2010年11月29日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq forces thwart attack against French embassy: general (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:34 AM PST

Guards stand outside the heavily fortified French Embassy in Baghdad in 2005. Iraqi forces have thwarted an attempt by a suicide bomber to blow up a vehicle by the French embassy in Baghdad, an Iraqi general told AFP on Monday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Iraqi forces thwarted an attempt by a suicide bomber to blow up a vehicle by the French embassy using intelligence gathered after a bloodbath at a Baghdad cathedral, a general told AFP on Monday.


Iraq court gives Tariq Aziz new 10 year sentence (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:53 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2010 file photo, Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's long time foreign minister, speaks to the Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi court on Monday convicted Tariq Aziz of terrorizing Shiite Kurds during the Iran-Iraq war, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. The jail term piles a new penalty on the 74-year-old Aziz, who already faces an execution sentence from another case. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - An Iraqi court on Monday convicted Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's longtime foreign minister, of terrorizing Shiite Kurds during the Iran-Iraq war, sentencing him to 10 years in prison.


Baghdad needs $100 billion for new homes: mayor (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:09 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq needs an investment of $100 billion under a plan to build a million new homes in the capital and meet a shortfall in residential property for its growing population, Baghdad's mayor said on Monday.

Iraq's Aziz gets 10 years jail for Kurd killings (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:32 AM PST

An Iraqi court has sentenced former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz to 10 years in prison for the killing of minority Faili Kurds during the rule of Saddam Hussein. He had already been sentenced to death.(AFP/File/Karen Ballard)AFP - An Iraqi court sentenced former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz to 10 years in prison on Monday for the killing of minority Faili Kurds during the rule of Saddam Hussein.


(AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST

AP - Iran's president confirms that a computer worm targeting nuclear program affected centrifuges.

Iraqi FM calls WikiLeaks 'unhelpful' (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 11:40 PM PST

AP - Iraq's foreign minister has criticized the leak of thousands of American diplomatic cables that detail U.S. concerns over Iranian involvement in Iraq.
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