capital on Monday, police said, in the latest in a series of such attacks.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Six members of an anti-Al Qaeda militia were gunned down in broad daylight near the Iraqi capital on Monday, police said, in the latest in a series of such attacks.

U.S. leaving Iraq millions of dollars of gear: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 08:40 PM PST

An Iraqi soldier (R) tests a scout robot during an exercise course by the U.S. army at Camp Taji near Baghdad October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - U.S. commanders are donating up to $30 million worth of passenger vehicles, generators and gear to Iraq from each facility they leave, as they scale back deployments, up from a previous cap of $2 million, the Washington Post reported in its Monday editions.

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