2010年7月8日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

U.S. general named to lead Iraq, Afghan war theater (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:27 PM PDT

Reuters - A senior U.S. general once criticized for saying it was "fun to shoot some people" was tapped by the Pentagon on Thursday to lead the military command running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mattis named overall US commander of Iraq, Afghan wars (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:23 PM PDT

General James Mattis, seen here at the Kandahar International Airport in Kandahar in 2001, was named on Thursday by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates s the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Dave Martin)AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates named General James Mattis on Thursday as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Baghdad attacks on Shiite pilgrims kill 70 in three days (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:22 PM PDT

Iraqi Shiite pilgrims mourn over a symbolic coffin at the Imam Musa al-Kadhim Mosque in the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad, as they mark the death of the eighth century Imam. A string of attacks against Shiite pilgrims in the past three days killed 70 people in Baghdad, security officials said, exposing the continued ability of insurgents to inflict bloodshed.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A string of attacks against Shiite pilgrims in the past three days killed 70 people in Baghdad, security officials said on Thursday, highlighting insurgents' continued ability to inflict bloodshed.

Attacks highlight Iraq's tempestuous politics (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:00 PM PDT

Shiite pilgrims walk across a bridge between Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods after concluding their visit to the Kazimiyah shrine, to mark the date of Imam Moussa al- Kadim's death in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 8, 2010. Iraqi officials say a handful of have been killed by bombs targeting pilgrims taking part in the final day of the Shiite religious holiday, a day after scores of pilgrims were killed Wednesday in a suicide attack. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Two days of attacks targeting hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims in the Iraqi capital have killed almost 70 people, casting a spotlight Thursday on Iraq's security challenges as militants focus on stoking sectarian tensions that have hindered efforts to form a new government.

Iraq parliament to reconvene July 13: FM (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:51 AM PDT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari holds a press conference in the Kurdish city of Arbil, 320 kms (200 miles) north of Baghdad. Iraq's parliament will reconvene on July 13, the last day before a constitutional deadline, the country's foreign minister said on Thursday, in a rare sign of forward political momentum.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraq's parliament will reconvene on July 13, the last day before a constitutional deadline, the country's foreign minister said on Thursday, in a rare sign of forward political momentum.

Shiite pilgrims, Iraqi security forces undeterred by attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Undeterred by a string of attacks that left scores of fellow pilgrims dead, Shiite worshipers completed their days-long march to a Baghdad shrine on Thursday.

Iraqi PM pays respects to late top Lebanese cleric (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:20 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, gives condolences to Sheik Ali Fadlallah, left, the son of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric, the late Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, and to his brother Mohammed Ali Fadlallah, right, at a mosque south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 8, 2010. Fadlallah is considered to be one of the founders of Nouri al-Maliki's governing Dawa Party and was believed to be the party's religious guide until his death Sunday after a long illness. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - Iraq's prime minister paid his respects to Lebanon's late top Shiite cleric during a brief visit to Beirut Thursday.

Iraq's rowers step out of shadow of death (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:54 AM PDT

Athletes from the Iraqi National Rowing team train on the Tigris River which runs through the center of Baghdad on July 01, 2010. Not long ago corpses could still be seen on the Tigris River, but today the rowers enjoy the waters as they train for the upcoming London 2012 Olympics Games.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Not so very long ago, dead bodies were seen floating down the Tigris river every day in Baghdad, the macabre toll of fierce sectarian violence that brought the country to the brink of civil war.

Iraq Shi'ite pilgrims trudge on as bombs continue (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:46 AM PDT

Shi'ite pilgrims gather at Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine to mark his death anniversary in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district July 8, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims trudged resolutely through blood-spattered streets on Thursday in an annual ritual paying homage to a Shi'ite Imam despite suicide and roadside bombs that killed dozens.

In Iraq, "young American male" yearns for action (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:53 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Sergeant Jeremy Hare sat on the dusty ramp of his Stryker armored vehicle and rattled off some of the meaner streets he'd walked during the darker days of post-invasion Iraq.

What do Shiite pilgrims want? A new Iraq government. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 12:26 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Shiite pilgrims streaming for days toward a Baghdad shrine on Wednesday found themselves talking as much about politics ­â€" and the failure of Iraq's leaders to yet form a government, four months after a national election ­â€" as their devotions.

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