2009年12月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Mullen worries about Iran running out clock on US (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST

U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to the news media in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. America's top military officer says there's no evidence that the takeover of an oil well in southern Iraq by Iranian forces is an attempt to influence Iraq's upcoming elections. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)AP - The top U.S. military officer said Sunday he does not assume Iran's brief seizure of an Iraqi oil well is part of an orchestrated plan in Tehran to threaten its neighbors.


Iran troops leave oil well, still in Iraq: Dabbagh (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:54 AM PST

Iraqi soldiers stand guard outside the Halfaya oil field near the southern city of Amara on December 12.Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well left the facility during the night but remain on Iraqi soil, Iraq's government spokesman said Sunday.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well left the facility during the night but remain on Iraqi soil, Iraq's government spokesman said Sunday.


Iraq PM calls for stronger economic ties with Egypt (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:52 AM PST

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (R) meets with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki in Cairo. Maliki called for stronger economic ties with Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, the official MENA news agency reported.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for stronger economic ties with Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, the official MENA news agency reported.


Iraq PM in Cairo to improve ties with Egypt (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:58 AM PST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, meets with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, right, at the beginning of a two day visit to Egypt at the Smart Village in 6th October, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Iraq's prime minister opened a landmark visit to Egypt on Sunday in what aides described as an ambitious attempt to improve relations with one of the Arab world's most powerful players.


Iran troops have made partial withdrawal: Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:58 AM PST

An Iranian flag is seen at the site of a captured well at Fakka oilfield near Amara, 300 km (186 miles) southeast of Baghdad, December 19, 2009. REUTERS/Salah ThaniReuters - Iranian troops have withdrawn partly from a disputed oil area claimed by both Tehran and Baghdad, Iraqi and Iranian officials said on Sunday, possibly defusing a border feud straining the two nations' delicate ties.


Pipeline sabotage halts oil exports from northern Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:57 AM PST

File pictures shows workers at the Ceyhan crude oil terminal. Oil exports from northern Iraq have been halted by sabotage to the pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Sunday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Oil exports from northern Iraq have been halted by a sabotage attack on the pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Sunday.


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