2010年2月7日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq MPs to meet over 'Saddam' candidates row (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:20 PM PST

Iraqi men protest with signs that read, AFP - Iraqi MPs were set to meet on Monday to debate a controversial decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to executed dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in next month's elections.


Petraeus slams 'barbaric' Al-Qaeda attacks in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:07 AM PST

Iraqi mourners carry the coffins of victims who were killed in a bomb attack in Karbala, during a mass funeral in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 6. US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the AFP - US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the "barbaric actions" of a morally bankrupt Al-Qaeda following a series of attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq blamed on the extremist network.


Protests held in Iraq amid row over election ban (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:24 AM PST

Qassim al-Aboudi of the Independent High Electoral Commission holds a ballot during a news conference in Baghdad, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Hundreds of protesters denounced Iraqis still loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party on Sunday as tensions soared over the decision to blacklist suspected Baathists from next month's election.


Iraq panel reinstates election ban amid Shi'ite ire (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:40 AM PST

Reuters - An Iraqi appeals panel that angered Shi'ite leaders by suspending a ban on candidates accused of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party until after an election reversed its decision on Sunday, politicians said.

Iraq delays parliament debate on vote row: speaker (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:03 AM PST

Iraqis protest in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 7 against the standing in the upcoming elections of some candidates with links to the outlawed Baath party. Iraq's parliament postponed to Monday an emergency session called to debate a decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in next month's elections.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - Iraq's parliament postponed to Monday an emergency session called to debate a decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in next month's elections.


Iraqi Shiite group says holding two Americans (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:59 AM PST

A video posted on the www.iraq-moqawama.com website allegedly shows hostage Issa Salomi in US military uniform. Radical Shiite Islamists who claim to have kidnapped the contractor said on Sunday they are also holding a second American hostage captured two years ago.(AFP/HO)AFP - Radical Shiite Islamists who claim to have kidnapped a US military contractor of Iraqi origin said on Sunday they are also holding a second American hostage captured two years ago.


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