2010年12月23日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

War trauma treatment center assists Iraqi refugees (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:15 PM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2010, photo, Khalid, left, and Ekhlas Gorgees are interviewed in Sterling Heights, Mich. Ekhlas recounts the horrific traumas she and her family endured in Iraq. Such tales are told with increasing frequency at the home to a new center for victims of torture and war in Sterling Heights. The center opened in October by the nonprofit Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Ekhlas Gorgees kept her composure as she recounted the horrific traumas she and her family endured in Iraq.

Iraqi general gunned down in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:03 AM PST

Iraqi troops search a vehicle in Baghdad. Gunmen using silenced weapons have killed two motorists in Baghdad, including an Iraqi brigadier general, and wounded a third, the defence and interior ministries said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Gunmen using silenced weapons have killed three people in Baghdad, including an Iraqi brigadier general, and wounded two others, the defence and interior ministries said on Thursday.

Women press for more jobs in new Iraqi cabinet (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:34 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's female lawmakers and rights advocates said they will push hard for jobs in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's unfinished cabinet, after he named only one woman to the inner circle of his new government.

Bleak Christmas for Iraq's Qaeda-hit Christians (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:49 AM PST

A shrine for Iraqi Christians who were killed in Al-Qaeda siege is erected at the Sayidat al-Nejat (Our Lady of Salvation) Church in Baghdad on December 23. Faced with renewed threats by Al-Qaeda and still mourning the church massacre, Christmas for Iraq's Christian community will this year be a time of fear and cancelled celebrations rather than rejoicing.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Faced with renewed threats by Al-Qaeda and still mourning a church massacre, Christmas for Iraq's Christian community will this year be a time of fear and cancelled celebrations rather than rejoicing.

Iraq arrests 93 in anti-Qaeda sweep (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:36 AM PST

Iraqi forces have arrested 93 suspects, including 60 wanted men, in a crackdown on Al-Qaeda in Anbar province, defence ministry spokesman Major General Mohammed al-Askari, pictured in 2009, said.(AFP/File/ALI AL-SAADI)AFP - Iraqi forces have arrested 93 suspects, including 60 wanted men, in a crackdown on Al-Qaeda in Anbar province, defence ministry spokesman Major General Mohammed al-Askari said on Thursday.

Iran hopes new Iraq cabinet gets 'occupiers' out (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:12 AM PST

Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki (front-right) poses for a group picture with his new cabinet during a parliamentary session in Baghdad on December 21. Iran expressed hope that the new Iraqi government would help stabilise the war-torn country and lead to the exit of the AFP - Iran expressed hope on Thursday that the new Iraqi government would help stabilise the war-torn country and lead to the exit of the "occupiers," the ISNA news agency reported.

Southern Iraqi city eyes break from Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:01 PM PST

AP - Over a recent dinner, two friends — both local businessmen — dished over a simmering topic in Iraq's oil-rich port city: whether to boost Basra's future by partially breaking away from the federal government in Baghdad.

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