2010年8月12日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Are the Iraqi security forces ready or not? (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:49 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier mans a machine gun atop an armoured vehicle to secure a street in Baghdad's Adhamiya district, August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - With Washington determined to stick to its timetable for a pullout, an Iraqi general has called into question whether his troops are ready to defend Iraq against a stubborn insurgency and external threats.

Iraqi oil flow resumes after fire (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:26 AM PDT

Workers in Iraq maintain the main oil pipeline that runs between the northern city of Kirkuk and Turkey in 2004, near Baghdad. Turkish firefighters on Thursday extinguished a blaze on the pipeline carrying oil from Iraq that was triggered by a bomb attack by suspected Kurdish rebels.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Iraq has resumed oil flow to Turkey after firefighters extinguished a pipeline blaze sparked by a bomb attack by Kurdish rebels, Turkish officials said Thursday.

US wants Iraq to pay bill for war victims (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 03:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2002 file photo, Marla Ruzicka leads a demonstration calling for U.S. compensation to victims of the recent U.S. led military campaign in Afghanistan, outside of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. The Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund, a special fund earmarked by Congress for innocent civilians killed in U.S. military operations in Iraq, was named for the young American aid worker who was the first to persuade the U.S. Congress to assist civilian war victims in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Recently, members of Congress asked the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Baghdad, which administers the fund, to explore the possibility of Iraq taking over financing and management of the project. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)AP - Off a dusty street flanked by piles of rubble and bombed-out car skeletons, the Saleh family is rebuilding their home with American aid money they got because three family members were accidentally killed in crossfire between U.S. forces and insurgents.

AP Interview: US. contractor recounts kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 02:37 AM PDT

Iraqi-American contractor Issa Salomi speaks during an interview at his home in San Diego Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Salomi was kidnapped in Iraq and later released earlier this year. (AP Photo/ Gregory Bull)AP - A U.S. Army contractor kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year described how his captors easily maneuvered past Iraqi checkpoints as he was held bleeding on the floor of their car.

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