2009年12月23日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Bombs target Iraqi Christians, Shiites (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:59 AM PST

A Shiite man flagellates himself during the festival of Ashoura in the Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. Bombs targeted Iraqi Christians and Shiite Muslims Wednesday, killing at least several people and wounding about three dozen before coinciding religious observances that will take place under heavy guard. Insurgents have routinely targeted Shiites and Christians in an attempt to undermine the country's security gains and its Shiite-dominated government. Security forces in recent days have been concerned that the Shiite holy observances known as Ashoura and Christmas gatherings would be targeted by large-scale attacks. Ashoura marks the seventh-century death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Bombs targeted Iraqi Christians and Shiite Muslims Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding four dozen before coinciding religious observances that will take place under heavy guard.

Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:42 AM PST

Iraqi security forces and a sniffer dog inspect a van entering the holy city of Karbala on December 22, 2009. A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.

Iraq election candidate killed in 'sticky bomb' attack (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 07:56 AM PST

A police officer crosses a street in the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2008. A Sunni Arab candidate for Iraqi parliamentary elections has been killed in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such killing ahead of the March 7 polls, police said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A Sunni Arab candidate for Iraqi parliamentary elections was killed in a bombing on Wednesday, the first such killing ahead of the March 7 polls, police said.

UK's Gordon Brown to testify before Iraq inquiry (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 07:48 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Gordon Brown addresses media in Copenhagen December 17, 2009. Brown and other members of his government will not appear before an inquiry into the Iraq war until after a general election next year, the inquiry team said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Christian CharisiusAP - British leader Gordon Brown won't testify before his country's investigation of the Iraq war until after the next general election, the committee behind the inquiry said Wednesday.

Deadly blast hits Iraq church in run-up to Christmas (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 07:12 AM PST

Iraqi security forces and a sniffer dog inspect a van entering the holy city of Karbala on December 22, 2009. A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - With Christmas just around the corner, a bomb attack on a church in the Iraqi city of Mosul killed two passersby and wounded five others, the sixth attack on Christians there in less than a month.

Iraq chases many for corruption, catches few (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 05:47 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq issued hundreds of arrest warrants for officials suspected of corruption last year, but only a fraction were convicted, a government watchdog said in a new report.

U.S. military: no change to Iraq pregnancy policy (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:22 AM PST

Soldiers look on as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to soldiers at F.O.B. Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq December 11, 2009. REUTERS/Justin Sullivan/PoolReuters - A U.S. commander in northern Iraq does not expect to order a court martial for soldiers who become pregnant, but has not rolled back a controversial new policy on pregnancy, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.

Iraqi Kurd gas victims sue Dutchman for damages (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:19 AM PST

AP - A Dutch court began hearing a suit Wednesday filed by 16 Iraqi Kurds seeking compensation from a businessman who sold chemicals to Saddam Hussein's regime.

Iraqi general assassinated (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:35 AM PST

File photo shows Iraqi soldiers on patrol. A senior Iraqi army officer has been shot dead in front of his home west of Baghdad, an interior ministry official said on Wednesay.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - A senior Iraqi army officer has been shot dead in front of his home west of Baghdad, an interior ministry official said on Wednesay.

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