2010年10月3日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Key Sunni: Iraq facing 'last chance' for democracy (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:21 AM PDT

Atheel al-Nujaifi, governor of Iraq's Ninevah province, talks to The Associated Press in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. The Iraqi governor and leading Sunni politician says democracy will be threatened if Iraq's Shiite prime minister keeps his job. Ninevah Gov. Atheel al-Nujaifi said in an Associated Press interview Sunday that Iraq is 'headed for a dictatorship' if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki secures a second term. (AP Photo)AP - An Iraqi governor and leading Sunni politician said Sunday that the nation's "last chance for democracy" could be derailed if the Shiite prime minister keeps his job despite losing to a Sunni-backed coalition in elections seven months ago.

Iraq postpones nationwide census: minister (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:47 AM PDT

View of Baghdad and the Tigris River. Iraq has postponed its first census in more than two decades because of political wrangling over disputed areas in the country's north, a deputy minister told AFP.(AFP/Str)AFP - Iraq again postponed its first census in more than two decades because of political wrangling over disputed areas in the country's north, a deputy minister said on Sunday.

Iraq crackdown on bombers brings silenced killings (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Militants in Iraq are resorting increasingly to guns with silencers to attack security forces and government officials, as successes against insurgents have made it harder for them to carry out trademark bombings.

In Northern Iraq, a Population Census Raises Tensions (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Everyone from the Kurds to the Arabs to the Turkmen wants a big share of Kirkuk, the ancient but oil-soaked Iraqi city. But a census may give the Kurds the best argument to take it all

Iraq's Military Flexes to Deter Any Sunni Backlash (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Time.com - As Sunnis bristle at being shut out of power by a new intra-Shi'ite political pact, the army beefs up security in former hotbeds of insurgency. But the resultant friction could trigger the backlash it aims to prevent

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