2010年4月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Officials say Iraqi forces foil 9/11-style plot (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, Shiites gather at the holy shrine of Imam Ali to mark the last days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi and U.S. security officials say Iraqi forces have disrupted an al-Qaida plot to hijack airliners and fly them into Shiite holy shrines. They say the plan was to carry out a 9/11-style attack aimed at re-igniting sectarian violence in Iraq. (AP Photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, File)AP - Iraqi security forces disrupted a 9/11-style plot by al-Qaida in Iraq to fly hijacked planes into Shiite religious shrines, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday.


Al-Qaeda plotted to attack Shiite mosques in Iraq: US official (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 01:37 PM PDT

Iraqi women walk enter an archway leading to the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Kadhimiyah in 2008. Iraqi authorities have uncovered plans by Al-Qaeda to fly hijacked planes into the country's Shiite mosques in Iraq, a US counter-terrorism official said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi authorities have uncovered plans by Al-Qaeda to fly hijacked planes into the country's Shiite mosques in Iraq, a US counter-terrorism official said on Wednesday.


Aides to Iraq's Allawi in Tehran for post-election talks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Representatives of the secular bloc of former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi, pictured in February 2010, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for talks with top Iranian officials, the Tehran based Al-Alam television reported.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Representatives of the secular bloc of former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for talks with top Iranian officials, the Tehran based Al-Alam television reported.


Bombs and shootings kill six in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Iraqi firefighters stand on the rubble of a building following a bomb blast on Al-Rasheed Street in Baghdad. Six people were killed, including an Iraqi counter-terrorism officer and two soldiers, and 13 wounded in a number of bombings and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Six people were killed, including an Iraqi counter-terrorism officer and two soldiers, and 13 wounded in a number of bombings and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.


Iraqi Shi'ite blocs inch toward power-sharing deal (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 08:08 AM PDT

A traffic policeman walks past a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Talks on an alliance between Iraq's two main Shi'ite Muslim blocs to form the next government appear to be nearing a conclusion, with the main sticking point being how to nominate a prime minister, officials said.


Iraq Shiite leader Hakim meets Saudi monarch (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 03:21 AM PDT

Iraqi Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim, seen here in 2009, has held talks with Saudi King Abdullah. Hakim is the latest in a line of Baghdad politicians seeking Riyadh's support to usher a coalition government more than one month after Iraq's inconclusive parliamentary polls.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)AFP - Iraqi Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim has held talks with Saudi King Abdullah, the latest in a line of Baghdad politicians seeking Riyadh's support to usher a coalition government more than one month after Iraq's inconclusive parliamentary polls.


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