2010年10月10日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Allawi, Saudi king discuss Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Former Iraqi prime Minister Iyad Allawi, pictured in September 2010, held talks on Iraq with Saudi King Abdullah Sunday as Baghdad marked seven months of political stalemate after the March elections.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - Former Iraqi prime Minister Iyad Allawi held talks on Iraq with Saudi King Abdullah Sunday as Baghdad marked seven months of political stalemate after the March elections.


Iraq's ambassador back in Damascus as year-long spat ends (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:33 PM PDT

In a handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in 2009, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (2-L) watches as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) shakes hands with Iraq's then newly appointed ambassador to Syria, Alaa Hussein al-Jawadi (C), at the presidential palace in Damascus. Iraq's ambassador to Syria resumed his duties on Sunday after a year-long spat.(AFP/SANA/File)AFP - Iraq's ambassador to Syria resumed his duties on Sunday after a year-long spat between the neighbours sparked by massive car bombs Baghdad said were plotted in Damascus, an Iraqi diplomat said.


US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:38 PM PDT

AP - Army Sgt. John F. Burner III

Sunni-backed bloc bending on Iraqi premiership (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. A Kurdish political negotiator says his bloc is close to a deal that would give Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki enough parliament seats to keep power and form a new government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - The Sunni-backed political coalition that narrowly won the most votes in Iraq's parliamentary election appeared Sunday to be giving up its demand for the premiership, boosting the Shiite prime minister's drive to keep his job.


Iraqi court frees accused in killing of six British soldiers (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Iraqi workers load the wreckage of the British truck as it prepares to leave the police station in the Shiite Muslim town of Al-Majar Al-Kabir after it was burned by rioters, 2003. An Iraqi court has freed two men accused of being part of a hundreds-strong mob that killed six British troops in 2003, angering the soldiers' parents but drawing smiles from those in the courtroom.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AFP - An Iraqi court on Sunday freed two men accused of being part of a hundreds-strong mob that killed six British troops in 2003, angering the soldiers' parents but drawing smiles from those in the courtroom.


Court acquits Iraqis of killing six British soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

Reuters - An Iraqi court Sunday cleared two Iraqis accused of killing six British soldiers who were attacked by a mob during a protest in southern Iraq in 2003, saying there was not enough evidence to convict the men.

Iraq broadcasts confessions by al Qaeda insurgents (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Two men arrested in Iraq over suicide bomb attacks on embassies and a foreign television office were shown on state TV Sunday confessing that they worked for al Qaeda.

Iraqi court drops case in British soldier slayings (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT

AP - A Baghdad court on Sunday cleared two Iraqi men accused of taking part in the 2003 mob slaying of six British soldiers in southern Iraq, saying there was no eyewitnesses to link the men to the killings.

Baghdad Walk-About: Touring the Tigris -- and the Streets (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:50 PM PDT

Time.com - TIME's former bureau chief takes a boat ride on the river, a rare experience for foreigners -- and then an unusual cab ride home.

Baghdad Walkabout: On the Other Side of the River (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:50 PM PDT

Time.com - A former U.S. soldier takes a ride on the Tigris and stops for tea in a shop reconstructed after 2007 blast
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