2010年5月18日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,397 (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:41 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at least 4,397 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT

An MQ-1B Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from Balad Air Base in Iraq, in this file photograph taken on June 12, 2008. The MQ-1 Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft. In the rugged mountains of western Pakistan, missiles launched by unmanned Predator or Reaper drones have become so commonplace that some U.S counterterrorism officials liken them to AP - An alleged al-Qaida militant detained in Iraq said Tuesday he had talked to friends about attacking Danish and Dutch teams at the World Cup in South Africa next month to avenge insults against the Prophet Muhammad.


Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn't there a new government? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 May 2010 02:24 PM PDT

A worker adjust the Iraqi flag at the headquarters of former prime minister Ayad Allawi in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 16, 2010. A recount of votes cast in Baghdad did not change the results of Iraq's March election, an electoral official said Sunday, preserving a narrow victory for the Sunni-backed candidate over the Shiite prime minister. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demanded the recount after losing out by two seats to challenger, Ayad Allawi and alleging fraud. The province, which includes the capital, accounts for so many seats in parliament that a significant change in the vote tally could have tilted the overall results in al-Maliki's favor. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — Millions of Iraqi voters defied bombings and intimidation to cast ballots in the country's March 7 parliamentary election, which was billed as historic because it was the first since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 to be organized, carried out and secured by Iraqis.


US gets China, Russia on board for Iran sanctions (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:41 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claps as he looks at an object representing nuclear fuel in Tehran April 9, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/FilesAP - The United States introduced a United Nations resolution aimed at Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program on Tuesday, having won long-sought and pivotal support from China and Russia for new sanctions against its powerful Revolutionary Guard and new measures to try to curtail Iran's military, financial and shipping activities.


Iraq says prisoners released by US rejoined Qaeda (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 10:27 AM PDT

Major General Qassim Atta, pictured in April 2010, on Tuesday said prisoners released by the US military rejoined Al-Qaeda in senior roles that saw them plan and commit bloody attacks inside the country.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - An Iraqi security spokesman on Tuesday said prisoners released by the US military rejoined Al-Qaeda in senior roles that saw them plan and commit bloody attacks inside the country.


Taliban Suicide Bomb in Kabul Shatters Capital's Calm (Time.com)

Posted: 18 May 2010 09:50 AM PDT

Time.com - A TIME reporter hears Tuesday's suicide car bomb blast in Kabul and compares the capital's scene to that of Baghdad, examining the so-called progress

UK Iraq inquiry to question officials in US (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 09:08 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Iraq war inquiry panel arrived in the United States on Tuesday as it continues to investigate mistakes made in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but officials are not expected to hold talks with former President George W. Bush.

Afghan Strategy: U.S. Stands By Deals with Tribal Elders (Time.com)

Posted: 18 May 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Time.com - An attempt to use an Iraqi solution to insurgency backfires when members of a tribe receiving U.S. funding start shooting at each other

Iraq forces: Al-Qaida plot on World Cup uncovered (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:30 PM PDT

An MQ-1B Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from Balad Air Base in Iraq, in this file photograph taken on June 12, 2008. The MQ-1 Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft. In the rugged mountains of western Pakistan, missiles launched by unmanned Predator or Reaper drones have become so commonplace that some U.S counterterrorism officials liken them to AP - Iraqi security forces have detained an al-Qaida militant suspected of planning an attack targeting the World Cup in South Africa next month, an official said Monday.


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