2010年8月29日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Joy and tears greet US Army troops back from Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:41 PM PDT

A US army soldier from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as the Old Guard, carries two of his daughters as his wife holds a third after they were reunited upon his return from a 12-month deployment in Iraq at Fort Myer, Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington. Mothers cried and children squealed with delight as the troops arrived back.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Mothers cried and children squealed with delight as a company of US troops arrived back from Iraq on Saturday, after a year-long tour marked by desert heat and monotony.

For Iraq war veterans, 'invisible wounds' that never heal (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:39 PM PDT

US soldiers stand next to army vehicles during a logistical operation to clear equipment and heavy machinery from the Balad military base, north of Baghdad, on August 27, a week before the US military is due to end its combat mission in the country.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Knocked unconscious when a roadside bomb sent his armored vehicle flying in Iraq, US Army Lieutenant Mike McMichael's life has been haunted ever since by invisible wounds that never seem to heal.

Iraq recovers 90 percent of US computers: customs (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:12 PM PDT

A young Iraqi boy is given as bag of school goodies by a member of the Iraqi military in 2009. Iraq's top customs official on Sunday said 90 percent of a multi-million dollar batch of US-purchased computers destined for schoolchildren but allegedly sold off on the cheap had been recovered.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Iraq's top customs official on Sunday said 90 percent of a multi-million dollar batch of US-purchased computers destined for schoolchildren but allegedly sold off on the cheap had been recovered.

Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama's message this weekend that Iraq would "chart its own course" may have been welcome news for war-weary Americans, but it has fueled anxieties about the future among Iraqis.

Iraq says sale of donated U.S. computers legal (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:03 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers unload equipment donated by the U.S. military in the holy city of Najaf July 4, 2005. The equipment included computers, printers, and various types of munitions. REUTERS/Abu Ali ShishReuters - Computer equipment worth $1.9 million which the U.S. military says was a gift for Iraqi schoolchildren but was auctioned off for less than $50,000 was sold legally, Iraq's customs authority said Sunday.

AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:18 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 photo, a worker walks through the nearly-complete waste water treatment site in Fallujah, Iraq, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad. The system is almost finished — at a cost of more than three times the original estimate and four years past the initial deadline. This site is among hundreds of projects funded by U.S. taxpayers that remain abandoned or incomplete, wasting more than $5 billion, according to auditors. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets

Baghdad slams 'illegal' RWE gas deal with Iraqi Kurds (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Iraq on Sunday slammed as AFP - Iraq on Sunday slammed as "illegal" an agreement between its autonomous Kurdistan region and the German energy firm RWE that is expected to help supply the planned Nabucco gas pipeline to Europe.

US remains at forefront of Iraq's 'trigger line' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:12 PM PDT

A US soldier stands outside a school during a patrol at a neighbourhood in Kirkuk, north Baghdad, on August 27, 2010. After the US-led invasion seven years ago, Kurdish forces advanced south and west, staking a claim over what many in Kirkuk and the nearby provinces of Nineveh and Diyala say is Arab land.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - When the US army ends its Iraq combat mission this week, Captain TJ Tepley will stay on the frontline -- keeping the peace at the centre of what commanders say is the country's biggest challenge.

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