2010年6月14日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US removing hazardous waste during Iraq withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 01:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2007 file photo, U.S. army soldiers from Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment burn garbage at K-wal combat outpost in the village of Shakarat, in the volatile Diyala province, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. military says it has treated and disposed of more than 300 million pounds of hazardous waste accumulated during seven years of war. The clean-up effort comes amid concerns about America's environmental legacy in Iraq as the military prepares to withdraw by the end of next year.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, file)AP - The U.S. military is removing tens of millions of pounds of hazardous waste accumulated during seven years of war amid concerns about America's environmental legacy in Iraq, officials said Monday.

Iraq parliament opens three months after polls (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Iraqi lawmakers take the oath collectively during a parliamentary session in Baghdad. Iraq moved to bolster its shaky democracy on Monday with the opening of its second parliament since the US-led ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003, more than three months after an election stalemate.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq moved to bolster its shaky democracy on Monday with the opening of its second parliament since the US-led ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003, more than three months after an election stalemate.

Five killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 11:25 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in a side street near the Central Bank in Baghdad. Attacks across Iraq claimed the lives of five people on Monday, including a police colonel who was killed by a bomb in the south of the capital, security officials said.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Attacks across Iraq claimed the lives of five people on Monday, including a police colonel who was killed by a bomb in the south of the capital, security officials said.

State wants to form a mini-army for Iraq security (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 08:42 AM PDT

AP - The State Department is quietly forming a small army to protect diplomatic personnel in Iraq after U.S. military forces leave the country at the end of 2011 and take their firepower with them.

Iraq's new parliament convenes (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a March election, cloaked by heavy security a day after gunmen and suicide bombers raided the central bank in a sign of continued lawlessness and instability.

New Iraqi parliament holds brief symbolic session (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 07:11 AM PDT

Suicide bombers and gunmen wearing military uniforms killed 15 people and took hostages on Sunday in a daring raid on the Iraq Central Bank in Baghdad, triggering an ongoing siege with security forces. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV)AP - Iraq's new parliament convened for just under 20 minutes Monday in what was little more than a symbolic inaugural session because of unresolved differences over key government positions — a precarious political limbo three months after inconclusive elections.

Gunmen, bombs target Iraq central bank (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad June 13, 2010. Twelve people were killed on Sunday when gunmen detonated a bomb outside Iraq's central bank and battled with security forces from the rooftops in what officials said could be a raid on the bank's vaults. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Fifteen people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday when suicide bombers detonated at least one bomb at Iraq's central bank and gunmen battled troops in what officials said may have been a raid on the vaults.

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