2010年11月15日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Dozens of soldiers mark Veterans' Day by becoming Americans (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:00 PM PST

US female soldiers hug eachothers after being granted US citizenship during a naturalisation ceremony at al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory on November 11. Sitting along three rows of seats underneath the cavernous dome of Iraq's Saddam-era al-Faw Palace, 50 US soldiers hailing from Trinidad to Tianjin awaited a brief ceremony that would make them, once and for all, American citizens.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Sitting along three rows of seats underneath the cavernous dome of Iraq's Saddam-era al-Faw Palace, 50 US soldiers hailing from Trinidad to Tianjin awaited a brief ceremony that would make them, once and for all, American citizens.


Two Christians among seven dead in Iraq unrest (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:38 AM PST

Candles forming the shape of a cross surround the names of the church carnage victims during Sunday mass at the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral in central Baghdad on November 14. Violence around Iraq killed seven people on Monday, including two Christians gunned down in their home in the latest in a spate of attacks targeting the minority community, security officials said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Violence around Iraq killed seven people on Monday, including two Christian friends gunned down in one of their homes in the latest in a spate of attacks targeting the minority community, security officials said.


Car bombs kill prison commander in north Iraq (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:47 AM PST

US forces train their Iraqi counterparts on counter-insurgency tactics in the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk on November 12. Violence in central and northern Iraq killed nine people, four of them troops, on Sunday, security officials said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AP - A prison commander and his body guard were killed on Monday when twin car bombs detonated outside a residential complex housing prison guards and staff in northern Iraq, officials said.


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