2010年8月19日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Despite new mission, US troops still in the fight in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:06 PM PDT

A picture released by the US Army shows soldiers on board a C-17 August 13 on their way home from their year-long deployment. US troops will still be in combat and taking on Islamist militants in Iraq even as the American military moves to an AFP - US troops will still be in combat and taking on Islamist militants in Iraq even as the American military moves to an "advise and assist" role with a smaller force, officials said Thursday.

Iraq war vet kills pregnant wife, daughter, self (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:46 PM PDT

In this 2007 photo provided by the Superior Telegram, Pfc. Matthew Magdzas listens to family members outside of the National Guard Armory in Superior, Wis. while posing for a picture Police in Superior say a veteran apparently killed his pregnant wife and their daughter before committing suicide. Investigators believe 23-year-old Matthew Magdzas shot 26-year-old April Oles and 13-month old Lila Magdzas on Tuesday afternoon. Police say family members told them Oles was eight-and-a-half months pregnant. (AP Photo /Courtesy of the Superior Telegram, Jed Carlson) NO SALESAP - April Oles-Magdzas was due to give birth to her second daughter Wednesday, a little more than a year after she and her Iraq war veteran husband became new parents.

Troops gone, US to rely on 7,000 private contractors in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:18 PM PDT

A Hughes 500 helicopeter belonging to the US private security company formerly known as Blackwater flies over Baghdad in 2004. The US State Department is to more than double the number of security contractors it employs in Iraq to around 7,000, filling a gap left by departing troops, the New York Times reported Thursday.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - As the United States withdraws its forces from Iraq, it will be pouring private security contractors into the country to take up some of their tasks, US officials said Thursday.

Iraq war: Last US combat brigade crosses into Kuwait (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:58 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The last US combat brigade crossed into Kuwait Thursday morning after a series of night maneuvers through the desert, marking a new chapter in the seven-year-conflict in which the struggle for political power has replaced direct combat.

US forces spokesman: Iraqi security up to the task (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:05 AM PDT

U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Thompson, left, and Lt. Col. Nate Flegler, right, wave to one of the last Stryker armored vehicles to leave Iraq as it crosses the border into Kuwait at the Khabari border crossing, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. The U.S. Army's 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division is the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)AP - The spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq says Iraqi police and military are up to the task of keeping the country secure after U.S. troops end their combat mission next week.

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