2010年4月20日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,392 (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at least 4,392 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Court-martial of soldier in Iraq deaths postponed (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:16 PM PDT

AP - The court-martial of an Army soldier charged with the 2008 killings of a superior and a fellow soldier in Iraq has been postponed until next year.

Regional Al-Qaeda leader in northern Iraq killed: US general (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:35 PM PDT

US commander in Iraq Ray Odierno speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in 2009. Iraqi and US forces killed a regional Al-Qaeda leader on Tuesday, two days after a raid took out the top two commanders of the terror network in Iraq, a US general said.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Iraqi and US forces killed a regional Al-Qaeda leader on Tuesday, two days after a raid took out the top two commanders of the terror network in Iraq, a US general said.


'Killing' of Qaeda leaders won't end Iraq attacks: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:36 PM PDT

A picture released by the US army shows Abu Ayub al-Masri. The purported killing of two top leaders of Al-Qaeda in Iraq will send shockwaves through the jihadist network but mid-level commanders must also be removed if attacks are to stop, analysts said on Tuesday.(AFP/US Army/File)AFP - The purported killing of two top Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders will send shockwaves through the jihadist network but mid-level commanders must also be removed if attacks are to stop, analysts said Tuesday.


Al-Qaida killings boost Iraq's prime minister (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 11:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 15 2006 file photo, a U.S. soldier at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq  stands by a photograph that purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri  who is the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Iraq's prime minister says two of the most wanted al-Qaida in Iraq figures have been killed in a joint operation with the U.S. Nouri al-Maliki said Monday, April 19, 2010 that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri were killed over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where they were hiding.  (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has gotten a much-needed boost from the killings of two al-Qaida leaders and a court-ordered recount of some votes from the indecisive election at a time when he is fighting for his political life.


Iraq tops for unsolved murders of reporters: CPJ (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Unpunished violence against journalists has soared in the Philippines and Somalia while Iraq has the worst record of solving murders of reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) said.(CPJ)AFP - Unpunished violence against journalists has soared in the Philippines and Somalia while Iraq has the worst record of solving murders of reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) said.


Amnesty urges Iraqi PM to probe 'secret prison' allegations (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 11:21 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier fixes the blindfold of an arrested suspect in Baquba, 2006. Amnesty International has urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to probe allegations that his Shiite-dominant security forces tortured hundreds of Sunni detainees at a secret prison in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Amnesty International has urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to probe allegations that his Shiite-dominant security forces tortured hundreds of Sunni detainees at a secret prison in Baghdad.


Leading coalition in Iraq election backs recount (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Reuters - The cross-sectarian coalition that took a narrow lead in Iraq's inconclusive March 7 election said on Tuesday it supported a recount of votes cast in Baghdad, but expressed concern over how it would be conducted.

Lebanese PM says Scuds accusations like Iraq's WMD (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:09 AM PDT

AP - Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister has denied Israeli allegations that Hezbollah obtained Scud missiles, comparing them to the false American charges that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction ahead of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Iraqis say Qaeda deaths will not improve their lives (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 04:51 AM PDT

An undated file photo released by the U.S. military shows Iraq's al Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on April 19, 2010 that an Iraqi intelligence team had found and killed al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri. REUTERS/U.S. Army/HandoutReuters - Iraqis welcomed Tuesday the killing of al Qaeda's top local leaders but said they were more concerned about the power cuts, lack of jobs and corruption that blight their daily lives.


Lebanon PM likens Scud charges to WMD fallacy in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:01 AM PDT

Two Scud missiles in a truck trailer. Prime Minister Saad Hariri has likened Israel's charges of Scud missile transfers to its Hezbollah foes in Lebanon to the fallacy over mass destruction weapons that led to the invasion of Iraq.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - Prime Minister Saad Hariri has likened Israel's charges of Scud missile transfers to its Hezbollah foes in Lebanon to the fallacy over mass destruction weapons that led to the invasion of Iraq.


Children of anti-Qaeda militia chief beheaded in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:46 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in Baghdad, March 2010. Five family members of a local chief of an anti-Qaeda militia were gunned down in their homes in Tarmiyah, north of the Iraqi capital, with the children also beheaded(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Five family members of a local chief of an anti-Qaeda militia were gunned down in their homes in Tarmiyah, north of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, with the children also beheaded, police said.


Iraq's oil exports dip in March by 11 percent (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:24 AM PDT

A critically wounded soldier, injured in either Iraq or Afghanistan, is carried off of an Air Force C-17 airplane for transport to Walter Reed Army Hospital, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Due to the ash from the Iceland volcano, the U.S. military is unable to fly their wounded to an Air Force base in Germany. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Iraq says oil exports dipped 11 percent in March from the previous month due to bad weather.


China's CNPC to boost Iraqi oilfield output (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:59 PM PDT

One of the facilities are seen here at the North Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the country's top oil producer, aims to boost output at Rumaila oilfield by 10 percent this year, a newspaper owned by the company said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the country's top oil producer, aims to boost output at a giant Iraqi oilfield by 10 percent this year, a newspaper owned by the company said Tuesday.


Two Iraq Al Qaeda leaders killed: Did they really get Abu Omar al-Baghdadi? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:47 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The death of a top Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader could sever a link between Al Qaeda headquarters and its Iraqi offshoot but the identity of a second figure previously announced to have been killed appears far from clear.
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