2011年1月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Biden visits Baghdad 'to celebrate progress' (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:38 AM PST

US Vice President Joe Biden escorted by US Army commander in Iraq, Lt General Lloyd Austin, arrives to meet US soldiers at Baghdad's Camp Victory. Biden came to Iraq on Thursday AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden came to Iraq on Thursday "to help Iraqis celebrate" progress, he said, while warning during his surprise visit that Baghdad's forces will continue to need American support.


Sadr return complicates US troop presence in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:22 AM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, appearing withU.S. service members, pauses during a speech at al-Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011.  Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. should make sure Iraq's stability and democracy are strong enough to make it 'a country that was worthy of the sacrifices' the American military suffered during eight years of war before the final troops depart. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Iraqi politicians face the contentious question this year of whether to ask U.S. troops to stay beyond an end-of-2011 deadline for their departure. That decision has become far more complicated with the return to Iraq of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.


Mich. jury deciding fate of accused Iraqi agent (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 02:23 PM PST

AP - Calling it a case of betrayal, a prosecutor urged jurors Thursday to convict a former Army translator who is charged with concealing his role as an agent of the Iraqi government in the U.S. in the 1990s.

Biden addresses US troops in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:41 AM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, walks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, after his arrival for a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Biden arrived in Iraq early Thursday for talks with the new government's leaders about the future of American troops in the country as they prepare to leave at year's end. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. should make sure Iraq's stability and democracy are strong enough to make it "a country that was worthy of the sacrifices" the American military suffered during eight years of war.


Baghdad violence kills three, wounds 14 (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:00 AM PST

An Iraqi army officer stands next to confiscated weapons and explosives displayed at a base in Taji. Three bombings near mosques in central and northern Baghdad on Thursday killed two people, and gunmen also killed a jewellery shop owner, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Three bombings near mosques in central and northern Baghdad on Thursday killed two people, and gunmen also killed a jewellery shop owner, an interior ministry official said.


Iraqi religious heads call for Christians' protection (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 09:30 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's Muslim and Christian religious leaders on Thursday called for a united front in protecting Christians following a spate of attacks against them.

US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 06:57 AM PST

AP - Army Pfc. David D. Finch

Biden and Maliki focus on economic ties in Baghdad talks (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 06:27 AM PST

Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L) is escorted to his vehicle by Pakistan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan (3rd L) upon his arrival to Rawalpindi January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - Vice President Joe Biden had talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday focusing on long-term economic ties and Iraqi officials said the idea of delaying a U.S. military pullout did not come up.


Court questions overturning of Marine conviction (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2011 07:37 PM PST

AP - The military's highest court is questioning last year's ruling by an appeals court that threw out the murder conviction against a Camp Pendleton Marine in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi man.

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