2011年2月24日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Arab Protests Inspire Return of Iraq Shoe Thrower (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:10 PM PST

Time.com - When the protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square showed their shoes to insult Mubarak, many thought back to Muntazer al-Zaidi

PM urges Iraqis not to attend 'Saddamist' demos (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

Iraqis take part in a demonstration in Baghdad's al-Tahrir square against corruption, poor public services and high unemployment, on February 23. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on Iraqis not to participate in massive planned demonstrations in Baghdad on Friday, describing their organisers as insurgents and loyalists of Saddam Hussein.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on Iraqis not to participate in massive planned demonstrations in Baghdad on Friday, describing their organisers as insurgents and loyalists of Saddam Hussein.


Suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:47 PM PST

Iraqis take part in a demonstration in Baghdad's al-Tahrir square against corruption, poor public services and high unemployment, on February 23. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on Iraqis not to participate in massive planned demonstrations in Baghdad on Friday, describing their organisers as insurgents and loyalists of Saddam Hussein.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up during a ceremony in a cultural center in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi Thursday, killing 15 people and wounding 21, government officials and a hospital source said.


PM warns Iraqis to stay away from Friday protest (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:22 AM PST

Maha al-Dori, a lawmaker loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, collects the demands of protesters during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Protesters gathered in central Baghdad to demonstrate against corruption and the lack of government services. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq's prime minister warned his people to boycott an anti-government protest planned for Friday, saying it was being organized by supporters of the ousted Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida.


Study says US wasted billions in Iraq, Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:02 AM PST

A policeman mans a machine gun at Al-Sheiba oil refinery in the southern Iraq city of Basra February 24, 2011.   REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT ENERGY)AFP - Corruption and waste has cost the US government billions of reconstruction dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an official study on wartime contracting released on Thursday.


Iraqi shoe-thrower arrested for supporting protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:32 AM PST

Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi during a talk show taped November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Future TelevisionReuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush was arrested by security forces in Baghdad Thursday for encouraging people to rally for better services.


West Iraq suicide attack kills 11: police (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:06 AM PST

A suicide bomber killed 11 people who were commemorating the birth of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Thursday, police said.(null/null)AFP - A suicide bomber killed 11 people who were commemorating the birth of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Thursday, police said.


(AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST

AP - Iraqi official says suicide bombing in Ramadi kills 8 people, including 7 police.

Iraqis rally through social media in "day of rage" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:14 AM PST

Reuters - A wave of uprisings across the Arab world have inspired Iraqi youth to plug into social media and organize their own "day of rage" on Friday against poor basic services in Iraq.

Kurdish protests mar 'The Other Iraq' (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:14 PM PST

Security forces inspect a destroyed television station in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Gunmen burst into a Kurdish television station in northern Iraq on Sunday, shooting up the equipment and setting fire to the building, possibly in retaliation for footage they aired earlier in the week of a deadly protest, station officials said. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - A city that stands out in Iraq for its quality of life — the electricity works, the water's clean and there's even a bowling alley — has turned violent and tense in the past week as at least four protesters have been killed in marches against cronyism and corruption.


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