2011年3月2日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Ex-Iraq PM backs out of chairing key body (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:57 AM PST

Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi and leader of the Iraqi List speaks to the press in Baghdad on February 15. Allawi, leader of the bloc that won the most seats in Iraq's 2010 elections, said on Wednesday that he will not chair a supervisory body that he was to have headed as part of a power-sharing deal.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iyad Allawi, leader of the bloc that won the most seats in Iraq's 2010 elections, said on Wednesday that he will not chair a supervisory body that he was to have headed as part of a power-sharing deal.


US Army major convicted for bribery on Iraq contracts (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:52 AM PST

Military personnel and coalition forces man the Command Operation Information Center at Camp Arifjan in 2008. A former US Army major and his wife have been convicted of bribery and money laundering in a huge scheme that illegally funneled some $60 million in Iraq war contracts, the Justice Department said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - A former US Army major and his wife have been convicted of bribery and money laundering in a huge scheme that illegally funneled some $60 million in Iraq war contracts, the Justice Department said Wednesday.


Arabs reject "foreign intervention" in Libya: Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:54 AM PST

Reuters - The Libya crisis is an internal Arab affair and foreign powers should refrain from any intervention, Iraq's foreign minister said at meeting of the Arab League, which has suspended Muammar Gaddafi's government.

UN worried over violence reports in Iraq rallies (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:13 AM PST

Iraqi policemen prevent anti-government protesters from entering the Basra provincial headquarters during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces in cities across Iraq on Friday, in the largest and most violent anti-government protests here since political unrest began spreading in the Arab world several weeks ago. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - The United Nations says it's concerned about reports of human rights violations during nationwide protests in Iraq.


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