2010年10月28日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Last US marine to face court-martial in Haditha killings (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:22 PM PDT

A video grab provided by Hamourabi Human Rights in 2006 shows bodies of Iraqis which Hamourabi says were shot dead in the town of Haditha, in Iraq's western Anbar province. The last Marine officer charged in the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in the central Iraqi city of Haditha will be court-martialed starting Tuesday, military officials said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - The last Marine officer charged in the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in the central Iraqi city of Haditha will be court-martialed starting Tuesday, military officials said.


Iraqi lawmakers demand inquiry of abuse claims (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT

A video grab provided by Hamourabi Human Rights in 2006 shows bodies of Iraqis which Hamourabi says were shot dead in the town of Haditha, in Iraq's western Anbar province. The last Marine officer charged in the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in the central Iraqi city of Haditha will be court-martialed starting Tuesday, military officials said.(AFP/HO/File)AP - The Iraqi prime minister's political opponents demanded Thursday that parliament hold a special session to investigate claims that prisoners have been tortured by his government.


Iran, Iraq, meet over search for 1980-88 war missing (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

A procession of coffins carrying the remains of Iranian soldiers are carried home at the Iraq-Iran Shalamjah border crossing some 15 kms southeast of the city of Basra in 2008. Iran and Iraq have held a meeting in Geneva to spur efforts to trace people reported missing on both sides following the 1980-1988 war between the two countries, the ICRC said Thursday.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Iran and Iraq have held a meeting in Geneva to spur efforts to trace people reported missing on both sides following the 1980-1988 war between the two countries, the ICRC said Thursday.


A new effort to preserve Iraq's rich biodiversity, from mountains to marshes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:37 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On this mountainside in Iraqi Kurdistan, botanists are gathering hundreds of plant samples in an effort to protect their country’s diverse environment, ranging from northern mountain ranges to the marshes of southern Iraq.

The Tariq Aziz Sentencing: A Welcome Diversion for Maliki? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:25 AM PDT

Time.com - As the man who would remain Iraqi Prime Minister battles to remain in charge, a death sentence may help quiet a contoversy brought on by the latest WikiLeaks revelations
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