2010年6月17日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

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

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:45 PM PDT

An Afghan National Police (APA) member rests as Canadian soldiers with 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment search an abandoned house during a patrol outside Nakhonay in Panjwai district, southern Afghanistan, June 9, 2010. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY)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

Al-Qaida in Iraq adopting Taliban tactics (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:03 PM PDT

Iraqi Army soldiers provide security near the Central Bank of Iraq in central Baghdad, Monday, June 14, 2010. Insurgents wearing military uniforms stormed Iraq's central bank during an apparent robbery attempt, battling security forces in a three-hour standoff after bombs exploded nearby in a coordinated daylight attack that left as many as 26 people dead. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - An al-Qaida in Iraq front group claimed responsibility Thursday for an unusual attack more typical of the Taliban in Afghanistan — a commando-style assault in which suicide bombers wearing military uniforms stormed the Central Bank during rush hour in Baghdad.

Qaeda in Iraq claims deadly central bank raid (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:18 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in a side street near the Central Bank in Baghdad on June 14. Al-Qaeda has said it was behind a weekend raid on the Central Bank of Iraq involving suicide bombers disguised in military uniforms who killed 18 people, jihadist Internet forums reported.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Al-Qaeda has said it was behind a weekend raid on the Central Bank of Iraq involving suicide bombers disguised in military uniforms who killed 18 people, jihadist Internet forums reported.

Top cleric seen tipping Iraq's political balance (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2005 file photo, traditional Friday prayers are given, next to a portrait of the most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, at the Buratha Shiite mosque in central Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis hoping for a secular, nonsectarian government are worried about signs that the country's most revered Shiite cleric has stepped into the post election fray with moves that appear aligned with Iran's own ambitions in Iraq. The March 7 election gave a narrow victory to a bloc led by Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite with Sunni backing. But Allawi's chances of heading the next government were dampened when two major Shiite blocs, one of them overtly religious, struck an alliance after the votes were in.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqis hoping for a secular, nonsectarian government are worried about signs that the country's most revered Shiite cleric has stepped into the postelection fray with moves that appear aligned with Iran's own ambitions in Iraq.

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