2010年7月13日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,412 (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:21 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at least 4,412 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq oil revenues 95% of state income: minister (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Revenues from oil sales account for 95 percent of Iraq's income, Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, pictured in June 2010, said on Tuesday, underlining the war-battered nation's reliance on crude to rebuild its economy.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Revenues from oil sales account for 95 percent of Iraq's income, Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said on Tuesday, underlining the war-battered nation's reliance on crude to rebuild its economy.


US wants greater effort from Iraq to form government (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:24 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a press conference after a bilateral meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (L), at the Department of State in Washington, DC. Clinton on Tuesday urged Iraqis on all sides to make greater efforts to overcome differences and end a four-month stalemate in forming a government.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged Iraqis on all sides to make greater efforts to overcome differences and end a four-month stalemate in forming a government.


Iraqis angry at more delays in forming government (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqis sweltering in blistering summer heat with little state-supplied power on Tuesday criticized yet another delay in forming a new government after the election in March.

Iran-backed group eyed attack on US bases in Iraq: general (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:55 AM PDT

Iranian-backed militants recently received specialist training inside Iran to help mount an attack on American military bases in Iraq, the top US commander in Baghdad, General Ray Odierno, pictured in 2009, said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Arthur Macmillan)AFP - Iranian-backed militants recently received specialist training inside Iran to help mount an attack on American military bases in Iraq, the top US commander in Baghdad said on Tuesday.


Iraq cabinet to summon Kurds over Iran fuel sales (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's oil minister on Tuesday criticized the authorities of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region for allowing fuel to be exported to neighboring Iran without approval from the central government.

Odierno: Iran threat to US troops in Iraq on rise (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:37 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a press conference after a bilateral meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (L), at the Department of State in Washington, DC. Clinton on Tuesday urged Iraqis on all sides to make greater efforts to overcome differences and end a four-month stalemate in forming a government.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AP - The U.S. military is beefing up security around its bases in Iraq in anticipation of Iranian-backed militants looking to score propaganda points by attacking American soldiers leaving the country, the U.S. commander said Tuesday.


Clinton: Iraq must form government soon (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:31 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a joint press availability with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, not shown, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The Obama administration on Tuesday stepped up pressure on Iraqi leaders to overcome a five-month political impasse that has prevented the formation of a new government as the U.S. prepares to end its combat mission there at the end of August.


Oil smuggling to Iran embarrassment for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT

In this June 7, 2010 photo, trucks carrying oil snake their way through Haj Omran, Iraq a mountainous Kurdish resort town on the border with Iran. The smuggling of as much as tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil and refined fuels daily from northern Iraq to Iran, in violation of new U.S. sanctions, is stoking tensions between the central government and its Kurdish provincial counterparts. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - The smuggling of tens of thousands of gallons a day of crude oil and refined fuels from northern Iraq to Iran, in violation of new U.S. sanctions, is stoking tensions between Iraq's central government and its Kurdish provincial counterparts.


At least 11 dead in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:34 AM PDT

A policeman stands guard in Baghdad's in Al-Amil district, south of the capital, June 2010. At least six people were killed in bomb attacks in Iraq, including a device which blew up in a mock coffin during a demonstration, security sources said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least 11 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, including three by a device which blew up in a mock coffin during a demonstration, security officials said.


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