2010年8月1日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Two decades on from 'Desert Storm,' US set to leave Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT

US soldiers stand at attention during a handover ceremony of the AFP - Twenty years ago, Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait, setting in motion US military action that is only now coming to a close, as American troops prepare to withdraw from Iraq.

High Iraq deaths cast doubt on US stability talk (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 22, 2010 file photo, Umm Haider weeps over her son's coffin, Ameer Hussein, 9, during his funeral in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq. The family says he was killed in a roadside bomb attack the day before. July was Iraq's deadliest month in more than two years, according to new official figures, suggesting that a resilient insurgency is successfully taking advantage of the months of deadlock in forming a new government. The figures released late Saturday, July 31, 2010 show that 535 people were killed last month, the highest since May 2008 when 563 died, heightening concerns over Iraq's precarious security situation even as the U.S. troops are reducing their numbers. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)AP - While concern is rising in the U.S. about the war in Afghanistan, the Americans are anxious to show evidence of progress in their other conflict — Iraq.

Saddam's invasion still hurting Iraq-Kuwait ties 20 years on (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:57 PM PDT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari speaks to an AFP reporter in Baghdad on July 29. Wounds from Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait 20 years ago still run deep and mar ties between the two neighbours despite efforts to overcome what has been described as the Iraqi ex-dictator's worst mistake.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Wounds from Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait 20 years ago still run deep and mar ties between the two neighbours despite efforts to overcome what has been described as the Iraqi ex-dictator's worst mistake.

US 'refutes' July death toll in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT

Two Iraqi men mourn over the coffin of a relative in Najaf, May 2010. The US military on Sunday took the unusual step of refuting Iraqi figures released a day earlier which showed July was the single deadliest month in the war-torn country since May 2008.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - The US military on Sunday took the unusual step of refuting Iraqi figures released a day earlier which showed July was the single deadliest month in the war-torn country since May 2008.

Iraq Shi'ite bloc rejects incumbent Maliki as PM (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Reuters - One of Iraq's main Shi'ite political blocs has rejected Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's claim to a second term and halted coalition talks until his party nominates a new candidate, politicians said.

Iraq civilian death toll almost doubles in July (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:09 AM PDT

Reuters - The number of civilians killed by violence in Iraq almost doubled in July from June, a sign that insurgents may be trying to exploit political tensions after an election that produced no outright winner.

Saddam's ex-lawyer suing Jordanian daily over book (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:38 AM PDT

Defence attorney for Saddam Hussein Khalil al-Dulaimi, seen here in 2006, is suing a Jordanian daily for publishing excerpts of his book about the executed Iraqi leader.(AFP/Pool/File/Daniel Berehulak)AFP - Saddam Hussein's former attorney is suing a Jordanian daily for publishing excerpts of his book about the executed Iraqi leader, the newspaper's lawyer said on Sunday.

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