2010年3月28日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Bombs kill 5 at house tied to Iraq Sunni candidate (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:22 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stops vehicles for a security inspection at a checkpoint in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sharply criticised the UN on Sunday over its inaction on his vote fraud allegations, after results showed his bloc finished second in Iraq's general election.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AP - Several bombs exploded Sunday near a house linked to a prominent Sunni figure who ran in this month's parliamentary elections in Iraq, killing five people and wounding 26 others, a police official said.


Iraq PM slams UN over inaction on vote fraud charge (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Pictures of premier-elect Iyad Allawi (L) and outgoing premier Nuri al-Malaki are seen on the front page of an Iraqi newspaper in Baghdad on March 27. Maliki, whose bloc came second in Iraq's general election, sharply criticised the UN envoy to Baghdad on Sunday over his inaction on vote fraud allegations.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sharply criticised the UN on Sunday over its inaction on his vote fraud allegations, after results showed his bloc finished second in Iraq's general election.


Iraq PM criticises UN over inaction on vote fraud charges (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Pictures of premier-elect Iyad Allawi (L) and outgoing premier Nuri al-Malaki are seen on the front page of an Iraqi newspaper in Baghdad on March 27. Maliki, whose bloc came second in Iraq's general election, sharply criticised the UN envoy to Baghdad on Sunday over his inaction on vote fraud allegations.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose bloc came second in Iraq's general election, sharply criticised the UN envoy to Baghdad on Sunday over his inaction on vote fraud allegations.


Experts call for Gulf nuclear body to include Iran, Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:39 AM PDT

A general view shows GCC leaders attending a meeting in 2007. Arab and international experts at a meeting in Manama on Sunday proposed the establishment of a regional atomic energy body to include Iran and Iraq alongside the Arab monarchies of the Gulf.(AFP/File/Karim Jaafar)AFP - Arab and international experts at a meeting in Manama on Sunday proposed the establishment of a regional atomic energy body to include Iran and Iraq alongside the Arab monarchies of the Gulf.


Iraq militants free kidnapped US man, claiming prisoner swap (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:31 AM PDT

A grab taken on February 6, 2010 from an Internet video posted on the website www.iraq-moqawama.com allegedly shows a hostage in US military uniform who appears to be a civilian contractor reported missing by the Pentagon at an undisclosed location. A Shiite militant group freed a US army contractor two months after he was kidnapped in Iraq.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A Shiite militant group freed a US army contractor two months after he was kidnapped in Iraq, claiming Sunday he was exchanged for its members jailed in US and Iraqi custody.


Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:48 AM PDT

AP - Issa Salomi's first call home was to his 27-year-old son Roger. He said memories of the birth of the oldest of his four boys and his son's childhood sustained him after he was kidnapped in Baghdad in January.

Saddam fugitive urges Arabs to talk to Iraq "resistance" (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:21 AM PDT

This photo released by the US Department of Defense 11 April 2003 shows a card depicting Saddam Hussein's former deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, being handed out to US forces to aid in identifying Iraqi officials. Saddam Hussein's former number two has appealed in an audiotape to Arab states to talk to AFP - Saddam Hussein's former number two, the fugitive Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, appealed to Arab states to talk to "resistance" groups he said were Iraqis' sole representatives, in an audiotape aired Sunday.


Bomb targeting Qaeda rival kills three in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in Baghdad. Bombs at the house of a prominent militia leader opposed to Al-Qaeda have killed three people, part of a spate of violence that has left six dead across Iraq, security officials have said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Bombs at the house of a prominent militia leader opposed to Al-Qaeda killed three people, part of a spate of violence that left six dead across Iraq on Sunday, security officials said.


Party official among 6 killed by bombs in western Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:11 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stops vehicles for a security inspection at a checkpoint in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sharply criticised the UN on Sunday over its inaction on his vote fraud allegations, after results showed his bloc finished second in Iraq's general election.(AFP/Sabah Arar)Reuters - A series of explosions in western Iraq killed six people on Sunday, including an official of a political faction in former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's electoral coalition, police said.


Three killed, at least 11 wounded in Iraq bombings (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:47 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in Baghdad. Bombs at the house of a prominent militia leader opposed to Al-Qaeda have killed three people, part of a spate of violence that has left six dead across Iraq, security officials have said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Bombs at the house of a prominent militia leader opposed to Al-Qaeda killed three people and wounded at least 11 in west Iraq on Sunday, security officials said.


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