2011年5月4日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Does Obama Squander Political Capital by Not Releasing Bin Laden Footage? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:36 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The news involving the capture and death of Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted terrorist, is welcome. President Barack Obama's waning approval numbers received a healthy shot in the arm. The New York Times reports the jump was as high as 11 points, propelling him from 46 percent to 57 percent. A similar war victory -- the capture of Saddam Hussein under President George W. Bush -- netted the latter an 8 percent jump.

Eight Years, One New President Later, Mission Still Not Accomplished in Iraq (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:42 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | On May 1, 2003, a confident President George W. Bush made an A-Gear landing on the Navy's super carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Wearing a flight suit, the commander-in-chief had a banner unfurled that read "Mission Accomplished." What was to be a historic photo opportunity -- and a symbolic statement commemorating the end of the war in Iraq -- has become what Time termed "Bannergate" by November of the same year.

Seven killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:18 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion that rocked the southern Baghdad neighbourhood of Dora. At least seven people were killed in new violence in Iraq on Wednesday, including three civilians in roadside bombings south of Baghdad, medical and security sources said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least seven people were killed in new violence in Iraq on Wednesday, including three civilians in roadside bombings south of Baghdad, medical and security sources said.

Iraq to disband court that tried Saddam Hussein (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 17, 2006 file photo, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, standing, testifies at his trial at a court in the heavily fortified Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi government said Wednesday, May 4, 2011, that it will disband a notorious court set up after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to prosecute Saddam Hussein and other regime members. (AP Photo/Marco Di Lauro, Pool, File)AP - The Iraqi government said Wednesday it will disband the tribunal that condemned Saddam Hussein and other top regime officials to death and was heavily criticized by human rights groups.

Bomb detectors 'useless amid Iraq killings' (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier holds an ADE651 device used to detect bombs at a Baghdad checkpoint in 2010. Hand-held bomb and weapons detectors used by Iraqi security forces are useless in the face of a rise in assassinations in Baghdad, according to the capital's security spokesman.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Hand-held bomb and weapons detectors used by Iraqi security forces are useless in the face of a rise in assassinations in Baghdad, the capital's security spokesman said on Wednesday.

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