2010年11月30日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


'Sarkozy the American' mulled troops for Iraq: WikiLeaks (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:43 PM PST

Even before his election, President Nicolas Sarkozy, pictured on November 23, convinced the US he was the most pro-American French leader since the war and even discussed sending French troops to Iraq, leaked cables showed.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - Even before his election, President Nicolas Sarkozy convinced the US he was the most pro-American French leader since the war and even discussed sending French troops to Iraq, leaked cables showed.


Tariq Aziz Given 10 Years; Fates of Other Iraqi Leaders (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:06 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - The New York Times reports that former Saddam Hussein adviser Tariq Aziz has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for terrorizing Shiite Kurds during the Iran-Iraq war.

Disputes again delay nationwide census in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:36 AM PST

Even before his election, President Nicolas Sarkozy, pictured on November 23, convinced the US he was the most pro-American French leader since the war and even discussed sending French troops to Iraq, leaked cables showed.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)AP - Iraq's government said Tuesday it will again delay a nationwide census that could determine the real numbers of the country's religious and ethnic groups.


Iraq delays first census since 1987 over land row (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:40 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone again the nation's first full census in more than two decades as it struggles to end a longstanding dispute between majority Arabs and minority Kurds over land and oil.

Iraq indefinitely delays census: minister (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:45 AM PST

A view of the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the Tigris River which runs north-south through the country. Iraq has once again postponed its first census in more than 20 years, this time indefinitely, because of Kurdish-Arab wrangling over disputed areas in the north, a deputy minister said.(AFP/File)AFP - Iraq has once again postponed its first census in more than 20 years, this time indefinitely, because of Kurdish-Arab wrangling over disputed areas in the north, a deputy minister said on Tuesday.


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