2010年3月22日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


General denies being influenced on Iraq case (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:48 PM PDT

FILE -- In a March 9, 2010 file photo Gen. James N. Mattis, US Marine Corps,  testifies in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee.   Gen. James Mattis is expected to testify at the pretrial hearing Monday, March 21, 2010,  about his role in a case involving the deaths of 24 Iraqi men, women and children in Haditha in November 2005.  (AP  Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta/file)AP - A four-star general said Monday that a military lawyer who investigated the killings of 24 Iraqis in the village of Haditha never advised him on the case after becoming a top aide.


Four killed in Baghdad shootings (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 05:58 AM PDT

Iraqi army military vehicles block traffic on the main Sanak Bridge over Baghdad's Tigris River. Four people were killed, including two policemen, in shootings in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Four people were killed, including two policemen, in shootings in Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi security officials said.


Botox in Baghdad? Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:01 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, Dr. Abbas al-Sahan, right, performs rhinoplasty surgery on Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed in Baghdad, Iraq. For years, the only role for plastic surgeons in Iraq has been to reconstruct the torn victims of bombings, mortars and suicide attackers. It may be a sign of change, then, that a new type of patient is now turning up in their clinics — seeking nose jobs, Botox and liposuction. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)AP - Dr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it.


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