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Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Turkey bombs rebel bases in Iraq after soldiers killed (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Turkey bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in Iraq on Saturday in retaliation for attacks that killed 11 of its soldiers, prompting the rebels to threaten to take their fight into Turkish cities.(AFP/Graphic/File)AFP - Turkey bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in Iraq on Saturday in retaliation for attacks that killed 11 of its soldiers, prompting the rebels to threaten to take their fight into Turkish cities.


Iraq son, nephew wanted for killing 'US army translator' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:36 AM PDT

An Iraqi police commando stands guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad in April 2010. Iraqi police have launched a manhunt for the son and nephew of a translator for the US military they are suspected of having killed for an Islamist militant group, a militia commander said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi police have launched a manhunt for the son and nephew of a translator for the US military they are suspected of having killed for an Islamist militant group, a militia commander said on Saturday.


Turkish jets raid northern Iraq, clashes kill 23 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:23 AM PDT

An Afghan man wheels his bicycle across a street in Kandahar City. While there will likely be some tough battles against insurgents in surrounding districts, international forces swear Kandahar will not be another Fallujah, the rebel city ravaged at the height of the war in Iraq.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AP - Turkish warplanes launched air raids at suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq Saturday after a rebel attack on a military outpost in Turkey touched off clashes in which nine soldiers and 12 rebel fighters died, Turkey's military and reports said.


A victory as Army mounts anti-suicide campaign (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 07:27 AM PDT

In this April 27, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Army Cpl. Joe Sanders, left,  and Spc. Albert Godding pose for their photo at Fort Polk, La., after Godding received a Meritorious Service Medal for preventing Sanders' suicide in 2008. The Army created a suicided prevention task force in March 2009 and launched mandatory training that teaches soldiers to watch each other for indications of suicidal behavior. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Zach Morgan)AP - Army Spc. Joseph Sanders was despondent over the breakup of his marriage and feeling alone in the oppressive heat of an Iraqi summer when he turned his rifle on himself and pulled the trigger.


One dead in Iraqi protest over power cuts in Basra (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi security forces opened fire to disperse thousands of protestors demonstrating against power cuts in the oil hub of Basra Saturday, and security sources said one person died.

One dead as Iraq police disperse power demo (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:09 AM PDT

Iraqi police commandos take position in Basra, 2008. One demonstrator was killed and two wounded when Iraqi police opened fire to disperse a protest against power rationing in the southern city of Basra(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - One demonstrator was killed and two wounded Saturday when Iraqi police opened fire to break up a frenzied protest against power rationing in the southern city of Basra, an army commander said.


Turkey bombs Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq: army (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:00 AM PDT

File picture shows Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) rebels at a security checkpoint near a PKK base in the Qandil mountains, near Rania province, in northern Iraq. Eight Turkish soldiers were killed overnight in an attack on an army post by Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, near the border with Iraq, the army said Saturday.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkey's military said Saturday it bombed Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, after a deadly attack by the separatists on an army post near the border of the two countries.


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