2010年1月26日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,374 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:37 PM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at least 4,374 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Vermont assumes a heavy burden in Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST

FILE-In this Dec. 3, 2004 file photo, pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffery Holmes at the graveside ceremony in Randolph, Vt. Vermont, a bastion of ex-hippies and Ben & Jerry liberals, has another distinction seemingly at odds with its peace-loving, tie-dyed politics: It has suffered more deaths per capita in the Iraq war than any other state. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Vermont, a bastion of ex-hippies and Ben & Jerry liberals, has another distinction seemingly at odds with its peace-loving, tie-dyed politics: It has suffered more deaths per capita in the Iraq war than any other state.


British invasion of Iraq was illegal: ex-govt lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:43 AM PST

A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein stands at the al-Fardous square as smoke billows from burning trenches filled with oil in Baghdad in March 2003. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was illegal, a former top British government lawyer told a public inquiry into the war Tuesday, three days before the appearance of ex-prime minister Tony Blair.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was illegal, a former top British government lawyer told a public inquiry into the war Tuesday, three days before the appearance of ex-prime minister Tony Blair.


US troops start joint operations in Iraq's disputed zones (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:28 AM PST

Iraqi Kurd peshmerga are pictured in Arbil in July 2009. American troops have started joint operations with Iraqi and Kurdish forces in Iraq's disputed northern zones in an effort to dampen tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs, the US army said.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - US troops have started joint operations with Iraqi forces both Arab and Kurdish in disputed northern zones aiming to boost trust and reduce tensions between Sunni Arabs and Kurds, the army said Tuesday.


Deadly blast destroys Baghdad forensics HQ (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:15 AM PST

Iraqis inspect the destroyed vehicle of a suicide bomber outside Iraq's forensics headquarters in central Baghdad. A suicide attacker blew up his car on Tuesday while racing it at Iraq's forensics headquarters in Baghdad, killing 18 people, wounding 80 others and destroying the building, officials said.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - A suicide attacker blew up his car on Tuesday while racing it at Iraq's forensics headquarters in Baghdad, killing 18 people, wounding 80 others and destroying the building, officials said.


UK government lawyer said Iraq war was illegal (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:59 AM PST

A British military helicopter lands during an operation in central Basra, May 21, 2005. REUTERS/Atef HassenReuters - One of Britain's top legal advisers during the run up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq said on Tuesday he believed the military action was illegal.


U.S. urges Kurds to settle disputes with Baghdad (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:21 AM PST

Reuters - The United States on Tuesday urged the leaders of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region to settle disputes over boundaries and oil revenues with Baghdad and to support Iraq's March 7 election.

Kurds in Halabja celebrate 'Chemical Ali' execution (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:38 AM PST

Iraqi Kurds gather under a memorial statute for victims who were killed in the Halabja attacks in 1988 in the northern town of Halabja. Hundreds of Kurds took to the streets of the Iraqi town of Halabja on Tuesday to celebrate the execution of 'Chemical Ali', hanged for the gassing of some 5,000 of its residents in 1988.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - Hundreds of Kurds took to the streets of the Iraqi town of Halabja on Tuesday to celebrate the execution of 'Chemical Ali', hanged for the gassing of some 5,000 of its residents in 1988.


UK government adviser: Iraq war was illegal (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 08:03 AM PST

AP - A former legal adviser to the Britain's Foreign Office told the country's Iraq inquiry Tuesday that the government ignored his warning that invading Iraq would be illegal.

Baghdad hotel bombs mark new tactics: top US general (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 06:27 AM PST

Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of a relative killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad during a funeral in the central shrine city of Najaf. Three huge and apparently co-ordinated minibus bombs targeted hotels used by foreigners in Baghdad on January 25, killing at least 36 people and wounding 71 less than six weeks before a general election.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - The US army's top officer in Iraq said Tuesday insurgents used new tactics the military was warned of a month ago to conduct three suicide vehicle bombings that killed 36 people at Baghdad hotels.


Iraq suicide bomb kills 17 at police forensics lab (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 06:22 AM PST

A policeman and a civil defence personnel officer inspect a burnt vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in central Baghdad January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - A suicide blast killed at least 17 people at a police forensics office in Baghdad on Tuesday, officials said, the latest attack to raise doubts about Iraq's ability to keep people safe weeks before a national election.


Baghdad car bomb kills 18 (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:21 AM PST

Iraqis inspect the destroyed vehicle of a suicide bomber outside Iraq's forensics headquarters in central Baghdad. A suicide attacker blew up his car on Tuesday while racing it at Iraq's forensics headquarters in Baghdad, killing 18 people, wounding 80 others and destroying the building, officials said.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - A suicide attacker blew up his car on Tuesday while racing it at Iraq's forensics headquarters in central Baghdad, killing 18 people, injuring 80 and destroying the building, officials said.


(AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 01:30 AM PST

AP - Iraqi security officials say death toll rises to 18 in suicide car bombing in Baghdad.

Baghdad blast kills 17, injures 80: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 01:26 AM PST

Smoke billows from the site of a blast at Iraq's forensics headquarters in Baghdad. A suicide car bomber has killed 17 people and injured 80 in central Baghdad, while destroying Iraq's forensics headquarters, an interior ministry official said updating an earlier toll.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A suicide car bomber has killed 17 people and injured 80 in central Baghdad, while destroying Iraq's forensics headquarters, an interior ministry official said updating an earlier toll.


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