2010年9月5日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 01:52 PM PDT

In this image made from television, Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Ubaidi , center, inspects the site of a suicide attack accompanied by soldiers at a military headquarters in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Suicide bombers hit a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and killed dozens of people, two weeks after an attack on the same site pointed to the failure of Iraqi forces to plug even the most obvious holes in their security. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.

Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Medical staff treat a wounded soldier after a bomb attack in Baghdad September 5, 2010. Suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding 22 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over, officials said. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.

US troops fire back as suicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:22 PM PDT

A plume of smoke is seen following a large explosion that rocked an Iraqi army complex at the Rusafa Military Command headquarters in eastern Baghdad. As many as five suicide bombers killed 12 people on Sunday at an Iraqi army complex in Baghdad, with US troops among those who fired back in a bid to repel the coordinated attack.(AFP/Ammar Karim)AFP - American troops were among those who fired back to repel a coordinated suicide attack on an Iraqi army complex that killed 12 people on Sunday, days after US forces officially ended combat operations in the country.

Former Saddam confidant says he'll die in prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister speaks to the Associated Press in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Aziz who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime predicts he'll die in an Iraqi prison, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The man who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime predicted Sunday that he will die in an Iraqi jail, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence.

Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:01 PM PDT

AP - As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited.

US 'likely' to keep troops in Iraq after 2011 (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 08:07 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier monitors the traffic in central Baghdad. US forces declared an end to combat operations on August 31, although American officials privately acknowledge that the US military presence in Iraq will almost certainly be extended, even though a security agreement in force requires all US forces to depart by the end of 2011.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledgling military, experts and former officers say.

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