2010年9月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq Shi'ites miss deadline on government leader (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:34 PM PDT

Reuters - A Shi'ite-led political bloc missed its own deadline on Monday to choose a nominee for prime minister, continuing a stalemate that has left Iraq without a new government 6-1/2 months after an inconclusive election.

Iraq: US should help break government deadlock (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:14 PM PDT

AP - Iraq's foreign minister urged the United States on Monday to take a more active role in breaking the deadlock over formation of a new government, saying the nearly seven-month election stalemate has not only left the country in limbo but hurt its economy.

Silenced slayings on the rise in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:09 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 photo, mourners carry the coffin of a slain police major, targeted by gunmen with silenced pistols in Baghdad, for burial in the Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. At least 12 slayings in Baghdad in the past two weeks have been linked to gangland-style hits using muffled weapons, including an off-duty policeman killed in a drive-by shooting Monday Sept. 27, 2010, officials say. It's part of a recent wave of targeted attacks on security officials and government workers that has included established insurgent tactics such as roadside bombings and explosives attached to vehicles. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - For about $100 at outlaw workshops, gunmen can get what's become the tool of choice in Baghdad these days: silencers for pistols and automatic weapons.

(AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:41 PM PDT

AP - Official says US closely watching North Korea's Kim family succession for leadership clues

Kurdish rebels deny Iranian forces entered Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:14 AM PDT

AP - Kurdish rebels fighting Iran's government from bases across the border in Iraq denied Monday that Iranian forces carried out a cross-border raid.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Waiting for Abu Ghraib amends (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2004 file photo, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld rubs his eyes while testifying about Abu Ghraib prison before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fending off demands that he resign over the ensuing scandal, Rumsfeld told Congress he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered 'grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces.' (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces."

Fortified border: Iraq on guard against Iran (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:00 PM PDT

AP - On any map, this castle-like fort is located in Iran. But war, time and drifting desert sands have blurred the border, and for now, Iraqi guards stoutly defend Qutaiba as theirs.

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