2010年9月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi: Saddam 'delighted' in terror attacks on US (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 06:17 PM PDT

Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister speaks to the Associated Press in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Aziz who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime predicts he'll die in an Iraqi prison, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, a prominent member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, told the FBI that the dictator "delighted" in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa but had no interest in partnering with Osama bin Laden, declassified documents show.

From start, Bush team focused on war with Iraq: documents (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Smoke covers the presidential palace compound in Baghdad, on March 21, 2003 during a massive US-led air raid on the Iraqi capital. Former president George W. Bush's advisers focused on toppling Saddam Hussein's regime as soon as he took office and discussed how to justify a war in Iraq shortly after invading Afghanistan in 2001, official documents showed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - Former president George W. Bush's advisers focused on toppling Saddam Hussein's regime as soon as he took office and discussed how to justify a war in Iraq shortly after invading Afghanistan in 2001, official documents showed Wednesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,421 (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:26 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, at least 4,421 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Two Iraqis jailed for life for UN bombing, French kidnap (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT

A car burns outside the United Nations headquarters at the Canal Hotel in eastern Baghdad in 2003. A court sentenced two Iraqis to life in jail on Wednesday for taking part in the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad and the kidnap of two French journalists a year later.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - A court sentenced two Iraqis to life in jail on Wednesday for taking part in the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad and the kidnap of two French journalists a year later.

Group of Iraqis deported from Europe return home (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:15 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a road side bomb, which exploded near the Karrada municipality office in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The explosion wounded a number of people, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Several dozen Iraqis who failed to gain asylum in Europe returned to Iraq on Wednesday despite concerns the country is still too dangerous, the U.N. refugee agency said.

How goes Iraq? view from a bookstore is revealing (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 09:00 PM PDT

In this Aug. 8, 2010 photo, Mohammed Hanash Abbas, a book dealer, right, helps clients at his shop in Baghdad. The 'Iqra'a' bookstore on Mutanabi street has more than tripled in size in the last two years, and business has grown 50 percent since 2003. But the store's owners say the future is uncertain as long as they can't count on safe streets, stable government and reliable electricity supplies. The future also depends on how the Iraqi police and military manage without the Americans, all of whom will be gone by the end of next year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Iqraa bookstore on Mutanabi street has more than tripled in size in the last two years. Business is up 50 percent since 2003.

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