2009年12月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq to relaunch air force nearly 20 years after Kuwait war (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:35 PM PST

An Iraqi pilot walks past a plane during the reopening ceremony of the Iraqi air force academy, north of Tikrit. Iraq is to relaunch its air force which was decimated in the 1991 Gulf War and to train pilots for a squadron of 18-24 fighter planes, Defence Minister Abdel Qadr Obeidi announced on Wednesday.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq is to relaunch its air force which was decimated in the 1991 Gulf War and to train pilots for a squadron of 18-24 fighter planes, Defence Minister Abdel Qadr Obeidi announced on Wednesday.

Iraq PM implicates security in Baghdad blasts (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST

In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Iraq's prime minister says continued violence won't slow the U.S. military's withdrawal from Iraq. Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki told reporters Wednesday that American troops will still leave by a 2011 deadline included in a security agreement between both countries. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, Handout)AP - Dozens of suspected plotters in last week's deadly suicide bombings that killed 127 people in Baghdad were linked to security forces, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday.

Iraq security forces involved in bombings: PM (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 07:58 AM PST

A US Soldier looks at the sky as he sits atop of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Baghdad, in 2005. US officials are reviewing a policy that allows condolence letters to be sent only to the families of soldiers killed in war and not to those who take their own life, the Pentagon said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)Reuters - Dozens of Iraqi security force members were involved in attacks that killed up to 112 people in Baghdad last week, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday.

Iraq to offer up to $85,000 for car bomb tip-offs (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:51 AM PST

Vehicles burn at the site of an explosion near the Iraqi defence ministry and the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on December 15. The Iraqi cabinet has approved a plan to offer rewards of up to 85,000 dollars for tip-offs about car bombs, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said, a day after a new wave of bombings.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The Iraqi cabinet has approved a plan to offer rewards of up to 85,000 dollars for tip-offs about car bombs, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday, a day after a new wave of bombings.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,370 (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 06:33 PM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at least 4,370 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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