2010年5月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Chicago police officer back from Iraq is killed (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - A 30-year-old Chicago police officer who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq was shot and killed when several people approached him outside his family's home and tried to steal his new motorcycle, authorities said Thursday.

Guard takes war drills to units across country (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:14 PM PDT

AP - A mobile Iraqi war zone has taken shape on the rolling plains and ridges of eastern Wyoming, the latest incarnation of an Army National Guard training exercise meant to quickly shape citizen soldiers into battle-ready warriors.

Families of Iraqi prisoners who suffocated in truck allege torture (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:34 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — The corpses of at least three of the six Sunni Muslim detainees who died while in Iraqi government custody earlier this month showed signs of torture, their families said Thursday as they vowed revenge at emotionally charged funerals.

Turkey bombs Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 01:06 PM PDT

A Turkish tank takes part in a military exercise at the Turkish-Iraqi border in 2008. Turkish warplanes on Thursday bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in neighbouring northern Iraq, in one of the biggest raids in recent years, Turkish and Kurdish media reports said.(AFP/File)AFP - Turkish warplanes on Thursday bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in neighbouring northern Iraq, in one of the biggest raids in recent years, media reports and the insurgents said.


Military seeks more time in Iraqi war case (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 12:31 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors are seeking more time to decide whether to challenge the overturning of a Camp Pendleton Marine's murder conviction in one of the government's biggest Iraqi war crimes cases.

Reports: Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 11:32 AM PDT

AP - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Thursday, the state-run Anatolia news agency said.

Al-Qaida No. 2 eulogizes leaders of Iraqi offshoot (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 10:31 AM PDT

A Turkish tank takes part in a military exercise at the Turkish-Iraqi border in 2008. Turkish warplanes on Thursday bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in neighbouring northern Iraq, in one of the biggest raids in recent years, Turkish and Kurdish media reports said.(AFP/File)AP - Al-Qaida's deputy leader praised the recently slain leaders of the group's offshoot in Iraq in a new audio recording broadcast Thursday by Al-Jazeera television network.


Turkish planes bomb targets in Northern Iraq: Turkish media (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2010 10:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Turkish military aircraft bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq in an operation said be the largest in one-and-half years, Turkish broadcasters and an army source said on Thursday.

CIA spy infiltrates Cannes red carpet (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 07:46 AM PDT

(From left) Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy, British born Australian actress Naomi Watts, Israeli actress Liraz Charhi and US director Doug Liman pose during a photocall in Cannes. The Iraq war returned to Cannes with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts taking the lead roles in thriller AFP - The Iraq war returned to Cannes Thursday with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts taking the lead roles in thriller "Fair Game," the true tale of a CIA agent betrayed by the Bush administration.


Iraqi premier says rivals can't form government (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 07:14 AM PDT

Men mill around the site of a car bombing in Musayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 20, 2010. A car bomb exploded in front of a restaurant killing six people south of Baghdad on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Iraqi officials said, highlighting the fragile nature of Iraq's security. (AP Photo/Ali Atiya)AP - Iraq's prime minister said Thursday his Sunni-backed rivals, who narrowly won the March election, were wasting their time trying to form a new government, a remark sure to raise tensions.


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