2010年8月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT

In this Aug. 11, 2010 photo, U.S. Army Spc.Jason Frazier shows an Iraqi federal policeman how to look around for threats, each man pretending to be aiming a gun in Baghdad, Iraq. The number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq dipped below the 50,000 threshold, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Barack Obama a week ahead of a deadline to shift away from fighting to a new training mission. For the troops left behind, however, the war is not over. They still face danger. (AP Photo/Lara Jakes)AP - President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office and visit troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.

Attacks in Iraq kill 56, raise fears of insurgents (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:50 PM PDT

An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - Bombers and gunmen killed at least 56 Iraqis in more than two dozen attacks across the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces and rekindling memories of the days when insurgents ruled the streets.

Obama to make Oval Office address about Iraq Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:26 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama will address the American public from the White House Oval Office on Tuesday about the U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq, the White House said.

At least 53 dead as car bombs target Iraq police (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT

An injured child is carried by her mother following a car bomb in a residential neighbourhood in the southern holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. More than a dozen apparently coordinated car bombs targeting Iraqi police and other attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 53 people on Wednesday, just days before the US military ends its combat mission.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - More than a dozen apparently coordinated car bombs targeting Iraqi police and other attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 53 people on Wednesday, just days before the US military ends its combat mission.

Obama to deliver Iraq speech from Oval Office: official (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:48 AM PDT

The August 31 address of President Barack Obama, seen here on August 19, marking the end of US combat operations in Iraq will be delivered from the Oval Office, a senior official said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - President Barack Obama's August 31 address marking the end of US combat operations in Iraq will be delivered from the Oval Office, a senior official said Wednesday.

Wave of Iraq suicide bombings target police (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A string of suicide bombings across Iraq Wednesday targeted local security forces amid growing fears among many Iraqis that the US is withdrawing combat troops too soon.

Insurgents attack Iraqi police as U.S. pulls back (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:15 AM PDT

A U.S. soldier stands guard at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, August 25, 2010. REUTERS/Ako RasheedReuters - Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces throughout the country Wednesday, less than a week before U.S. troops formally end combat operations.

41 killed in string of attacks across Iraq: officials (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:23 AM PDT

Iraqi troops search cars at a mobile checkpoint in central Baghdad following a series of apparently co-ordinated car bombs and other attacks across Iraq. The bombs targeting police killed 46 people, including women and children, one day after the US military confirmed a major troop reduction.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - At least 41 people were killed and almost 200 others wounded in a series of apparently coordinated car bombings and other attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, security officials told AFP.

U.S. soldiers head home, hope Iraq on track (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:57 PM PDT

Reuters - Over "midnight chow" just hours before leaving Iraq, U.S. soldiers had no illusions about the challenges that lie ahead for the Baghdad government.

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