2010年2月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US envoy: March vote in Iraq must be seen as fair (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:08 PM PST

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill talks to The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. America's ambassador to Iraq says he thinks a fierce controversy over a ballot purge of candidates who are suspected Saddam Hussein loyalists will be resolved before March 7 parliamentary elections. Hill says he believes Iraq's government will open its vetting process to show voters why certain candidates were disqualified from running.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq outlined twin challenges Monday to the unsteady democracy's elections next month: assuring that voters and rival factions accept the result and then making sure the losers step aside quietly.

Female suicide bomber in Iraq kills 54 (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:46 PM PST

Sixteen Shiite pilgrims on their way by foot to a shrine city in central Iraq were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a rest station in Baghdad.(AFP/Graphic)AP - A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives inside a way station for Shiite pilgrims Monday, killing 54 people and rattling security officials who are struggling against a possible rise in violence before key elections next month.

Female suicide bomber kills 41 in Baghdad: officials (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:39 PM PST

Muslim Shiite pilgrims leave Baghdad on their way to the holy city of Karbala to mark the Shiite mourning day of Arbaeen. A female suicide bomber blew herself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims on their way by foot to a shrine city in central Iraq on Monday, killing 41 people including women and children.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A female suicide bomber blew herself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims on their way by foot to a shrine city in central Iraq on Monday, killing 41 people including women and children.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:28 PM PST

AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

AP source: DOJ probing alleged Blackwater payments (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:52 AM PST

AP - The Justice Department is investigating whether security contractor Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi officials to allow the company to keep working there after a fatal shooting involving Blackwater guards, according to a person close to the investigation.

A look at Iraq's March parliamentary vote (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:51 AM PST

AP - A look at the March 7 parliamentary elections in Iraq:

Attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:51 AM PST

AP - A look at some recent attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq:

Suicide bomber kills 41 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:42 AM PST

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew herself up on Monday among Shi'ite pilgrims on the outskirts of Iraq's capital, killing at least 41 people in the latest attack in a violent run-up to next month's election.

US 'mistakes' in 2003 linger ahead of Iraq vote (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:51 AM PST

US ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill speaks during an interview with AFP in Baghdad, January 2010. Hill said that the original process used to erase the influence of people linked to Saddam Hussein was misguided and has cast a shadow over Iraq's March 7 general election.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US ambassador to Baghdad said on Monday the original process used to erase the influence of people linked to Saddam Hussein was misguided and has cast a shadow over Iraq's March 7 general election.

Shiite pilgrims targeted as Iraq bombings intensify (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:21 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A female suicide bomber walked into a tent full of Shiite pilgrims on Monday, killing at least 46 people and wounding another 100 in the latest attack in the run-up to Iraqi elections next month.

(AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:12 AM PST

AP - Iraqi officials say death toll in suicide blast targeting Shiite pilgrims has climbed to 54.

Female suicide bomber kills 13 pilgrims in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:56 AM PST

Reuters - A female suicide bomber blew herself up, killing 13 Shi'ite pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad on Monday and wounding 38 others, the office of Baghdad security spokesman said.

US govt probes Blackwater for corruption: report (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:20 PM PST

File photo shows contractors of the US private security firm Blackwater in central Baghdad in 2005. The US Justice Department is investigating whether officials of security firm Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm?s work in Iraq, The New York Times reported.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US Justice Department is investigating whether officials of security firm Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm?s work in Iraq, The New York Times reported.

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