2010年8月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Basra blasts kill 20 Iraqis, wound scores (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Iraqi men evacuate a victim from the scene of an explosion in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 7, 2010. Health officials say evening market blasts in Iraq's second-largest city have killed several people and wounded dozens.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Explosions killed at least 20 people and wounded as many as 100 Saturday night at a downtown market in Iraq's second-largest city, a senior official said, coming at the end of a violent day that also saw the slaying of seven policemen around the country.


Scores killed and wounded in Iraq explosion (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Reuters - The explosion of a power generator, possibly triggered by a bomb, at a busy market in Iraq's southern oil hub Basra on Saturday killed dozens of people and wounded scores more, morgue and security sources said.

Seven police among eight killed in Iraq violence (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier and a policemen organise traffic in central Baghdad on August 6. Seven policemen were among eight people killed near Baghdad and in north Iraq, including four who died in a fierce gunfight in a Sunni neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, officials said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Seven policemen were among eight people killed near Baghdad and in north Iraq, including four who died in a fierce gunfight in a Sunni neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, officials said on Saturday.


Iraqi twin dies after surgery in Saudi Arabia (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, Hind Mohammed is seen with her nieces, conjoined twins Zainab, left, and Ruqqaya Naseer, right, in  Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq.A Saudi surgeon says an Iraqi twin who was joined at the hip with her sister has died after separation surgery in Saudi Arabia. The conjoined twins were born June 5 in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq. They were joined at the hips and had problems with their digestive and reproductive systems. Chief surgeon Abdullah al-Rabia said on Saturday that Ruqqaya had life-impeding defects including a skull deformation and passed away.(AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)AP - An Iraqi twin who was joined at the hip with her sister died Saturday, three weeks after separation surgery in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi surgeon said.


Iraq forces take over from last U.S. combat brigade (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 08:15 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers from the 4th Stryker Brigade 2nd Infantry Division carry flags during a departure ceremony of U.S. Forces, at Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, August 7, 2010. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - The United States handed over control of all combat duties to Iraqi security forces on Saturday in a further sign its withdrawal is on track despite a political impasse in Iraq and a recent rise in violence.


Iraq takes delivery of American tanks (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands atop an M1A1 Abrams tank during a training session with US troops at the military base of Basmaya on the southern outskirts of Baghdad in March 2010. Iraq has taken delivery of the first 11 of 140 American M1A1 Abrams tanks, just weeks before the US military ends its combat mission here and pulls thousands of its troops out of the country.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq on Saturday took delivery of the first 11 of 140 American M1A1 Abrams tanks, just weeks before the US military ends its combat mission here and pulls thousands of its troops out of the country.


Four Iraqi police die in Baghdad raid (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:50 AM PDT

A firefighter works at the scene of an explosion in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 7, 2010. Health officials say evening market blasts in Iraq's second-largest city have killed several people and wounded dozens.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)Reuters - Iraqi gunmen killed four policemen, wounded six others and four bystanders in gunfights on Saturday after police raided a suspected car bomb factory and weapons cache in Baghdad, police said.


Iran meddling to fill void in Iraq government: poll (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:14 AM PDT

An Iraqi woman dips her finger in indelible ink as she casts her ballot. Iran more than any other foreign state is meddling to fill a void in Iraqi politics five months after a general election left the war-wracked nation without a new government, a poll has said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iran more than any other foreign state is meddling to fill a void in Iraqi politics five months after a general election left the war-wracked nation without a new government, a poll said Saturday.


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