2009年12月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Officials: Gunmen kill 5 Sunni guards in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 08:47 AM PST

An Iraqi policeman surveys the damage from a truck bomb that exploded the day before in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on June 21. Three men were sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of helping to plan an Al-Qaeda truck bombing in northern Iraq in June that killed 72 people.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AP - Gunmen killed five Sunni security guards — including one by beheading — in a gruesome pre-dawn slaying Tuesday at a village checkpoint in central Iraq, officials said.


Gunmen kill Iraqi militia guards at checkpoint (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 07:18 AM PST

A U.S. soldier patrols the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, December 29, 2009. Four people were wounded by a bomb that exploded in a parking lot within the Transport Ministry compound in eastern Baghdad, police said.  REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - Gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint near Baghdad on Tuesday, killing four members of an Iraqi government-backed militia, a militia leader and officials said.


Three sentenced to death in Iraq for June bombing (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 07:08 AM PST

An Iraqi policeman surveys the damage from a truck bomb that exploded the day before in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on June 21. Three men were sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of helping to plan an Al-Qaeda truck bombing in northern Iraq in June that killed 72 people.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Three men were sentenced to death by hanging on Tuesday after being convicted of helping to plan an Al-Qaeda truck bombing in northern Iraq in June that killed 72 people.


Three sentenced to death for June Iraq bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:49 AM PST

Reuters - An Iraqi court on Tuesday sentenced three men to death for a bombing in June that killed at least 73 people, an Iraqi judicial official said.

Lukoil-led group initials deal for Iraq oil field (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:47 AM PST

A worker turns a valve at an oilfield in Iraq. A consortium led by Russian energy giant Lukoil initialled a deal with Iraq at a ceremony at the oil ministry in Baghdad on Tuesday to develop the massive West Qurna-2 oil field.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - A consortium led by Russian energy giant Lukoil initialled a deal with Iraq at a ceremony at the oil ministry in Baghdad on Tuesday to develop the massive West Qurna-2 oil field.


Iraqi handed $85,000 reward for car bomb tip-off (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 02:57 AM PST

An Iraqi man was awarded 85,000 dollars for informing security forces of a car bomb in Baghdad, the first such reward after funds were dramatically upped for tip-offs, a military spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - An Iraqi man was awarded 85,000 dollars for informing security forces of a car bomb in Baghdad, the first such reward after funds were dramatically upped for tip-offs, a military spokesman said Tuesday.


Iraq security adviser warns of Qaeda threat ahead of poll (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 02:43 AM PST

Iraqi National Security Adviser Safa Hussein stands in his office in Baghdad following an interview with AFP on December 27. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is a far smaller force than at its peak three years ago but still poses a threat in the run-up to March elections, national security adviser Hussein told AFP.(AFP/File/Prashant Rao)AFP - Al-Qaeda in Iraq is a far smaller force than at its peak three years ago but still poses a threat in the run-up to March elections, national security adviser Safa Hussein told AFP in an interview.


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