2010年8月17日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,415 (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 03:53 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at least 4,415 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US support in Iraq needed only 'a few more years': diplomat (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Outgoing US ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill briefs the press on his his 16-month tenure in Baghdad at the State Department in Washington, DC. US financial support for Iraq will be needed for only a AFP - US financial support for Iraq will be needed for only a "few more years" until Iraq can tap its vast oil wealth and stand on its own feet, the departing US ambassador to Baghdad said Tuesday.


Bomber kills 61 Iraqis in recruitment drive (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT

A wounded army recruit is transferred to a hospital after a bomb attack occurred in Baghdad August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - Young men from some of Iraq's poorest areas waited all night outside an army recruitment center, only to become easy prey Tuesday for a suicide bomber who killed 61 in the crowd. Desperate for jobs, dazed survivors rushed to get back in line after the attack.


FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Aug 17 (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Following are security developments in Iraq at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

Some of the recent attacks in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:45 PM PDT

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Iraq:

(AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:22 PM PDT

AP - Police: Fuel truck bombing kills 8, injures 44 in Shiite neighborhood in Iraqi capital.

Suicide attack on Iraqi Army frustrates Iraqi hopes for security (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:17 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his legs at an Iraqi Army recruiting center early Tuesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 120, including an Iraqi general, in one of the worst attacks this year.

Appeal in Pa. soldier's electrocution is rejected (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:50 PM PDT

AP - An appeals court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the parents of a Pittsburgh-area soldier electrocuted in an Army barracks shower in Iraq.

White House: Blast won't derail Iraq transition (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Parents of an injured man react as their son lies in a hospital bed in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday among dozens of Iraqi army recruits who had gathered near a military headquarters in central Baghdad killing and wounding dozens of them. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The deadly suicide bombing outside a Baghdad army headquarters won't halt Iraq's transition to democracy — or the U.S. troop withdrawal, the White House said Tuesday.


59 die in suicide attack on Iraq army recruitment centre (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:43 PM PDT

A wounded man receives first aid treatment at the emergency ward of a hospital in Baghdad. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded army recruitment centre in Baghdad killing 59 people Tuesday, officials said, as violence coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan raged across Iraq.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded army recruitment centre in Baghdad killing 59 people Tuesday, officials said, as violence coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan raged across Iraq.


Obama condemns deadly Iraq suicide attack: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT

A wounded man receives first aid treatment at the emergency ward of a hospital after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded army recruitment centre in Baghdad killing 59 people. US President Barack Obama condemned the suicide bombing as the work of people hoping to AFP - US President Barack Obama Tuesday condemned a suicide bombing in Iraq that killed at least 59 people as the work of people hoping to "derail" democracy, his spokesman said.


Judges targeted as bomber kills 57 Iraq army recruits (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:17 AM PDT

A wounded army recruit is transferred to a hospital after a bomb attack occurred in Baghdad August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - At least 57 recruits and soldiers were killed and 123 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an army recruitment center in Baghdad on Tuesday, two weeks before the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq.


Suicide bomb kills 43 in Iraq army recruitment centre (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 11:17 PM PDT

Iraqi police stop a taxi at a security check at a checkpoint in central Baghdad after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded army recruitment centre in the Iraqi capital early in the morning killing 43 people(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded Iraqi army recruitment centre in Baghdad on Tuesday killing 43 people, a defence ministry official said.


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