2010年7月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi cleric meets with PM candidate in Syria (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, left, meets with Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political clerics, right, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 19, 2010. Allawi and al-Sadr are on a current visit to Syria to discuss the deadlocked government in Baghdad.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Anti-American Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took a rare, public step into the political arena Monday, meeting in neighboring Syria with the man directly challenging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his office.


Sunni Awakening resolute in face of Iraq bombing (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 10:33 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In one of the deadliest single attacks in Iraq this year, insurgents on Sunday targeted the Sunni militia that was crucial in turning the tide against Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Allawi, Sadr hold talks on forming Iraqi govt (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi (left) speaks with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a meeting in Damascus. The two figures at the centre of drawn-out efforts to form a new Iraqi government, held talks in the Syrian capital.(AFP/Louai Beshara)AFP - Two figures at the centre of drawn-out efforts to form a new Iraqi government, former premier Iyad Allawi and radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, met in Syria's capital on Monday.


Attack on British security firm in Iraq kills 4 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 06:32 AM PDT

Reuters - A suicide car bomber plowed into a convoy of a British security company in northern Iraq on Monday, killing four foreigners and wounding five Iraqi civilians, Iraqi security officials said.
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