2010年5月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Mounting concern among Iraqis about more violence (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen in the poster at center, crowd a street as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 14, 2010. On Friday, al-Qaida in Iraq warned Shiites that 'dark days soaked with blood' lie ahead and warned of a new campaign of attacks violence yet to come. Hours later a bomb went off outside a mosque south of Baghdad, wounding 20 people, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Many Iraqis are increasingly uneasy that a wave of bombings and shootings may revive all-out sectarian warfare that ravaged the country several years ago. In Baghdad and other cities, some are falling back into old cautionary habits — going outside only when necessary and avoiding busy markets and other crowded places.


Official: No fraud found in Iraq's election (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT

A man is treated at a hospital after he was wounded in a suicide attack at a hospital in Dahuk, Iraq, Friday, May 14, 2010. Three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a sports field during a soccer game on Friday evening in the town of Tal Afar, located between the Syrian border and the volatile city of Mosul. (AP Photo)AP - A full recount of votes for Baghdad province from Iraq's parliamentary elections showed no fraud or major irregularities and is unlikely to change the vote's final results, the country's election commission said Friday.


Iraq double bomb attack kills 25 at football match (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:05 PM PDT

A map locating Tal Afar in Iraq. A double bomb attack at a football match in northern Iraq, which was unprotected by security forces, killed 25 people on Friday in the second incident this week to cause mass casualties.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A double bomb attack at a football match in northern Iraq, which was unprotected by security forces, killed 25 people on Friday in the second incident this week to cause mass casualties.


New al-Qaida in Iraq chief vows blood-soaked days (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Iraqi People, seen through a shrapnel hole, inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 13, 2010. A car bomb ripped through a popular cafe on Wednesday evening, killing nine young people.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Al-Qaida in Iraq's new leader warned Shiites on Friday that "dark days soaked with blood" lie ahead and that a new campaign of attacks was under way.


Iran frees Iraqi soldier in border incident (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:08 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier keeps guard near the Iraq-Iran border in a file photo. REUTERS/Faleh KheiberReuters - Iran released an Iraqi border patrol officer Friday after he was detained briefly when Iraqi border guards were mistaken for Kurdish rebels on a northern stretch of the two countries' border, an official said.


25 killed in attacks at Iraq football match: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT

A map locating Tal Afar in Iraq. A double bomb attack at a football match in northern Iraq, which was unprotected by security forces, killed 25 people on Friday in the second incident this week to cause mass casualties.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A car bomb and a suicide blast ripped through a football match in north Iraq on Friday, killing 25 people and leaving around 100 wounded, an interior ministry official said.


Iraq election recount over, no fraud found (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:57 AM PDT

Officials count parliamentary election ballots at the tally centre in Baghdad March 11, 2010. REUTERS/SAAD SHALASHReuters - A completed recount of 2.5 million ballots cast in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election found no signs of fraud, an election official said on Friday, making it likely the final tally will not change.


(AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:05 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials say 10 killed by car bomb in northern Iraq.

For Iraqis, learning Hebrew is a mixed blessing (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Iraqi Muslim student Marwa Abdel Karim (L) sings in Hebrew at Baghdad University in the Iraqi capital on May 10. For the first time since it was set up 40 years ago, the language department organised a festival where students sang songs and recited poetry for an enthralled audience of about 100, and gifted tutors with presents.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Wearing an elegant pink headscarf, Marwa Abdel Karim serenades her fellow Baghdad University students with a heartfelt rendition of "Filled With Love," remarkable for the language in which it is sung -- Hebrew.


No fraud in Baghdad recount: election commission (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Iraqi electoral staff recount ballots from last month's general election at Baghdad's Rashid hotel on May 4. A recount of votes in Baghdad has yielded no evidence of fraud, Iraq's election commission said, more than two months after March elections from which no new government has yet emerged.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A recount of votes in Baghdad yielded no evidence of fraud, Iraq's election commission said on Friday, more than two months after March elections from which no new government has yet emerged.


Iran detains Iraqi soldier in border shooting incident (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Iranian troops fired into the air and detained an Iraqi border patrol officer after mistaking Iraqi border guards for Kurdish rebels on a northern stretch of the two countries' border, officials said Friday.

Iraq's Qaeda names new "war minister", vows attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 02:29 AM PDT

Reuters - An al Qaeda-linked militant group named a new "war minister" in Iraq and threatened majority Shi'ites with "dark days colored in blood", after two of its commanders were killed by U.S. and Iraqi forces.

Qaeda in Iraq names new 'war minister': SITE (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 10:48 PM PDT

An Iraqi policeman stops a car for a security check in Baghdad. A new AFP - A new "war minister" has been named for the Al-Qaeda front organisation in Iraq following the deaths last month of two top leaders, an Internet monitoring group reported on Friday.


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