2010年9月30日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Kurdish rebels extend cease-fire against Turkey (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:15 AM PDT

AP - A leader of Kurdish rebels seeking greater autonomy in Turkey said Thursday the group will extend its unilateral cease-fire for another month in hopes of opening talks with Turkish leaders.

Turkey's Kurdish rebels extend ceasefire for month (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 08:54 AM PDT

Reuters - The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebel group extended a ceasefire with Turkey by one month on Thursday, a move it said is meant to foster efforts to end a war that has killed 40,000 people.

Failed bank heist in Baghdad leaves 3 dead (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 07:57 AM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard outside the branch of the state-run al-Rafidain bank in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Iraqi security officials say a gang using bombs and weapons tried to storm the bank in a failed robbery attempt that killed some policemen. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A gang using bombs and automatic weapons tried to storm a bank in Baghdad in a failed robbery Thursday that officials said left three people dead, including two policemen.


Iraq security forces stymie Baghdad bank robbery (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 06:08 AM PDT

Reuters - Security forces foiled an attempt to rob a state-run Baghdad bank on Thursday after gunmen detonated bombs to distract guards, but two police officers were killed in a shootout with the attackers, security sources said.

High court looks at military funeral protests (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 03:59 AM PDT

Albert Snyder, 55, talks about his son, Matthew, a Marine who was killed in Iraq, and about the upcoming Supreme Court case that will focus on a lawsuit he filed against Rev. Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church for protesting his son's funeral Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in York, Pa. The court is set to decide whether members of a fundamentalist church in Kansas who picketed Matthew's funeral with signs bearing anti-gay and anti-Catholic invective have a constitutional right to say what they want. (AP Photo/Ann Foster)AP - One thing Al Snyder wants to make clear: His boy fought and died for freedom in Iraq, but not for the right of some "wackos" to spew hate at soldiers' funerals under the protection of the Constitution.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,424 (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 07:50 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, Sept. 29, at least 4,424 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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