2010年6月16日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

In an Afghan Valley of Death, Good News -- for Now (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - An Iraqi-style, U.S. supported local militia appears to have brought stability to a once tumultuous area. But funding is running out and the Taliban loom

Justice: Blackwater case should have gone forward (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:05 PM PDT

AP - The Justice Department has told a federal appeals court that there was more than enough untainted evidence to justify a trial for five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad.

Turkish military kills 4 Kurdish rebels in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Turkish military forces killed four Kurdish separatists in a raid into northern Iraq on Wednesday, the military said, as fighting escalates between the rebels and Turkish security forces.

Military: Turkish troops cross into northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:23 PM PDT

AP - Turkey sent hundreds of elite troops into northern Iraq on Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas in an operation that could increase tensions within the region.

Senator presses State for details on Iraq security (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:54 AM PDT

AP - A U.S. senator is demanding that the State Department tell Congress what role contractors will play in a combat-ready force planned to protect diplomats in Iraq after American military forces leave.

Iraq: Bomb kills Sunni militia leader near Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Iraqi Army soldiers lead a man arrested during a recent security operation in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)AP - The leader of a government-backed Sunni militia was killed in a bombing west of Baghdad Wednesday, one in a series of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and their allies.

Turkish troops enter Iraq, kill four Kurdish rebels (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:33 AM PDT

A Turkish soldier patrols on a road near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak, in 2008. Turkish soldiers on Wednesday crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels for the first time in two years and bombed targets across the border, killing four militants, the army said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkish soldiers on Wednesday crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels for the first time in two years and bombed targets across the border, killing four militants, the army said.

HRW urges Iraqi Kurds to ban female circumcision (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:19 AM PDT

Nadya Khalife of Human Rights Watch speaks at a news conference about the findings of their report on female genital mutilation in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Human Rights Watch called on Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to ban the practice of female genital mutilation, and said in a report released Wednesday that the majority of women in the self-ruled region undergo the medically risky and emotionally painful procedure. The New York-based group said initial efforts on the issue stalled under the former regional government, which failed to make it a priority because of the culturally sensitive nature of the practice. (AP Photo/ Yahya Ahmed)AP - Human Rights Watch called on Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to ban the practice of female genital mutilation, and said in a report released Wednesday that the majority of women in the self-ruled region undergo the medically risky and emotionally painful procedure.

HRW urges Iraq Kurds to ban female circumcision (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Iraqi women attend a three-day conference on violence towards women in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, some 350 kms from the capital Baghdad on November in 2008. Human Rights Watch has called on Iraqi Kurdish authorities to outlaw female circumcision in the face of growing evidence of use of the physically and emotionally damaging practice.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Iraqi Kurdish authorities to outlaw female circumcision in the face of growing evidence of use of the physically and emotionally damaging practice.

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