2010年9月8日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,418 (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:09 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at least 4,418 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Bombs targeting Iraqi police kill three in Baghdad (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:32 AM PDT

Bomb scene : The shattered windscreen of a vehicle is seen as Iraqis gather along Al-Sheikh Omar Street in the centre of the capital Baghdad, after two near-simultaneous roadside bombs detonated. (AFP/Ali al-Saadi)Reuters - A car bomb and a roadside bomb exploded near a bus terminal in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding a score of others, police and interior ministry sources said.


Gunmen kill Iraqi TV journalist in Mosul (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:12 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces patrol the streets of Baghdad. A car bomb and several roadside blasts killed three people and wounded dozens in Baghdad on Wednesday morning, health and security officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Gunmen on Wednesday killed an Iraqi TV journalist, the second to be slain in Iraq in as many days, highlighting the dangers media workers continue to face in the country seven years after the U.S.-led invasion.


Iraq police arrest brother of US soldiers' killer (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT

US soldiers are seen parked up close to the Baghdad Governorate building on September 8, a day after two US soldiers were shot dead by an Iraqi soldier in the northern Al-Saadiq Air Base near the town of Tuz Khurmatu in Salaheddin province. Police on Wednesday detained the brother of the Iraqi soldier killed after gunning down two American troops and wounding nine others.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Police on Wednesday detained the brother of an Iraqi soldier killed after gunning down two American troops and wounding nine others, the first US deaths since combat operations were declared over.


Five killed in attacks as Baghdad bans motorcycles (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:57 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces patrol the streets of Baghdad. A spate of bomb attacks and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday killed five people, including a television presenter, as Baghdad imposed a ban on motorcycles ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A spate of bomb attacks and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday killed five people, including a television presenter, as Baghdad imposed a ban on motorcycles ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.


Iraqi soldier guns down US troops after sports row (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:17 PM PDT

A US soldier watches a change of command ceremony in Baghdad. US and Iraqi forces opened an investigation on Wednesday after two American soldiers were gunned down by an Iraqi comrade following an argument over a sports match.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - US and Iraqi forces opened an investigation on Wednesday after two American soldiers were gunned down by an Iraqi comrade following an argument over a sports match.


542 antiquities looted in Iraq war return home. Where are the rest? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Gold earrings made for an Assyrian queen, a sacred 4,000-year-old statue, and 540 other looted pieces of Iraq’s ancient history were formally returned to Iraq on Monday in what was billed as a triumph of justice and international cooperation.
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