2010年4月3日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqis in military uniforms kill 24 in Sunni area (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

Mourner grieve as they ride with coffins of relatives killed in a village outside Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 3, 2010. Gunmen in Iraqi military uniforms raided a village outside Baghdad and killed at least 24 people in an execution style attack, apparently targeting a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaida and helped turn the tide of the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Gunmen trying to pass themselves off as U.S. and Iraqi soldiers raided a Sunni village outside Baghdad and killed at least 24 people in an execution-style attack, apparently targeting a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaida in Iraq, authorities and witnesses said Saturday.


Gunmen storm Sunni enclave in Baghdad, kill 24 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Women sit in one of the houses attacked by unknown gunmen and mourn the deaths of their relatives in Baghdad April 3, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed a Sunni Muslim village near Baghdad and killed 24 people, some of them former insurgents who turned against al Qaeda, Iraqi authorities said on Saturday.


Sadrist kingmakers close 'referendum' on Iraq PM (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Iraqis vote for candidates nominated to the prime minister position in an unofficial referendum conducted by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad's Shiite suburb of al-Shoala on April 2. Iraq's Sadrists concluded an unofficial two-day ballot on Saturday over who should be the country's leader, after the bloc's strong showing in last month's election gave it kingmaker status.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq's Sadrists concluded an unofficial two-day ballot on Saturday over who should be the country's leader, after the bloc's strong showing in last month's election gave it kingmaker status.


Iraq election tangle stokes fears of new violence (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 08:43 AM PDT

Former Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, speak to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 during a joint press conference with Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, not seen.The former Iraqi prime minister whose electoral bloc was the top-vote getter in parliamentary elections has met with Iraq's Kurdish president in an effort to shore up Kurdish support he would need to form a government. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - For the first time since the 2003 overthrow of their patron, Saddam Hussein, Iraq's Sunni Arabs are on the winning side. But the triumph may be short-lived.


Kurds want Talabani to stay on as Iraqi president (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 07:59 AM PDT

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, seen here on July 2. Iraqi Kurdish parties reiterated that Iraq's incumbent Talabani, a Kurd, should stay on for another four years, following the March 7 general election.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - Iraqi Kurdish parties reiterated on Saturday that Iraq's incumbent President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, should stay on for another four years, following the March 7 general election.


Gunmen in army uniforms massacre 25 people in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers stop vehicles at a checkpoint in Baghdad. Gunmen in army uniforms massacred 25 people from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia as they swooped on a village south of Baghdad before dawn, Iraqi officials said.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Gunmen in army uniforms massacred 25 people from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia as they swooped on a village south of Baghdad before dawn on Saturday, Iraqi officials said.


(AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 11:36 PM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials say attackers have killed 25 people in Sunni area south of Baghdad.
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