2010年8月28日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:40 PM PDT

An Iraqi man raises his hands as an Iraqi police officer conducts a body search at a check point in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. The Iraqi prime minister put his nation on its highest alert for terror attacks, as insurgents hammer Iraqi security forces preparing to take over for a U.S. combat mission that formally ends on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday.


Obama: Iraq war is ending, Baghdad to chart future (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:11 PM PDT

An Iraqi police officer secures the area from the top of an armored vehicle  at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. The Iraqi prime minister put his nation on its highest alert for terror attacks, as insurgents hammer Iraqi security forces preparing to take over for a U.S. combat mission that formally ends on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - President Barack Obama said the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq means "the war is ending" and Baghdad is in position "to chart its own course."


As US military bases close, Iraqis left behind (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 11:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 22, 2010, Ahmed Adnan Abdul Hasan holds a certificate of appreciation from a U.S. military officer during an interview with the Associated Press in al-Faris village, north of Baghdad, Iraq. As the American military is winding down its time here, the Iraqis who at one time worked so closely with U.S. forces they began to absorb their mannerisms and tastes, are starting to wonder what will happen to them when their benefactors have gone. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Just about every man from the village of al-Faris has worked at the nearby Taji military base. The American money and influence is seen in the new cars, the additions to houses, even the billiards hall with a guitar from an American soldier.


Obama says Iraq war 'ending,' calls country 'sovereign' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:58 AM PDT

Two US soldiers patrol a town in the Taji area, 2007. Three days before the official end of the US combat mission in Iraq, US President Barack Obama said that the war in the country was AFP - Three days before the official end of the US combat mission in Iraq, US President Barack Obama said on Saturday Iraq was now a "sovereign" nation free to determine its own destiny.


Al-Qaeda claims Ramadan attacks in Iraq: monitoring group (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:56 AM PDT

Damaged vehicles are seen following a car bomb in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, on August 25. On Wednesday, more than a dozen apparently coordinated car bombs targeting Iraqi police and other attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda hit 10 cities and towns around the country, killing 53 people and wounding hundreds.(AFP/File)AFP - Al-Qaeda has said it was behind a wave of attacks across Iraq during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a US monitoring group said on Saturday.


Returned US soldiers made 'America safer': Obama (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:05 PM PDT

US soldiers SGT Josh Chiasson (R) and PFC Roy Ryan (2nd R), of the 4th stryker brigade, second infantry division that pulled out of Iraq earlier this week, gesture for the camera at Camp Virginia in the Kuwaiti desert on August 21. US President Barack Obama in a YouTube message on Friday thanked US troops back from Iraq for their AFP - US President Barack Obama in a YouTube message on Friday thanked US troops back from Iraq for their "dedication" and "courage" that "has made America safer."


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