2010年11月18日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq vet convicted in slaying of college student (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:56 PM PST

Murder defendant Courtney Lockhart enters the courtroom to hear closing arguments in his capital murder trial in Opelika, Ala., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. Lockhart is charged in the killing of Auburn University student Lauren Burk. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - A former Army soldier who claimed to be mentally disturbed from his deployment in Iraq was convicted of capital murder Thursday in the abduction and shooting death of an Auburn University student from Georgia.


U.S. says Iraq pullout won't cause dramatic violence (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:23 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. military's planned withdrawal from Iraq by the end of next year is not expected to trigger a dramatic increase in violence, a senior U.S. defense official told Congress Thursday.

Iraq president opposes Tariq Aziz's death sentence (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 1998 file photo, former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz stands to attention as the Iraqi national anthem is played at a conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's president said Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010 he won't sign off on a death penalty sentence against one of Saddam Hussein's closest confidantes, Tariq Aziz, setting the stage for a possible battle over the fate of the man known as the international face of the dictator's regime.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)AP - Iraq's president declared on Wednesday that he will not sign off on the hanging of Tariq Aziz, joining the Vatican and others in objecting to the death sentence for a man who for years was the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime.


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