2010年1月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

50,000 former fighters now in Iraqi state jobs (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2008 file photo, an Iraqi volunteer talks on his radio as US soldiers of Bravo Company, 2/69 Armor Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division set up a wooden guard house at a check point, in Zytun village, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Nearly 50,000 Sunni fighters who sided with American forces against al-Qaida and other militants in Iraq are now in government jobs, a top official said Tuesday in an attempt to soothe fears they would be neglected by the country's Shiite leaders. Many of the former fighters, part of a group known as the Sons of Iraq, were themselves former insurgents who switched sides to try to subdue violence. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)AP - Nearly 50,000 Sunni fighters who sided with American forces against al-Qaida and other militants in Iraq are now in government jobs, a top official said Tuesday in an attempt to soothe fears they would be neglected by the country's Shiite leaders.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,373 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 01:34 PM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at least 4,373 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Candidates banned from Iraq vote had Saddam links (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 11:55 AM PST

A Shiite woman casts her vote during Iraq's provincial elections in 2009. More than 500 candidates banned from running in Iraq's March 7 general election were accused Tuesday of being part of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's once deadly political and military nexus.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - More than 500 candidates banned from running in Iraq's March 7 general election were accused Tuesday of being part of executed dictator Saddam Hussein's once deadly political and military nexus.

Brown's spending in focus at UK Iraq War inquiry (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 10:02 AM PST

Reuters - Britain's opposition Conservatives attacked the government's record on military spending on Tuesday as the fall-out from an inquiry into the Iraq War threatened to damage the ruling Labor Party.

Ex-UK minister: postwar planning for Iraq lacking (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 08:06 AM PST

Former British Defense Minister Geoff Hoon arrives to give evidence at the Iraq War Inquiry in London, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - British officials worried before the invasion of Iraq that the Americans weren't putting enough thought into postwar planning, the head of Britain's defense ministry at the time said Tuesday.

Iraq regulates shops selling police, army uniforms (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 07:00 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq said on Tuesday it would regulate clothing shops that sell army and police uniforms, which are sometimes used by criminals and insurgents as a disguise.

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