2010年1月25日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Blasts kill 37 in Iraq, 'Chemical Ali' executed (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:28 PM PST

Rescuers evacuate victims of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Three parked car bombs struck near three Baghdad hotels popular with western journalists and businessmen. (AP Photo)AP - Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Monday at three Baghdad hotels favored by Western journalists in well-planned assaults that killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 100.

Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' hanged for 1988 gas attack (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:16 PM PST

In this image from Iraq TV station Al Iraqiyah TV, which is thought to show the scene moments before the death of Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical ALi, who was hanged Monday Jan. 25, 2010, at an undisclosed location. It is announced Monday that Al-Majid was executed after he received his fourth death sentence for the Halabja poison gas attack in 1988 that killed some 5,000 people and earned him the chilling moniker 'Chemical Ali'. (AP Photo / Al Iraqiyah via APTN) EDS NOTE NO TRANSLATION FOR ONSCREEN SCRIPTAP - Even in Saddam Hussein's ruthless regime, "Chemical Ali" stood apart, notable for his role in gassing 5,000 people in a Kurdish village — the deadliest chemical weapons attack ever against civilians.

Iraq hangs 'Chemical Ali' - Saddam's cousin and henchman (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:39 PM PST

A man watches the state run Al-Iraqiya television channel showing the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as AFP - Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin and henchman "Chemical Ali" was executed on Monday just days after he was sentenced to death for the 1988 gassing of thousands of Kurds, a crime that shocked the world.

Three blasts targeting Baghdad hotels kill at least 36 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:24 PM PST

Smoke rises into the sky after an explosion in the vicinity of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. Three huge and apparently coordinated minibus bombs targeted hotels in Baghdad, killing at least 36 people and wounding 71 less than six weeks before a general election.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Three huge and apparently coordinated minibus bombs targeted hotels used by foreigners in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people and wounding 71 less than six weeks before a general election.

Ex-Iraqi lawmaker sentenced to death for killings (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:01 AM PST

Reuters - A court in Baghdad sentenced a former Iraqi lawmaker to death in absentia for a series of sectarian murders, including a 2007 suicide attack in parliament, a government spokesman said on Monday.

Baghdad bombs kill 36, Chemical Ali hanged (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:56 AM PST

In this image from Iraq TV station Al Iraqiyah TV, which is thought to show the scene moments before the death of Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical ALi, who was hanged Monday Jan. 25, 2010, at an undisclosed location. It is announced Monday that Al-Majid was executed after he received his fourth death sentence for the Halabja poison gas attack in 1988 that killed some 5,000 people and earned him the chilling moniker 'Chemical Ali'. (AP Photo / Al Iraqiyah via APTN) EDS NOTE NO TRANSLATION FOR ONSCREEN SCRIPTReuters - Suicide bombers attacked three hotels used by foreigners in the heart of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people and raising questions about government pledges to keep Iraqis safe before a March election.

Iraq hangs "Chemical Ali" for gas attack, crackdowns (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 09:28 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq executed on Monday Ali Hassan al-Majeed, Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali," for crimes against humanity including the gassing of thousands of Kurds and violent crackdowns on Shi'ite revolts.

Three blasts hit Baghdad hotels killing 36 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST

Smoke rises into the sky after an explosion in the vicinity of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. Three huge and apparently coordinated minibus bombs targeted hotels in Baghdad, killing at least 36 people and wounding 71 less than six weeks before a general election.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Three huge and apparently co-ordinated minibus bombs targeted hotels in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people and wounding 71 less than six weeks before a general election.

Iraq reinstates 59 election candidates (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:18 AM PST

Iraqis show off their ink-stained fingers after voting in provincial elections in Najaf, 2009. A senior official from an integrity and accountability committee said that Iraq has reinstated 59 previously banned election candidates on technical grounds.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Iraq has reinstated 59 election candidates among more than 500 who had been blacklisted because of their alleged links to executed dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said on Monday.

Shots fired at Oslo home of Islamist group founder (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:17 AM PST

A policeman stands outside the Oslo apartment of a Kurdish cleric Mullah Krekar, who founded an Iraqi-based militant group, after unknown attackers fired shots into his apartment, injuring one of his relatives in Oslo, Norway Monday Jan. 25, 2010. Mullah Krekar, the 53-year-old founder of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, was not hurt in the shooting early Monday, but his son-in-law was shot in the arm and taken to a local hospital for treatment, police said. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Stian Lysberg Solum)AP - Attackers fired shots into the Oslo apartment of a Kurdish cleric who founded an Iraqi-based militant group, injuring one of his relatives, Norwegian police said.

At least 36 dead as bombs target Baghdad hotels (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:16 AM PST

Smoke rises into the sky after an explosion in the vicinity of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. Three huge and apparently co-ordinated minibus bombs targeted hotels in Baghdad, killing at least 36 people and wounding 71 less than six weeks before a general election.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - At least 36 people were killed and 71 wounded in three massive apparently coordinated minibus-borne bombings that targeted hotels in Baghdad on Monday less than six weeks from a general election.

At least 36 dead as car bombs rock Baghdad hotels (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:07 AM PST

Iraqi policemen work at the scene of a bomb attack in central Baghdad January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Three large car bombs rocked well-known Baghdad hotels on Monday, killing at least 36 people and ending a 1-1/2-month lull in coordinated assaults on the Iraqi capital as the country heads into a March election.

Clinton hails Iraq 'courage' after bombings (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:05 AM PST

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a blast outside the Sheraton hotel in central Baghdad on January 25. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday hailed Iraqis' AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday hailed Iraqis' "courage" after a set of deadly car bombings, saying extremists were trying to upend progress toward democracy.

At least 24 killed in Baghdad blasts (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:51 AM PST

Smoke rises into the sky after an explosion in the vicinity of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. At least 36 people were killed and 71 wounded in three massive car bombings that targeted hotels in Baghdad in an apparently co-ordinated attack less than six weeks from a general election.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - At least 24 people were killed and 40 wounded in three car bombings that targeted hotels in Baghdad on Monday, an interior ministry official told AFP.

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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:01 AM PST

AP - Iraq's government spokesman says Saddam's cousin "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid executed.

At least 12 as three blasts rock Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:41 AM PST

Smoke rises into the sky after an explosion in the vicinity of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. At least 36 people were killed and 71 wounded in three massive car bombings that targeted hotels in Baghdad in an apparently co-ordinated attack less than six weeks from a general election.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Three massive explosions that killed at least 12 people and wounded 25 in Baghdad on Monday were car bombs that targeted hotels, an Iraq interior ministry official told AFP.

Iraq completes deal with oil giants Exxon Mobil, Shell (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:13 AM PST

(From left) Exxon Mobil Upstream Ventures president Richard Vierbuchen, Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani and General Director of the Iraqi Petroleum Exploration Company Karim Hatab exhange documents in Baghdad. Iraq's oil ministry completed a major deal with US major Exxon Mobil and Anglo-Dutch giant Shell to develop production at West Qurna-1, the war-torn country's second biggest field.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq's oil ministry on Monday completed a deal with US major Exxon Mobil and Anglo-Dutch giant Shell to develop production at West Qurna-1, the war-torn country's second biggest field.

U.S. oversight of Iraq police training firm faulted (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:44 AM PST

Reuters - The State Department has consistently failed to properly monitor defense contractor DynCorp International's $2.5 billion, five-year-old effort to train Iraqi police, a government audit found on Monday.

Iraq drama 'The Hurt Locker' wins Oscars indicator (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST

File photo of the director of AFP - Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" scooped top prize at the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards on Sunday, a key awards season event that offers clues of possible Oscars contenders.

Audit hits State on failures to monitor Iraq work (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 09:03 PM PST

AP - For nearly $4.5 million a year, the State Department in June assigned a 16-person security detail to protect six U.S. contractors in Iraq who already had a team of hired guards they didn't really need.

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