2010年12月24日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US troops in Iraq celebrate Christmas (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST

U.S. troops praying during a Christmas Eve mass in a chapel at an American military base in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 24,  2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - It's the fourth time Chief Warrant Officer Archie Morgan is celebrating Christmas in Iraq but he is not complaining.


Iraqi dad says killed daughter linked to al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 11:47 AM PST

Iraqi Christians pray for peace in Iraq during a mass on Christmas Eve at Christ church in Amman December 24, 2010. Thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled to neighbouring Jordan and other countries following a spate of insurgent attacks that have targeted churches in Iraqi cities. In its latest threat, the Islamic State of Iraq, the local affiliate of al Qaeda, said this week that Iraqi Christians risked further attacks unless they pressured the Christian church in Egypt to release a group of people it said the church was holding after they had converted to Islam.  REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - When police came hunting for a 19-year-old woman they believed had been recruited by al-Qaida to be a suicide bomber in a town north of Baghdad, they found she was already dead: Slain by her father, who told police he strangled his daughter out of shame and then cut her throat.


Baghdad church marks Christmas Eve despite threats (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:49 AM PST

An Iraqi woman prays as some 40 Christians take part in the Christmas service at Saint Joseph's Chaldean Catholic Church in central Baghdad despite Al-Qaeda threats and less than two months after a massacre at another church in the city.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Despite Al-Qaeda threats, about 40 worshippers gathered to mark Christmas Eve at the Saint Joseph church in central Baghdad on Friday, less than two months after a massacre at another church in the city.


Iraqi kills daughter who wanted to be suicide bomber (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 07:18 AM PST

Iraqi Christians pray for peace in Iraq during a mass on Christmas Eve at Christ church in Amman December 24, 2010. Thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled to neighbouring Jordan and other countries following a spate of insurgent attacks that have targeted churches in Iraqi cities. In its latest threat, the Islamic State of Iraq, the local affiliate of al Qaeda, said this week that Iraqi Christians risked further attacks unless they pressured the Christian church in Egypt to release a group of people it said the church was holding after they had converted to Islam.  REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - An Iraqi man killed and buried his teenaged daughter after learning she had intended to become a suicide bomber for al Qaeda, a security official said on Friday.


House bombings kill five in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:11 AM PST

The ninth-century Malwiya minaret in the Iraqi city of Samarra, where two policemen died when gunmen ambushed them. Also on Friday, Two houses were blown up south of Baghdad, killing five people, including three children.(AFP/-)AFP - Two houses were blown up on Friday south of Baghdad, killing five people, including three children, and wounding four other people, Iraqi police said.


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