2010年9月10日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US, Iraq sign deal to settle Saddam-era claims (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:22 PM PDT

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder addresses Vermont National Guard soldiers about to depart for Iraq in South Burlington, Vt., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. The U.S. attorney general is visiting Vermont and spoke at a conference on drug abuse and its effects. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Iraq has agreed to pay $400 million to Americans who say they were abused by Saddam Hussein's regime, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Friday.


US pushing new Iraq compromise plan: report (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:04 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured on June 7. The United States is pushing a new power-sharing deal in Iraq that could solve the political deadlock by retaining Maliki but curbing his power, a report said(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The United States is pushing a new power-sharing deal in Iraq that could solve the political deadlock by retaining Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki but curbing his power, a report said Friday.


Iraq to pay $400 million for Saddam's mistreatment of Americans (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraq has quietly agreed to pay $400 million in claims to American citizens who say they were tortured or traumatized by Saddam Hussein’s regime after his 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
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