2009年12月17日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Babylon's last alcohol seller arrested: family (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:45 PM PST

Iraqi Yazidis stroll the alleys of the Lalesh temple near Dahuk during the community's congregation ritual, in 2006. The last alcohol vendor in Iraq's Babylon province, a member of the ancient Yazidi religious sect, has been arrested, his family told AFP on Thursday.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - The last alcohol vendor in Iraq's Babylon province, a member of the ancient Yazidi religious sect, has been arrested, his family told AFP on Thursday.


US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:36 AM PST

US army RQ-7B Shadow drones sit in a hangar at an army base near Baquba, north of Baghdad, in 2008. The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.


Car bomb near central Baghdad restaurant kills 3 (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:23 AM PST

US army RQ-7B Shadow drones sit in a hangar at an army base near Baquba, north of Baghdad, in 2008. The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AP - A car bomb exploded outside a popular restaurant in central Baghdad on Thursday night, killing three people and wounding 16 as diners were out enjoying the start to their weekend, police and hospital officials said.


Two killed in Iraq violence (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:21 AM PST

An Iraqi soldier walks past cars stuck in a traffic jam in the capital Baghdad. One person was killed and another 10 wounded on Thursday when a booby-trapped car exploded as the car of a Shiite MP passed by, police said.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - One person was killed and another 10 wounded on Thursday when a booby-trapped car exploded as the car of a Shiite MP passed by, police said.


Iraq security forces involved in bombings (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:04 AM PST

US army RQ-7B Shadow drones sit in a hangar at an army base near Baquba, north of Baghdad, in 2008. The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)Reuters - Members of Iraqi security forces have been involved in attacks in Baghdad and will be punished if found out, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday, a week after deadly bombings killed 112 in Baghdad.


Cheap software 'helps Iraqi militants track US drones' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:24 AM PST

The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Iraqi militants have regularly used cheap and widely-available software to intercept the feeds of US-operated drones, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.


Kidnapped Guardian journalist freed in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:05 AM PST

Reuters - An Iraqi journalist working for Britain's Guardian newspaper in Afghanistan has been released along with two Afghan journalists after they were held hostage for six days, the newspaper said on Thursday.
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