2010年5月13日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Senate panel approves money for Afghan, Iraq wars (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 04:39 PM PDT

Reuters - A Senate committee on Thursday approved another $33.5 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq this year, although some members said they did so reluctantly.

Iraqi and Iranian soldiers trade fire on border (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 12:52 PM PDT

The Iraqi and Iranian flag flutter as Iranian border guards are seen at their station in 2008. Iraqi border guards exchanged fire with Iranian soldiers on the border with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Thursday, the head of Iraq's border forces in Sulaimaniyah province said.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraqi border guards exchanged fire with Iranian troops along the two countries' border on Thursday, the first major incident between the two since Iran took over a disputed oil well in December.

Protesters demand probe into murder of Iraqi journalist (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Relatives and friends of a Kurdish journalist and student Sardasht Osman, who was kidnapped and killed last week, protest in front of the Kurdish parliament in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil on May 10. Dozens of journalists protested on Thursday to demand a probe into the murder of a young reporter who wrote highly critical articles about the rulers of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - Dozens of journalists protested on Thursday to demand a probe into the murder of a young reporter who wrote highly critical articles about the rulers of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

Botched Baghdad bomb kills 9 in Shiite slum (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 09:35 AM PDT

A woman walks past a piece of a destroyed car at the site of Wednesday's bomb attack in Baghdad May 13, 2010. Seven people were killed and 22 wounded after a car bomb planted outside a cafe exploded in Baghdad's Sadr City, a Shi'ite area, police and a source at the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT SOCIETY)AP - A late night car bomb tore through a cafe in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood killing nine people in what many fear marks another attempt by insurgents to provoke militias into resuming the sectarian bloodshed that once ravaged the capital.

Baghdad attacks kill 10 (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:16 AM PDT

An Iraqi police commando stands guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad. At least 10 people were killed, including two Iraqi soldiers, and dozens wounded in separate attacks in Baghdad, security officials have said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least 10 people were killed, including two Iraqi soldiers, and dozens wounded in separate attacks in Baghdad, security officials said on Thursday.

Iraq, US begin talks over fate of Hebrew archive (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 05:27 AM PDT

AP - The Iraqi government is negotiating with U.S. authorities the return of millions of documents seized by U.S. troops and sent to Washington after the 2003 invasion.

Are Sadr militias rearming in Iraq's south? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 May 2010 12:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A senior US general said forces loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are rising again in Iraq's south, engaging in intimidation, extortion, and political violence as politicians in Baghdad continue to negotiate over forming a government two months after national elections.

发贴者：iwvck12 时间 17:57 0 条评论

bnzv