2010年2月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Biden vs. Cheney: three points of dispute (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:12 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The No. 2 officials of the Obama administration and the preceding Bush administration on Sunday cited at least three disagreements concerning the terrorist threat and the appropriate US response: the value of the Iraq war, the nature of any future terrorist attacks on the US, and how to handle the accused Christmas Day bomber.

Three killed in attacks in Baghdad, north Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:26 PM PST

Iraqi security gather in Kirkuk in 2009. Three people including Christians were killed and nine others wounded on Sunday in attacks that took place in Baghdad and northern Iraq, officials said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Three people including Christians were killed and nine others wounded on Sunday in attacks that took place in Baghdad and northern Iraq, officials said.

Cheney: Biden should give credit for Iraq to Bush (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:55 AM PST

In this image from video released by NBC, Vice President Joe Biden appears from Vancouver, Canada, on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. Biden called Cheney 'misinformed or he is misinforming' on current national security strategies. (AP Photo/NBC, William Plowman)AP - When Vice President Joe Biden says Iraq war may turn out to be one of President Barack Obama's greatest achievements, Dick Cheney wants credit where he says it's due: the Bush administration.

Only 1 in 5 blacklisted Iraqi candidates to run (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:03 AM PST

Ahmed Chalabi, the head of the Accountability and Justice Committee is seen in his first press conference since the Baathist ballot purge that threatened to disrupt Iraq's March 7 elections in Baghdad,Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Chalabi called on parliament to label the Baath party as a terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Only one in five candidates accused of being loyalists to Saddam Hussein's regime successfully fought an order banning them from running in Iraq's national elections next month, officials said Sunday.

Afghanistan war: Marjah battle as tough as Fallujah, say US troops (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 08:17 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of US and Afghan troops ground their way towards the center of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah today despite encountering fierce sniper fire and even greater numbers of home-made bombs, booby traps, and minefields than anticipated.

Chalabi accuses US of interfering in Iraq election (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:21 AM PST

Ahmed Chalabi, a former Iraqi deputy prime minister who encouraged the United States to topple dictator Saddam Hussein, is seen here in 2008. Chalabi has said that Washington had interfered in the war-torn country's March 7 general election.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - A former Iraqi deputy prime minister who encouraged the United States to topple dictator Saddam Hussein said Sunday that Washington had interfered in the war-torn country's March 7 general election.

Baghdad battles to preserve its battered heritage (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:42 PM PST

Iraqis walk past the dilapitated Khan Pacha building in Baghdad on February 2, 2010. Baghdad's architectural legacy has been badly affected by mismanagement, corruption, attacks, a poor sewage system and the repeated flooding of the subsoil close to the Tigris river that runs through the city.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Fawziya al-Maliki, an elegant and determined 44-year old, is spearheading Iraq's efforts to preserve what architectural treasures remain in the war-ravaged country, but her job is proving dangerous.

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