2009年12月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,369 (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 05:43 PM PST

AP - As of Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, at least 4,369 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Defense secy tells US troops Iraq mission critical (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:54 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates greets members of the Iraqi police force at F.O.B. Warrior Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Gates stopped in Iraq following a two day trip to Afghanistan one week after U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Justin Sullivan, Pool)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that plans are on track to reduce American forces in Iraq next year and warned that neighboring Iran risks sanctions soon if it fails to cooperate on its controversial nuclear program.

Iraq should humanely relocate Iranian opposition: US (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:41 PM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks in Baghdad on December 11. Nuri al-Maliki announced plans Thursday to move the more than 3,000 members of the group living at Camp Ashraf near the Iranian border to Neqrat al-Salman, a camp in the desert south of Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The United States said Friday it expects the Baghdad government to act legally and humanely when it relocates Iranian dissidents from a border camp to southern Iraq before deporting them.

Saddam ouster right, even without WMDs: Blair (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in a file image reacting in court during the Anfal genocide trial in Baghdad December 21, 2006. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair believes it was right to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power even though no weapons of mass destruction were ever found.

Six killed in Baghdad car bomb (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 11:34 AM PST

An Iraqi policeman holds his rifle as he stands guard out side the Justice Ministry in Baghdad in November 2009. Six people, including two policemen and two soldiers, were killed in a car bombing south of Baghdad on Friday, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Six people, including two policemen and two soldiers, were killed in a car bombing south of Baghdad on Friday, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.

Amnesty blasts Iraq over treatment of Iran exiles (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks in Baghdad on December 11. Nuri al-Maliki announced plans Thursday to move the more than 3,000 members of the group living at Camp Ashraf near the Iranian border to Neqrat al-Salman, a camp in the desert south of Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Amnesty International on Friday warned that Iraq's plans to move an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention camp in the country's remote south would put them at risk of arbitrary arrest and torture.

U.S. sees Arabs, Kurds in Iraq settling differences (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 10:37 AM PST

President of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani (2nd L) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, December 11, 2009. REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that Arab and Kurdish leaders in Iraq were moving toward settling their differences and he urged them to form an inclusive government quickly after a March vote.

Iraqi Arabs, Kurds will settle their differences: Gates (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:46 AM PST

Iraqi Kurdish regional president Massud Barzani (R) shakes hands with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (L) upon his arrival for a meeting in Arbil, northern Iraq. Iraq's minority Kurds, who have their own autonomous region in the north, will eventually iron out their differences with the country's Arabs, Gates said on Friday.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraq's minority Kurds, who have their own autonomous region in the north, will eventually iron out their differences with the country's Arabs, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.

Blackwater guards joined CIA raids: report (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:43 AM PST

A US private security company Blackwater helicopter flies over Baghdad in 2003. Employees of the Blackwater private security company took part in secret CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Friday, citing former employees and intelligence officials.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Employees of the Blackwater private security company took part in secret CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Friday, citing former employees and intelligence officials.

Six killed in bombings near Baghdad: Iraqi police (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:37 AM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks in Baghdad on December 11. Nuri al-Maliki announced plans Thursday to move the more than 3,000 members of the group living at Camp Ashraf near the Iranian border to Neqrat al-Salman, a camp in the desert south of Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)Reuters - Six people were killed and 21 wounded when two bombs exploded south of Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi police said.

Iraq strikes deals with Big Oil on southern fields (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:26 AM PST

The Shuaiba oil refinery near the port of Basra, 550 kms south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, on December 11. Iraq struck deals with consortiums led by energy giants Shell and CNPC on massive southern oil fields on Friday, part of a two-day auction that seeks to dramatically boost the country's crude output.(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq struck deals with consortiums led by energy giants Shell and CNPC on massive southern oil fields on Friday, part of a two-day auction that seeks to dramatically boost the country's crude output.

For Iraq, Afghanistan and us, decade of war (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:49 AM PST

FILE - This April 13, 2003 file photo shows looters pushing carts with furniture through the streets of Baghdad, Iraq. The country is moving toward some level of stability. But it came only after years that pushed Iraq perilously close to civil war between the Sunnis who lost power after Saddam's fall and the majority Shiites who took control of the aftermath. The tallies: more than 4,350 U.S. soldiers dead; at least 87,500 Iraqi civilians killed, according to government figures. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)AP - It was early April 2003. The city of Mosul in northern Iraq was in free fall.

US military: US soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 11:34 PM PST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier in Iraq has died of injuries unrelated to combat.

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