2010年4月30日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Militant turncoat leads Iraqis to al-Qaida chiefs (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT

Munaf Abdul-Rahim al-Rawi speaks to The Associated Press at an undisclosed location in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 23, 2010.   In the interview released Friday April 30, 2010, with The Associated Press, the detained militant Munaf Abdul-Rahim al-Rawi,  offered a rare insight into the shadowy al-Qaida  terror group, and information about the raid that killed the two top-ranking al-Qaida figures.(AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra)AP - Leery of using a mobile phone, the militant tasked with directing some of Baghdad's deadliest recent bombings would get his orders from al-Qaida in Iraq's leadership by meeting a go-between near a grocery store named Mr. Milk.


Veteran's award-winning poems trace journey to Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:25 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Combat was a good career move for award-winning war poet Brian Turner, though it took a toll.

Iraq death toll in April almost same as last year (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:42 AM PDT

An Iraqi man holds a sword as he takes part in a memorial ceremony organised by the Sadr movement for the victims of last week's bombings during the Friday prayers in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City. The number of Iraqis killed in violence in April fell slightly month on month but was almost unchanged from 12 months ago, the government said on Friday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The number of Iraqis killed in violence in April fell slightly month on month but was almost unchanged from 12 months ago, the government said on Friday.


Iraqi Airways boss ordered to stay in London in Kuwait row (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Director General of Iraqi Airways, Kifah Hassan Jabbar, arrives at the High Court in central London. A judge ordered the chief executive of Iraqi Airways to remain in Britain until at least Wednesday after the first commercial flight from Baghdad to London ended in a legal nightmare.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - A judge ordered the chief executive of Iraqi Airways to remain in Britain until at least Wednesday after the first commercial flight from Baghdad to London ended in a legal nightmare.


Iraq's Maliki rejects rival's call for intervention (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 07:15 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures during a speech in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2010. The Iraqi prime minister on Friday harshly criticized calls by his rival for international involvement in setting up a new government following the close-fought parliamentary elections, saying such a role would harm Iraq's efforts to become a self-reliant country.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)Reuters - Iraq's prime minister on Friday criticized his main rival in last month's inconclusive election for wanting outside intervention, and denounced what he said was the foreign powers' desire to stage a ballot box coup.


Iraq PM slams calls for foreign role in election (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:18 AM PDT

Iraqi election officials count votes at a polling station in Karbala. Iraq's general election winner Iyad Allawi has said new parliamentary polls run by international monitors might be needed to end concerted efforts from rivals who want to reverse his victory.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AP - The Iraqi prime minister on Friday harshly criticized his rival's calls for international involvement in setting up a new government following the close-fought parliamentary elections, saying such a role would harm Iraq's efforts to become fully independent.


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