2010年12月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


German FM in Iraq for trade talks (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, seen here in August 2010, has arrived in Baghdad on a surprise visit to hold talks with Iraqi leaders.(AFP/File/Johannes Eisele)AFP - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday and held talks with Iraqi leaders to promote trade and voice concern over attacks against minority Christians.


Baghdad bombs targeting Shiite areas kill 17 (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST

Iraqi security forces stand guard at the scene of a roadside bomb attack which targeted a government convoy in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A string of bombings killed 17 people across Iraq's capital on Saturday, including Iranian pilgrims near a revered shrine and shoppers at a Shiite neighborhood market, authorities said.


Iran pilgrims among 13 dead in Iraq bombings: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:01 AM PST

In this Dec. 3, 2010 photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Mary Katzenberger smiles as she wears a patch reading 'Iraqi Freedom Veteran- U.S. Army' on her backpack at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga. after an 18-hour journey home from a yearlong deployment in Iraq. Sgt. Katzenberger, from Las Cruces, N.M., was deployed alongside her husband in Iraq with 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.More than seven years after 1st Brigade entered Baghdad as the first conventional U.S. forces in Iraq, its soldiers are coming home from a yearlong deployment that saw the end of combat operations.  (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Reuters - A series of explosions, two of them targeting Iranian pilgrims, killed a total of 13 people in Iraq on Saturday and wounded more than 80, sources said.


US tries to keep troops in Iraq away from WikiLeaks (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 03:40 AM PST

A US soldier patrols a Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad. The US military in Iraq is trying to prevent soldiers from viewing WikiLeaks documents and has posted a web advisory suggesting they could be breaking the law, a spokeswoman has said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - The US military in Iraq is trying to prevent soldiers from viewing WikiLeaks documents and has posted a web advisory suggesting they could be breaking the law, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.


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