2010年7月1日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


University of Denver hires US ambassador to Iraq (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:08 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, has been named the new dean of the University of Denver's School of International Studies.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:00 PM PDT

AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

From JC Penney suits to 007 attire, Baghdad tailor obliges US troops (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:16 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The fire snatched it all: Ed Hardy T-shirts, faux Versace sheets, knockoff Burberry bags and, worst of all, racks of bespoke suits ready to be picked up by American soldiers. The Turkish Sew Shop on Camp Prosperity, a small US base in central Baghdad, burned down on May 1, and with it, $500,000 in stock.

Bombs and gunmen kill three Iraqi civilians (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:33 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer mans a road block in Baghdad, as tight security measures are imposed following a spate of bombings and killings across the country, on June 21. Roadside bombs in Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded 12 people, including three soldiers and a militiaman, while a goldsmith was shot dead south of the capital.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Roadside bombs in Baghdad Thursday killed two civilians and wounded 12 people, including three soldiers and a militiaman, while a goldsmith was shot dead south of the capital, Iraqi officials said.


4 members of Iraq security forces killed (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:31 AM PDT

** CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK ** A destroyed car is towed away from the bombing scene in western Adil neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 1, 2010. While violence has dropped overall across the country, insurgents trying to destabilize the country continue to attack on Iraqi security forces and government. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Two soldiers and two members of a government-backed Sunni militia fighting al-Qaida were killed in a day of attacks in Iraq, police officials said Thursday.


Baghdad bombs kill two civilians, wound 12 others (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:41 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer mans a road block in Baghdad, as tight security measures are imposed following a spate of bombings and killings across the country, on June 21. Roadside bombs in Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded 12 people, including three soldiers and a militiaman, while a goldsmith was shot dead south of the capital.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Roadside bombs in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday killed two civilians and wounded 12 other people, three of them soldiers and one a militiaman, security and medical officials said.


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