2010年8月8日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi forces ready for US pullout, says Army's Odierno (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:30 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The United States is on track to meet a Sept. 1 deadline for withdrawing combat troops from Iraq, says Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of US forces there.

60 killed in Iraq ahead of Ramadan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:13 PM PDT

A US soldier patrols next to Iraqi security forces as they inspect the site of a suicide attack in Ramadi. Weekend violence across Iraq killed 60 people, officials said, just days ahead of the start of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan when insurgents typically step up their attacks.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Weekend violence across Iraq killed 60 people, officials said on Sunday, just days ahead of the start of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan when insurgents typically step up their attacks.

Suicide car bomber kills 8 west of Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 11:11 AM PDT

Mourners unload the coffin of a relative, one of a family of five, at a funeral service in the Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The family was killed Saturday in an attack in the southern city of Basra, where explosions tore through a market and killed scores. Violence across Iraq has spiked in the past month as the U.S. moved ahead with a major drawdown of its troops to be completed by the end of August, when only 50,000 will remain in the country. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a police patrol west of Baghdad Sunday and killed eight people, most of them civilians standing in line outside a post office to collect the monthly stipend for the country's poorest, police officials said.

Iraqi forces 'ready' to take over: US commander (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:20 AM PDT

The commander of American troops in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, pictured in 2009, said Sunday that Iraqi forces were adequately prepared to take over full security operations when the US combat mission ends later this month.(AFP/File/Arthur Macmillan)AFP - The commander of American troops in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said Sunday that Iraqi forces were adequately prepared to take over full security operations when the US combat mission ends later this month.

Baghdad's traffic cops are on militants' hit list (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:05 AM PDT

In this Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman holds an AK-47 while directing traffic as a colleague talks on a radio in central Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad's traffic cops are demanding their own guards after at least 10 were killed over the past week in drive-by shootings and other attacks that have set back efforts to restore normalcy to the Iraqi capital after years of violence. Security officials have blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for the killings, in which gunmen used pistols fitted with silencers. They said targeting the traffic cops is designed to create chaos on Baghdad's congested streets and embarrass authorities boasting of improved security. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Baghdad's traffic cops are demanding their own guards after at least 10 were killed over the past week in drive-by shootings and other attacks that have set back efforts to restore normalcy to Iraq's capital after years of violence.

U.S. general eyes "first steps" toward Iraqi government (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi political leaders are likely to make headway in forming a government ahead of a September 1 date for the United States to end combat operations in the country, the U.S. commander in Iraq said Sunday.

Car bombs hit Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Falluja (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:40 AM PDT

Police gather at the site of a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, August 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ali al-MashhdaniReuters - A series of car bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded scores in the Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Falluja on Sunday, while the prominent governor of troubled northern Nineveh province escaped an assassination attempt.

Iraq's Aziz loses ability to walk due to illness (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:30 AM PDT

Iraq's jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, seen here in 2004, can no longer walk after his health deteriorated significantly.(AFP/Pool/File/Karen Ballard)AFP - Iraq's jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz can no longer walk after his health deteriorated significantly, his Jordan-based son said on Sunday.

US commander says Iraqis ready to handle security (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:17 AM PDT

AP - Iraq's military is ready and able to take over security operations as the United States ends it combat role and prepares for a major troop withdrawal, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Sunday.

US military says American soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Blast scene : An Iraqi soldier inspects burnt vehicles following a blast at a parking lot in the Sinak district of Baghdad. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed south of Baghdad.

Ex-Iraqi FM Aziz's health deteriorating, son says (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 04:12 AM PDT

AP - Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi foreign minister and leading lieutenant of Saddam Hussein, is experiencing deteriorating health in Iraqi detention, although his morale remains strong, his son said Sunday.

Five killed in west Iraq petrol station car bomb (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 02:32 AM PDT

A US soldier patrols next to Iraqi security forces as they inspect the site of a suicide attack in Ramadi. Weekend violence across Iraq killed 60 people, officials said, just days ahead of the start of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan when insurgents typically step up their attacks.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AFP - A suicide bomber on Sunday detonated a car packed with explosives, killing five people, at a petrol station in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, medical and security officials said.

Car bomb kills seven in Iraq city of Ramadi (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 02:06 AM PDT

Reuters - A car bomb exploded in the center of the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding another 21, a police source said.

Gunmen kill two in car bomb after Iraq robbery (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:15 AM PDT

US marines patrol in Fallujah, 2007. Masked gunmen robbed a currency exchange owner west of Baghdad and set off their empty explosives-packed car when police tracked them down, killing two people(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Masked gunmen robbed a currency exchange owner west of Baghdad on Sunday and set off their empty explosives-packed car when police tracked them down, killing two people, officials and the victim said.

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