2010年3月19日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


7th anniversary of Iraq War passes, little noticed (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 05:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2003 file photo, a government building burns during heavy bombardment of Baghdad, Iraq by U.S.-led forces. Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - It was a day like any other day — except that it was the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And, for the most part, that was forgotten.


In tight Iraq parliament vote, upsets point to future battles (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 01:18 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — The count in the Iraqi elections isn't yet over, but tallies released this week reveal upsets in restive provinces that portend a weak and fractious Iraq with battles looming on several fronts: Arab-Kurd rivalries, an internecine Shiite Muslim power struggle and what role Sunni Arabs will play in the next government.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:10 PM PDT

AP - March 31, 2003: 90,000.

Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:01 AM PDT

A man walks through the rubble of a building belonging to the former Iraqi army, and destroyed during the air campaign in the early stages of the war, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 19, 2010. Almost seven years after the first bombs  fell in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope. (AP Photo / Khalid Mohammed)AP - Seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.


FIFA reinstates Iraq to international football (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:42 AM PDT

FIFA president Sepp Blatter, seen here on March 3, announced World football's governing body lifted its suspension on the Iraqi Football Association on Friday after a solution was found to a spat over alleged government interference, officials said.(AFP/File/Gregoire Pourtier)AFP - World football's governing body FIFA on Friday lifted its suspension on the Iraqi Football Association after a solution was found to a spat over alleged government interference, officials said.


Rice admits Iraq regrets, says US eventually 'got it right' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 07:52 AM PDT

Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, seen here speaking at at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, voiced regret on Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but said the Bush administration had in the end AFP - Former top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice voiced regret on Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but said the Bush administration had in the end "got it right" in the country.


Militants declare campaign vs. Iraqi political parties (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 07:40 AM PDT

Reuters - An al Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for recent bombings in Baghdad has declared a new military campaign against Iraqi political parties, according to a group that monitors insurgents' communications.

Three killed in Baghdad violence (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 05:15 AM PDT

Iraqis inspect the site of a blast in Baghdad's Sadr City district. Three people were killed, including an Iraqi soldier, and seven others wounded in violence in Baghdad, security officials said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Three people were killed, including an Iraqi soldier, and seven others wounded in violence in Baghdad on Friday, security officials said.


Rice regrets how US prioritized rebuilding in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 04:51 AM PDT

Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, seen here speaking at at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, voiced regret on Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but said the Bush administration had in the end AP - Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she would "many times over liberate" Iraq again, but she regretted the Bush administration failed to work closer with Iraqis to rebuild the war-torn country.


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