2011年5月31日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


2 Iraqis charged in Ky. with terrorism plotting (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 23, an Iraqi living as a refugee in Bowling Green, Ky., is shown. Hammadi and thirty-year-old Waad Ramadan Alwan, another Iraqi refugee, tried to send sniper rifles, Stinger missiles and money to al-Qaida operatives in their home country, and both boasted of using improvised explosives against American troops there before moving to the U.S., according to court documents unsealed Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The men were arrested after an investigation that began months after they arrived in the U.S. in 2009. Neither is charged with plotting attacks within the United States, and authorities said their weapons and money didn't make it to Iraq because of a tightly controlled undercover investigation. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service via The Courier-Journal)AP - Two Iraqi men living as refugees in Kentucky tried to send sniper rifles, Stinger missiles and money to al-Qaida operatives in their home country, and both boasted of using improvised explosives against American troops there before moving to the U.S., according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.


Iraqis charged in U.S. with trying to help al Qaeda (Reuters)

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Iraqi men were arrested and charged in Kentucky with trying to help al Qaeda militants in their home country and one of the suspects was also charged for attacks on U.S. troops there, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.

US arrests two Iraqis on 'terrorism' charges (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT

A stinger missile sits on the folded wing of an F/A-18 Hornet. Two Iraqis living in the United States have been arrested on AFP - Two Iraqis living in the United States have been arrested on "terrorism" charges for allegedly conspiring to kill Americans in Iraq and smuggle Stinger missiles to insurgents, US officials said Tuesday.


Iraq PM calls for reforms in Syria (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:56 AM PDT

A handout picture released by the office of Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki shows him during a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) in Baghdad. Maliki on Tuesday called for Damascus to enact reforms that would help stabilise Syria.(AFP/IPMO)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday called for Damascus to enact reforms that would help stabilise Syria, where 15 people died in the latest crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.


Iraq arrests suspect in anti-Baath chief murder (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 04:57 AM PDT

Mourners carry the coffin of the head of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee Ali al-Lami during his funeral in Baghdad. Iraqi authorities have arrested a man in connection with the assassination last week of the head of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi authorities have arrested a man in connection with the assassination last week of the head of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee, Baghdad's security command centre said on Tuesday.


Iraq police arrest suspect in anti-Baathist death (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 04:31 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Waad Ramadan Alwan, 30, an Iraqi living as a refugee in Bowling Green, Ky., is shown. Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, another Iraqi refugee, tried to send sniper rifles, Stinger missiles and money to al-Qaida operatives in their home country, and both boasted of using improvised explosives against American troops there before moving to the U.S., according to court documents unsealed Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The men were arrested after an investigation that began months after they arrived in the U.S. in 2009. Neither is charged with plotting attacks within the United States, and authorities said their weapons and money didn't make it to Iraq because of a tightly controlled undercover investigation. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service via The Courier-Journal)AP - Iraqi authorities said Tuesday that they've arrested a man suspected of killing a prominent Shiite official who was responsible for purging loyalists of deposed ruler Saddam Hussein. The official was once implicated in a bombing that killed Americans.


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