2010年4月18日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Al-Qaeda in Iraq using new 'H-bomb' to kill civilians (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 04:43 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier inspecting the site of a bomb blast which targeted a commercial district in Baghdad on April 14. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is rigging houses and shops with explosives in a new tactic that has killed and maimed civilians in recent weeks and defied the thousands of security forces in Baghdad, officials say.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Al-Qaeda in Iraq is rigging houses and shops with explosives in a new tactic that has killed and maimed civilians in recent weeks and defied the thousands of security forces in Baghdad, officials say.


Top general says US withdrawal from Iraq on track (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2-1- file photo, a U.S. Army soldier from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment stands guard in Mosul, north of Baghdad, Iraq. Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq says the planned withdrawal of nearly 45,000 U.S. troops by the end of August is on track despite a recent increase in attacks by militant forces.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - The planned withdrawal of nearly 45,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August is on track in spite of a recent increase in attacks by militant forces, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Sunday.


Odierno "confident" U.S. Iraq drawdown on schedule (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:02 AM PDT

Reuters - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Sunday he was confident of meeting an end-of-August deadline for a drawdown of U.S. troops despite political uncertainty and a spate of recent bombings there.

US soldier dismissed for threats in Iraq protest (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 07:11 AM PDT

This undated photo released by stoplossmusic.org shows Army Spc. Marc Hall. The U.S. Army has dismissed Hall, who threatened fellow troops and sent the Pentagon a violent rap song he wrote to protest his Iraq redeployment orders, officials said Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo/stoplossmusic.org)AP - The U.S. Army has dismissed a soldier who threatened fellow troops and sent the Pentagon a violent rap song he wrote to protest his Iraq redeployment orders, officials said Saturday.


US soldier killed in Iraq helicopter crash: army (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:59 AM PDT

A helicopter hovers overhead as US soldiers patrol the streets of Mosul in 2009. The US Army has confirmed that a soldier was killed and three of his colleagues injured when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - An American soldier was killed and three of his colleagues were injured when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, the US army said on Sunday.


US soldier killed in Iraq helicopter crash (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:37 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier inspecting the site of a bomb blast which targeted a commercial district in Baghdad on April 14. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is rigging houses and shops with explosives in a new tactic that has killed and maimed civilians in recent weeks and defied the thousands of security forces in Baghdad, officials say.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - An American soldier has been killed and three others were wounded in a helicopter crash in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Sunday.


One U.S. soldier dead, three injured in Iraq crash (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. soldier was killed and three were injured when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq late on Saturday evening, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
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