2010年6月8日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Former U.S. envoy favors talking to Hezbollah (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States should talk to the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, former U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker said on Tuesday. But current U.S. officials rejected dealing with the group listed as a terrorist organization by Washington.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,402 (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 03:03 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at least 4,402 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Protesters torch homes of accused Iraq attackers (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:54 AM PDT

Dozens of protesters in an Iraqi town on Tuesday torched the homes of six policemen accused of detonating a car bomb last month that killed 30 people, and called for their executions.(AFP/Afp Graphics)AFP - Dozens of protesters in an Iraqi town on Tuesday torched the homes of six policemen accused of detonating a car bomb last month that killed 30 people, and called for their executions.

French navy makes first Iraq port call in 32 years (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

Iraqi Navy sailors march with their national flag during a ceremony in the southern Iraqi city of Umm Qasr in 2009. A French navy ship with 95 sailors on board docked Tuesday at the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, in the first such visit in 32 years amid French efforts to AFP - A French navy ship with 95 sailors on board docked Tuesday at the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, in the first such visit in 32 years amid French efforts to "revive" ties with Baghdad.

Iraqi Kurds seek help to halt Iranian incursion (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 09:53 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on Tuesday demanded the central government in Baghdad take steps against an incursion into its territory by Iranian forces pursuing Kurdish rebels.

New Iraqi parliament to convene next week (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 09:33 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki, right, and Iraq's Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani attend a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 7, 2010.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraq's newly elected lawmakers will convene for the first time next week, though the political power struggle over who will lead the next government appeared far from resolution.

After memoir, Hitchens to tangle once more with God (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Already infamous for being the then-socialist who called Margaret Thatcher sexy and as the contrarian who loved George W. Bush's war in Iraq, Christopher Hitchens now wants to rewrite the Ten Commandments.

China reaps benefits of Iraq war with oil deals (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT

** CORRECT THE CHINESE TRANSLATION OF THE SIGN ** In this Wednesday, March 31, 2010, photo, workers are seen at the al-Waha Oil Company in Wasit in southern Iraq. The red banner that hangs at the entrance of the office of the company, the Iraqi affiliate of China's state-owned China National Petroleum Corp reads 'we will cooperate and contribute together for al-Waha.' From among the most outspoken of critics of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, China has emerged as one of the biggest economic beneficiaries of the war, snagging lucrative deals and shrugging off the security risks with the country's political instability for the promise of oil, while western firms were largely subdued in their interest in Iraq's recent oil auctions. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Perspiration staining their orange jumpsuits, the Chinese engineers and laborers form Al-Waha Oil Co. work alongside their Iraqi counterparts under a sweltering sun readying an expanse of arid land southeast of Baghdad for infrastructure to extract and carry the viscous liquid on which Iraq's future lies: oil.

Five killed in Baghdad violence (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 07:22 AM PDT

Iraqi troops inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad's Mansur district on June 7. Five people have been killed, including a policeman and a soldier, in bomb attacks and shootings in and around Baghdad, security officials have said.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Five people were killed, including a policeman and a soldier, in bomb attacks and shootings in and around Baghdad on Tuesday, security officials said.

New Iraqi parliament to convene June 14 (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:54 AM PDT

Iraqi parliamentarians are pictured in Baghdad in 2008. Iraq's new parliament will finally convene next week, an official has said, paving the way for the formation of a new government more than three months after nationwide polls.(AFP/File/Salam Faraj)AFP - Iraq's new parliament will finally convene next week, an official said Tuesday, paving the way for the formation of a new government more than three months after nationwide polls.

Iraqi parliament to hold first session on June 14 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 02:24 AM PDT

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (C) meets with Iraqi politicians, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (2nd L), in Baghdad May 20, 2010. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/HandoutReuters - President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday called the first session of Iraq's new parliament for June 14, more than three months after an inconclusive election that has yet to yield a government.

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