2011年2月8日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Rumsfeld reveals prewar Iraq strike plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

In this undated publicity image released by ABC, Diane Sawyer, right, talks to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in his first television interview since leaving public service in November 2006. The interview, airing on ABC's 'World News with Diane Sawyer' on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, coincides with the release of Rumsfeld's memoir, 'Known and Unknown.' (AP Photo/ABC, Martin H. Simon)AP - Former Pentagon chief Donald H. Rumsfeld reveals in his new book that he urged a U.S. military strike on a suspected chemical weapons site in northern Iraq in 2003, and that he wanted the attack timed to coincide with Colin Powell's address to the U.N. Security Council making the case for war.


US govt appeals to reopen Blackwater case (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:54 PM PST

A Blackhawk helicopter flies over Baghad. A US appeals court met behind closed doors Tuesday as the government appealed a judge's decision to clear five former guards with security company Blackwater of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - A US appeals court met behind closed doors Tuesday as the government appealed a judge's decision to clear five former guards with security company Blackwater of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.


Violence continues in Iraq as US mission changes (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:13 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 photo, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Marc Krugh, left, from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, looks on as a comrade peers through the scope on his weapon during a patrol near Iskandariyah, 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Baghdad. The White House says the U.S. combat mission in Iraq is over, but American soldiers feel anything but safe. With daily shootings and deadly bombings, it's clear there's still a simmering fight in Iraq as the U.S. military prepares to leave after nearly eight years, almost 4,400 U.S. troops killed and at least $750 billion spent. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - The White House says the U.S. combat mission in Iraq is over, but Army Lt. Daniel McCord and his fellow American soldiers feel anything but safe.


Group warns of continued abuse in Iraqi prisons (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, March 4, 2010 file photo, prisoners display their inked fingers through the bars of their cell, after voting at a prison in Karbala, Iraq. A new report by a human rights watchdog says widespread abuse in Iraqi prisons is likely to continue under the new government. The report issued Tuesday by Amnesty International offered a grim view of prison conditions in Iraq. It described prisons as breeding grounds for systematic torture and sickness. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini, File)AP - A report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International concluded Tuesday that widespread abuse in Iraqi prisons will likely continue under the new government as leaders are distracted by violence, the stagnant economy and poverty.


US reports 20 percent drop in Iraq violence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:13 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - US military commanders in Iraq on Tuesday praised the lowest levels of violence in Iraq since 2003, saying that Iraqi forces were making security gains while American forces prepare for final departure at the end of the year.

Saddam targeted Bush, Rumsfeld daughters (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 08:55 AM PST

In this image released by the ABC television network, ABC correspondent Diane Sawyer talks to former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on January 26. Former US secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld revealed Tuesday that Saddam Hussein had a $60 million bounty on his daughters' head and also targeted ex-president George W. Bush's two daughters.(AFP/ABC/File/Martin H. Simon)AFP - Former US secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld revealed Tuesday that Saddam Hussein had a $60 million bounty on his daughters' head and also targeted ex-president George W. Bush's two daughters.


Torture common for Iraq prisoners: security sources (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:02 AM PST

Reuters - Suspected Sunni Islamist insurgents and Shi'ite militiamen are routinely tortured or abused by Iraqi security forces to extract confessions early in their detention and interrogation, Iraqi military officials say.

Torture routine in Iraqi prisons: Amnesty (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:06 AM PST

File photo shows an Iraqi soldier standing guard in front of prisoners in Baghdad. Iraq operates secret prisons and routinely tortures prisoners to extract confessions that are used to convict them, Amnesty International said in a report released on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq operates secret prisons and routinely tortures prisoners to extract confessions that are used to convict them, Amnesty International said in a report released on Tuesday.


Rumsfeld admits 'possible' Iraq troop mistakes (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:10 PM PST

File photo shows a US Marine stopping an Iraqi while on patrol in Fallujah. Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld releases his new memoir Tuesday, as he concedes his Iraq troop decisions may have been wrong while sparing no criticism of former colleagues.(AFP/File/Hrvoje Polan)AFP - Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld releases his new memoir Tuesday, as he concedes his Iraq troop decisions may have been wrong while sparing no criticism of former colleagues.


US Marine gets 6 years for Iraq contracts fraud (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:55 PM PST

Photo illustration. A US Marine captain was sentenced to six years in federal prison for conspiring with his wife to skim nearly $1.7 million from government contracts in Iraq.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - A US Marine captain was sentenced to six years in federal prison for conspiring with his wife to skim nearly $1.7 million from government contracts in Iraq.


Iraq hikes duties as Arab states battle inflation (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:48 PM PST

Iraqis shop for fruit and vegetables at a market in Baghdad. As other Arab states scramble to prevent Egypt- and Tunisia-style uprisings sparked in part by rising prices, Iraq is going its own way by raising tariffs on a range of goods from bottled water to bayonets.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - As other Arab states scramble to prevent Egypt- and Tunisia-style uprisings sparked in part by rising prices, Iraq is going its own way by raising tariffs on a range of goods from bottled water to bayonets.


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