2010年2月15日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq targets tailors to curb militant attacks (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 08:10 AM PST

In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, Tailor Sabah al-Khaiyat takes measurements for Iraqi police Lt. Jassim Talib in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is cracking down on the sale of police and military uniforms after attackers used them as disguises to carry out suicide bombings in heavily guarded Baghdad. The crackdown follows a series of embarrassing security lapses that allowed for attacks on government sites and hotels in Baghdad, putting pressure on Iraq's security officials ahead of next month's elections.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq is cracking down on shops and tailors who sell and make police and military uniforms after attackers disguised themselves as security forces to slip through checkpoints and carry out suicide bombings in heavily guarded Baghdad.


Iraqi lawmaker: Sunni boycott won't solve standoff (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:22 AM PST

Sunni politician Saleh al-Mutlaq speaks to his supporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Al-Mutlaq, who has been banned from next month's national elections because of suspected ties to the Baathist Party says a Sunni boycott of the vote won't solve Iraq's political standoff. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A top Sunni Arab leader, banned from running in next month's elections, said Monday that a Sunni boycott won't solve a standoff over who can run in Iraq's next parliament — though he stopped short of urging his supporters to vote.


Anti-Saddam purge both woos and worries Iraq voters (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

Reuters - Government rhetoric against Saddam Hussein's Baath party will woo some Iraqi Shi'ite voters ahead of an election, but many people feel uneasy about a return to the sectarian politics that has spilled so much blood.

Australia's jihad attack plotters jailed up to 28 years (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:07 PM PST

Australian policemen stand next to the Sydney west trial courts in Parramata, near Sydney, February 15, 2010. Five Australian Muslim men convicted of plotting to commit violent jihad in Australia were sentenced by a Sydney court on Monday to jail terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.  REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)AFP - Five Muslims who plotted an attack using guns and explosives to protest against Australia's part in the "war on terror" were jailed for up to 28 years Monday, after the country's longest extremism trial.


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