2010年3月15日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq PM tightens grip on Baghdad: updated results (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:35 PM PDT

An Iraqi staffer at the electoral counting and sorting center counts votes in Baghdad. Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki tightened his grip on key Baghdad province, updated election results showed on Monday, making it increasingly likely his bloc will form parliament's single largest grouping.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki tightened his grip on key Baghdad province, updated election results showed on Monday, making it increasingly likely his bloc will form parliament's single largest grouping.


US hands over Taji detention facility to Iraqi control (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Warning signs are hung on a security fence in the Taji prison, north of Baghdad. The US military handed over Camp Taji to Iraqi authorities on Monday, further winding down its operations as it prepares a withdrawal of combat troops.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US military handed over one of its two remaining detention facilities to Iraqi authorities on Monday, further winding down its operations as it prepares a withdrawal of combat troops.


US military hands over prison to Iraqi government (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:39 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Fallujah, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 15, 2010. A suicide car bomber killed four people and wounded 29 when his vehicle exploded in a busy street during the morning rush hour in western Iraq. (AP Photo/Bilal Fawzi)AP - The U.S. military handed over control of a prison holding some 2,900 detainees to Iraqi authorities on Monday as the Americans move ahead with preparations for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.


U.S. transfers prison, 2,900 ex-insurgents to Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:35 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. military handed over a $107 million prison and nearly 3,000 inmates to the Iraqi government on Monday as it prepares to leave Iraq seven years after ousting Saddam Hussein.

Iraq's Arab neighbors wary of Shi'ite sway after vote (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's Arab neighbors fear a split Iraqi election could further marginalize minority Sunnis and hope any coalition government formed by the Shi'ite frontrunner will resist Iran's sway.

Iraq Shiite group: We didn't mistreat freed Briton (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:40 AM PDT

AP - A Shiite extremist group on Monday discounted claims from its former hostage that he was mistreated, presenting a video taken during his two-and-a-half year captivity showing the Briton exercising and playing with a child.

Double-blast suicide bomber 'kills eight' in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:58 AM PDT

Map of Iraq locating the former Sunni rebel bastion of Fallujah, where a double-blast suicide bomber targeting a military checkpoint and labourers killed eight people on Monday, Iraqi police and medics said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A double-blast suicide bomber targeting a military checkpoint and labourers killed eight people on Monday in the former Sunni rebel bastion of Fallujah, Iraqi police and medics said.


Car bomb in Iraq's Falluja kills 7, wounds 20: police (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:16 AM PDT

A wounded resident collects belongings from his damaged vehicle after a bomb attack in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad, March 15, 2010. The car bomb in Iraq's western Anbar province killed seven civilians and wounded 20 others on Monday, as Iraq struggles to end years of sectarian violence after a pivotal national vote. REUTERS/Yasser FaisalReuters - A car bomb in Iraq's western Anbar province killed seven civilians and wounded 20 others on Monday, as Iraq struggles to end years of sectarian violence after a pivotal national vote.


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