2010年8月6日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Police: 3 more traffic cops killed in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen seen in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Three traffic policemen have died in drive-by shootings in western Baghdad on Wednesday night raising to at least five the number of traffic policemen killed since Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A drive-by shooting and a bomb hidden in a motorcycle killed three traffic policemen in Baghdad on Friday, taking to eight the number from the city's force killed this week, police and hospital officials said.


Serbia delivers first military planes to Iraq: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:54 AM PDT

Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac is pictured in 2009. Serbia has delivered the first three of 20 military training aircraft to Iraq as part of a 100-million-dollar weapons deal between two former allies, the defence ministry said Friday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Serbia has delivered the first three of 20 military training aircraft to Iraq as part of a 100-million-dollar weapons deal between two former allies, the defence ministry said Friday.


Obama 'asks Shiite cleric to help settle Iraq impasse' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:34 AM PDT

Shiite Muslim worshippers walk past a portrait of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in a Shiite mosque in Baghdad in 2005. President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, urging him to persuade the country's squabbling political leaders to form a new government, Foreign Policy magazine reported Friday.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)AFP - President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, urging him to persuade the country's squabbling political leaders to form a new government, Foreign Policy magazine reported Friday.


Baghdad returns to map of global airlines (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 04:01 AM PDT

Passengers wait to go through customs at Baghdad International Airport August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Baghdad is getting back on the map of international airlines after 20 years of violence as the prospect of multi-billion oil deals lures business travelers.


Al-Qaida in Iraq offers cash to lure former allies (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 30, 2009 file photo Awakening Council members are seen at checkpoint in the Azamiyah area of north Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida in Iraq is offering cash to try to lure back former Sunni allies from among tribesmen and insurgents, seeking to take advantage of their frustration with the government's failure to offer them jobs and pay their salaries on time. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - Al-Qaida in Iraq has begun offering cash to lure back former Sunni allies angry over the government's failure to give them jobs and pay their salaries on time, according to Sunni tribesmen and Iraqi officials.


Iraq: Requiem for a Profound Misadventure (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Obama's somber speech on Iraq is a reminder of when and why we should -- and should not -- go to war

Obama's Afghanistan Policy Tracks Bush in Iraq (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:10 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - President Barack Obama is an unremitting critic of George W. Bush, but in Afghanistan he's walking in Bush's shoes. How ironic. But also, how encouraging.

US Senate confirms Mattis as Iraq, Afghan war head (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:51 PM PDT

General James Mattis, pictured, has won unanimous senate confirmation as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - General James Mattis has won unanimous senate confirmation as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


US Senate OKs James Jeffrey as Iraq ambassador (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:42 PM PDT

A US soldier stands to attention during a remembrance ceremony in Baghdad. The US Senate has unanimously confirmed career diplomat James Jeffrey to be ambassador to Iraq, replacing Christopher Hill, as the President Barack Obama vowed to end combat operations in the country.(AFP/File/Ahmed al-Rabaye)AFP - The US Senate has unanimously confirmed career diplomat James Jeffrey to be ambassador to Iraq, replacing Christopher Hill, as the president has vowed to end combat operations there.


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