2010年12月17日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq's Sadr in war of words with splinter group (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:49 AM PST

Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, pictured in July 2010, was engaged in a war of words on Friday with a splinter group from his movement that has claimed the kidnap of several British and US contractors in Iraq.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was engaged in a war of words on Friday with a splinter group from his movement that has claimed the kidnap of several British and US contractors in Iraq.

Allawi says will join Iraq govt if given real power (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:03 AM PST

Reuters - Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Friday he will join a new Iraqi government led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki if the premier follows through on promises and makes him a genuine partner.

'Exodus' of Iraqi Christians after church attack: UNHCR (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST

Young Iraqi Christian girls sit next to aid they received from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil in November 2010. The UN refugee agency said Friday an AFP - The UN refugee agency said Friday an "exodus" of thousands of Iraqi Christians was taking place following a deadly church attack in Baghdad carried out by Al-Qaeda militants at the end of October.

Millions throng Iraq's Karbala for Ashura finale (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 08:38 AM PST

Iraqi Shiite men flagellate themselves outside a mosque during a ritual in Baghdad during the Ashura commemorations. Iraqi forces looked set to pass a key test as Ashura reached its climax with two million Shiite pilgrims in the holy city of Karbala under heavy security for fear of attacks.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi forces seemed to have passed a key test as Ashura concluded on Friday, with two million Shiite pilgrims completing rituals in the holy city of Karbala under heavy security for fear of attacks.

UN raps Sweden for deporting Iraqi Christians (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 08:38 AM PST

AP - The U.N. criticized Sweden on Friday for deporting five Iraqi Christians back to their homeland as Iraq's Christian community comes under severe threat of militant attacks.

Iraqi Christians flee to Kurdish areas or abroad: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 07:37 AM PST

Reuters - Thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes to semi-autonomous Kurdish areas and neighboring countries since a Catholic church in Baghdad was attacked six weeks ago, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.

Iraq offers Iran anti-terror help (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 02:00 AM PST

Iranians survey the carnage outside Jameh mosque in Zahedan, July 2010. Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani offered Tehran his ministry's support and experience in fighting terror, just days after a suicide bomber killed 34 people in southeastern Iran.(AFP/File/Amir Rasheki)AFP - Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani offered Tehran his ministry's support and experience in fighting terror Friday, just days after a suicide bomber killed 34 people in southeastern Iran.

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