2010年1月30日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq attacks kill three, wound 23: police (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:42 AM PST

An Iraqi soldier stands guard as Shiite pilgrims head from Baghdad to the holy city of Karbala to mark the Shiite mourning day of Arbaeen. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a memorial service where anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen and local dignitaries had gathered on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 19 others, police said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a memorial service where anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen and local dignitaries had gathered on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 19 others, police said.


Police: Suicide bomber kills 2 at Iraqi restaurant (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:01 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 file photo, the mostly deserted market is backdropped by the gold-domed mosque in Samarra, Iraq, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad. An Iraqi police official says a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt at a popular restaurant in Samarra Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Saturday at a restaurant popular with Iraqi security forces in a city that was once a flash point for sectarian slaughter, killing at least two people, authorities said.


Suicide bomber kills two, wounds 23 in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:51 AM PST

Reuters - A suicide bomber with a vest packed with explosives on Saturday killed at least two people and wounded 23 in a cafe frequented by police and tribal militias in the medieval city of Samarra, police said.

Iraqi sheik threatens boycott over ballot purge (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 05:45 AM PST

FILE - In this March 29, 2009 file photo, Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha is interviewed by The Associated Press in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq.  A high-profile Sons of Iraq sheik is weighing whether to urge fellow Sunnis to boycott upcoming elections in protest of the government's purge of hundreds of suspected Baathist candidates from the ballot. Anbar province chieftain Ahmed Abu Risha also cast doubt on whether Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would keep his job after the March 7 vote. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - A prominent sheik and U.S. ally is weighing whether to urge fellow Sunnis to boycott upcoming elections in protest of the government's ballot purge of hundreds of candidates suspected of links to Saddam Hussein's regime.


Tony Blair Iraq inquiry: Hussein was risk worth trying to contain (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 07:17 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair invoked the terror of 9/11 as he defended his support for the invasion of Iraq during an appearance Friday at Britain's inquiry into the war. With his legacy overshadowed by the 2003 intervention, Mr. Blair argued that while the 2001 attacks on the US had not changed the threat from Iraq, they completely shifted his perception of the risk posed from terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
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