2010年7月18日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Sanctions-hit Iran fuels oil smuggling in Iraq's north (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Truck drivers wait at the Iraqi side of the Iraq-Iran border crossing of Bashmakh, in 2007. The road that leads into Bashmakh is dominated by a snaking line of lorries whose tankers are filled with crude oil products being smuggled into neighbouring Iran in defiance of US sanctions.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - The road that leads into Bashmakh is dominated by a snaking line of lorries whose tankers are filled with crude oil products being smuggled into neighbouring Iran in defiance of US sanctions.


Iraq suicide bomber kills 45 in strike on anti-Qaeda militia (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:19 PM PDT

Iraqi soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack targeting anti-Qaeda militiamen being paid their wages in Radwaniyah, a former insurgent hotspot 25 kms (16 miles) from Baghdad.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A suicide bomber targeting anti-Qaeda militiamen being paid their wages killed at least 45 people west of Baghdad on Sunday, in Iraq's deadliest single attack in more than two months.


Tariq Aziz back in Iraqi court, says official (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 1, 2004 file photo cleared by the US military, Tariq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister, appears in a courtroom at Camp Victory, a former Saddam palace on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq.  Iraq's deputy justice minister says U.S. authorities have handed over 55 members of Saddam Hussein's former regime, including the longtime international face of the regime, Tariq Aziz.  (AP Photo/Karen Ballard/Pool, File)AP - Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and several other members of Saddam Hussein's regime appeared in court Sunday just days after their handover from the U.S. to Iraqi custody, an Iraqi official said.


Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:24 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier inspects the scene of a suicide attack in Radwaniya, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 18, 2010. Twin suicide bombings killed scores of people on Sunday, including dozens from a government-backed, anti-al-Qaida militia lining up to collect their paychecks near the military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A suicide bomber ripped through a line of anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters waiting to collect their paychecks near an Iraqi military base as nearly 50 people were killed in violence west of Baghdad.


US on track for Iraq troop drawdown: Biden (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 07:28 AM PDT

US troops train Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers during a military exercise in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on February 15, 2010. The US remains on track for its drawdown in troops from Iraq by August despite the political stalemate in Baghdad, US Vice President Joe Biden has said in an interview.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - The United States remains on track for its drawdown in troops from Iraq by August despite the political stalemate in Baghdad, US Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.


Iraq combat mission on track for August end: Biden (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday the end of U.S. combat missions in Iraq was on schedule for August and would not be delayed if the country failed to form a new government by that deadline.

Biden: Iraq drawdown on schedule despite politics (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:02 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the annual Tennessee Democratic Party Jackson Day on Friday, July 16, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Vice President Joe Biden says the lengthy negotiations in the Iraqi government on power-sharing should not affect the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops.


Jailed Tareq Aziz on trial over public funds: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:01 AM PDT

The lawyer of Iraq's jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, seen here in 2004, has said his client has gone on trial on new charges related to AFP - The lawyer of Iraq's jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz said on Sunday his client has gone on trial on new charges related to "wasting public funds."


Suicide bombers attack Iraq militia and kill over 40 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:48 AM PDT

Shoes and caps belonging to people killed in a suicide attack lie on the ground as Iraqi soldiers inspect the site where a suicide bomber targeted anti-Qaeda militiamen being paid their wages in Radwaniyah.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - A suicide bomber attacked government-backed Sunni militia on Sunday as they lined up to be paid on Baghdad's southwestern outskirts, killing at least 39 and wounding 41, Iraqi security sources said.


(AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:44 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials say death toll has risen to 43 in suicide bombing in district near Baghdad.
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