2010年1月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi forces 'integrating' anti-Qaeda fighters: US (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:44 AM PST

A member of the Sahwa movemnet guards a checkpoint in the Iraqi village of Abu Basal. Around half of 80,000 anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen have been integrated into Iraqi institutions as part of national reconciliation efforts, acording to a senior US general.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Around half of 80,000 anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen have been integrated into Iraqi institutions as part of national reconciliation efforts, a senior US general said on Sunday.

Jordan town drops plan to name area after Saddam (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:31 AM PST

AP - The mayor of a provincial town in Jordan said Sunday he had dropped plans to name a new neighborhood there after Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein at the request of the central government.

Iraqi in Blackwater case rejects compensation deal (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:17 AM PST

The relatives of Iraqis killed by a private security firm hold a meeting with US federal prosecutors in 2008. All but one of the families of 17 Iraqis killed in a 2007 shooting by US security guards have accepted compensation from the Blackwater firm, according to a lawyer wounded in the attack.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - An Iraqi injured by the U.S. private security firm once known as Blackwater said Sunday he would not accept a compensation deal for injuries he suffered after company employees opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square because the amount of money offered is too low.

Most Iraq families 'accept Blackwater compensation' (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:55 AM PST

A Blackwater helicopter flies over Baghdad in 2003. All but one of the families of 17 Iraqis killed in a 2007 shooting by US security guards have accepted compensation from the Blackwater firm, according to a lawyer wounded in the attack.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - All but one of the families of 17 Iraqis killed in a 2007 shooting by US security guards have accepted compensation from the Blackwater firm, a lawyer wounded in the attack said on Sunday.

GIs return to their war zone and find it peaceful (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:34 PM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 18, 2009, U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Weber is seen at a Joint Security Station in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, Iraq. Three years ago he was among soldiers fighting off a fierce insurgent attack on the post as the U.S. troop surge got under way. Now he is back at the old battleground, finishing up another tour of duty and finding Tarmiyah a much more peaceful place. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Popcorn popping, thought Army Staff Sgt. Jason Fisher. That's the sound the bullets made as they hit the wall of the American outpost.

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