2010年9月23日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Fallujah raid highlights Iraq's security concerns (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, people mourn during a funeral procession for victims of a raid in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq. The official reckoning of what happened Sept. 15 is still under wraps. Iraqi authorities have opened an investigation and the U.S. military declined to give details until the inquest is completed on the raid — some of the first major ground fighting for U.S. troops since President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations more than three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Bilal Fawzi, File)AP - For a few hours last week, a part of Fallujah was a flashback to the depths of the Iraq war when insurgents ruled the city and its streets were shooting galleries.


Baghdad gunmen kill army officer in ambush (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT

An injured man is rushed into a hospital after a bomb hidden under a car exploded at al-Ghadir area in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.The explosion killed and wounded a number of people, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Gunmen opened fire on the car of an army officer assigned to protect Iraqi Cabinet members, killing him and wounding his wife and son in the second attack Thursday targeting staff from Iraq's government offices, officials said.


Five killed in Baghdad violence, including four young boys (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:31 AM PDT

Family members lower a coffin of a victim killed in a car bomb on September 20. Five people were killed in violence in Baghdad on Thursday, including four young boys in a bomb attack, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Five people were killed in violence in Baghdad on Thursday, including four young boys in a bomb attack, an interior ministry official said.


Iraq oil exports slightly down in August: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:04 AM PDT

An engineer works at the Barjisiya oil fields in southern Iraq. Iraq's oil exports dipped slightly in August, but still topped 55 million barrels and brought in nearly four billion dollars in revenues, according to the oil ministry.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq's oil exports dipped slightly in August, but still topped 55 million barrels and brought in nearly four billion dollars in revenues, the oil ministry said on Thursday.


Neighbours call on Iraq to form a govt (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:41 AM PDT

Former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi answers questions during a press conference in May 2010. Allawi's Iraqiya bloc came first in the legislative election but he has accused Iran of preventing him from forming a new government.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - The interior ministers of neighbouring countries have called on Iraq to form a government as soon as possible and pledged increased cooperation in fighting terrorism.


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