2010年1月27日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

British lawyer denies Blair pressure over Iraq war (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:37 AM PST

Former British Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith leaves the QE2 building in central London. The British government lawyer who approved the 2003 invasion of Iraq admitted Wednesday he had doubted the legal case for war -- but denied that Tony Blair's aides pressured him into changing his mind.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - The British government lawyer who approved the 2003 invasion of Iraq admitted Wednesday he had doubted the legal case for war -- but denied that Tony Blair's aides pressured him into changing his mind.

Al-Qaida group claims hotel blasts in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:01 AM PST

Iraqis react at the site of a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Monday at three Baghdad hotels favored by Western journalists in well planned assaults. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq claimed Wednesday it carried out the deadly bombings against Baghdad hotels earlier this week, boasting how its suicide bombers could breach the extensive Iraqi security, and that even deadlier attacks were to come.

Former attorney general testifies in Iraq inquiry (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST

AP - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's top legal adviser believed at first that it would be illegal for Britain to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq but ultimately changed his mind, he told the inquiry probing the conflict Wednesday.

Qaeda group claims Baghdad hotel attacks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:07 AM PST

Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of a relative killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad during a funeral in the central shrine city of Najaf. An Al-Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for three deadly bomb attacks on Baghdad hotels this week, and threatened more attacks, the SITE monitoring group has said.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - An Al-Qaeda group claimed responsibility on Wednesday for three deadly bomb attacks on Baghdad hotels this week, and threatened more attacks, the SITE monitoring group said.

Staff at Baghdad hotel strike over security (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 08:17 AM PST

An Iraqi couple walk in the the gardens of Baghdad's al-Rasheed hotel prior to the start of a jazz concert in 2009. Staff at the Rasheed, Baghdad's biggest hotel and host to politicians, diplomats and foreign businessmen, have gone on strike demanding a AFP - Staff at the Rasheed, Baghdad's biggest hotel and host to politicians, diplomats and foreign businessmen, have gone on strike demanding a "risk bonus" as compensation for the dangers they face.

Qaeda-linked militants claim Iraq hotel bombings (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:31 AM PST

Reuters - Iraqi insurgents linked with al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Wednesday for bombings this week at three Baghdad hotels that killed at least 36 people, vowing bloodshed would continue.

UK's top lawyer changed mind on Iraq War legality (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:16 AM PST

Reuters - The British government's former top lawyer said on Wednesday he initially believed a second United Nations resolution was necessary to justify invading Iraq in 2003, but later changed his mind.

'Chemical Ali' buried to adulation in hometown (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:34 AM PST

Mourners pray over the fresh grave of AFP - Dozens of Iraqis gathered at the grave of "Chemical Ali" in northern Iraq on Wednesday to praise the cousin and notorious henchman of Saddam Hussein who was executed for gassing thousands of Kurds in 1988.

Two killed in Baghdad bus attack (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:44 AM PST

File photo shows Iraqi policemen at a checkpoint in central Baghdad. An Iranian woman has been killed and five fellow Shiite pilgrims wounded when gunmen fired at their bus in Baghdad in an attack that also killed the Iraqi driver, security officials have said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - An Iranian woman was killed and five fellow Shiite pilgrims wounded when gunmen fired at their bus in Baghdad on Wednesday in an attack that also killed the Iraqi driver, security officials said.

Iranian troops leave Iraqi oil field: governor (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:16 AM PST

Iraqi commando soldiers are stationed near an Iranian encampment set-up in the Iraqi Fauqa Field, in Maysan province, in December 2009. Iranian troops who occupied an oil well in what Iraq claims as its territory have withdrawn to the border and cleared the site of signs of their presence, a provincial governor has told AFP.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Iranian troops who occupied an oil well in what Iraq claims as its territory have withdrawn to the border and cleared the site of signs of their presence, a provincial governor told AFP on Wednesday.

Iranian pilgrims attacked in Iraqi capital (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:36 AM PST

Reuters - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on Wednesday in the Iraqi capital at two buses carrying Iranian pilgrims, killing an Iranian woman and an Iraqi driver, the Baghdad security command said.

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