2010年12月14日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Sunni-backed politician to join Iraqi government (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST

In this Saturday, June 19, 2010 file picture former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 19, 2010. The head of a Sunni-backed political party will join the Shiite-led government being assembled by his top rival, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, clearing a final hurdle to end months of tortuous, postelection dealmaking.Former Premier Ayad Allawi had held out for months, insisting that he or one of his allies should be the next prime minister since his secular Iraqiya party narrowly won more seats than any other alliance in the March parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban/File)AP - The head of a Sunni-backed political party will join the Shiite-led government being assembled by his top rival, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, clearing a final hurdle to end months of tortuous, postelection dealmaking.

U.S. wants U.N. to lift ban on Iraq nuclear imports (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:39 PM PST

Reuters - The United States hopes the U.N. Security Council will lift restrictions on the import of nuclear technology to Iraq, even though Baghdad has not ratified a U.N. agreement on tough atomic inspections.

Iraqi shoe thrower signs his first book in Beirut (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 12:12 PM PST

Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi speaks to The Associated Press during the signing of his first book entitled 'The Last Salute to President Bush,' in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Al-Zeidi who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad in 2008, says he is suing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a Swiss court for his detention and alleged torture during the nine months he spent in custody. The Arabic on placard reads:' Muntadhar al-Zeidi, The Last Salute to President Bush.' (AP Photo/Grace Kassab)AP - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush said Tuesday he is suing Iraq's prime minister for his detention and alleged torture during the nine months he spent in custody.

Bomb kills three at Baghdad Shiite ceremony (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:44 AM PST

Shiite Muslims act the story of Imam Hussein in an Ashura ritual in the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq on Tuesday. A roadside bomb ripped through a Shiite procession marking the Ashura rituals in west Baghdad, killing three worshippers, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A roadside bomb ripped through a Shiite procession marking the Ashura rituals in west Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three worshippers, an interior ministry official said.

Roadside bombs kills 3, wound 32 in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 07:35 AM PST

This undated image provided by SITE Intelligence Group and taken from a jihadist web site purports to show Taimour Abdulwahab, a 28 year-old an Iraqi-born Swede who spent much of the past decade in Britain, and the man whom Swedish authorities say blew himself up in a botched suicide bombing in Stockholm Saturday Dec. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESReuters - Two roadside bombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq killed three people and wounded at least 32 others on Tuesday ahead of a Shi'ite religious event, Interior Ministry and police sources said.

UN to end Saddam-era sanctions on Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:42 AM PST

Two Iraqi women take part in a protest against power in Baghdad inn June, rejecting the government's explanation that years of UN sanctions helped cause the power shortage. Diplomats say the UN Security Council willend a swathe of Saddam Hussein-era sanctions against Iraq in a sign of the changes in the country.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The UN Security Council will on Wednesday end a swathe of Saddam Hussein-era sanctions against Iraq in a sign of the changes in the country, diplomats said.

Iraqi forces face key security test over Ashura (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:58 AM PST

Iraqi soldiers protect a Shiite Muslim Ashura procession in the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq on Monday. Iraqi forces will provide security for Ashura ceremonies this week in Karbala with no active support from US forces, in a key test of their capabilities ahead of an American pullout in a year.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Iraqi forces will provide security for Ashura ceremonies this week in Karbala with no active support from US forces, in a key test of their capabilities ahead of an American pullout in a year.

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