2010年2月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:33 PM PST

FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.

US congressman and Iraq war critic Murtha dies (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:34 PM PST

John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - John Murtha, a fierce US congressional critic of the Iraq war who was nevertheless a staunchly pro-military former marine, died Monday of complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77.

UK's Iraq inquiry turns focus to Bush officials (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:18 PM PST

British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, arrives at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, to give evidence before the Iraq Inquiry, which is investigating the circumstances surrounding British involvement in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said Monday.

'Black Hearts': On Green, Iraq's 'Triangle of Death' (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:55 AM PST

Time.com - The first of two excerpts from TIME contributing editor Jim Frederick's new book, Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:52 AM PST

AP - Army Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson

Iraqi PM: Appeals panel can review election law (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:02 AM PST

Senior Metropolitan Police official Ali Dizaei, seen here in 2009, was sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a man and trying to falsely accuse him in a spat over money.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AP - Iraq's prime minister says he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a ban on candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections for their suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.

Bleak outlook for Iraq's lonely hearts (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:08 PM PST

File photo shows two women recruits standing in front of their peers as they participate in a graduation ceremony for more Iraqi Police students in southern Baghdad. Official Iraqi statistics show that there are 102 men for every 100 women, but the ratio varies significantly depending on the age group, underpinning the plight of Iraq's single women.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Zina Nabil, a pretty 28-year-old Sunni Arab, thought she had found her man. But like many other Iraqi women, she was forced to abandon her marriage plans three years ago because of sectarian hostilities.

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