2011年7月23日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US forces to stop joint operations in Iraq's north (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:04 PM PDT

US troops stand to attention in front of American and Iraqi (R) flags during a handover ceremony near the northern Iraqi town of Hawija in May 2011. In one week US troops will cease joint operations with Iraqi and Kurdish forces, begun in early 2010 to dampen tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in disputed northern zones, a US military official said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Colonel Michael Bowers said that from August 1, American forces will no longer be part of the trilateral operation.


U.S. wastes $34 billion in Afghan and Iraq contracting (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:04 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States has wasted some $34 billion on service contracts with the private sector in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study being finalized for Congress.

Iraq begins pumping through Al-Ahdab oil pipeline (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:04 AM PDT

A worker turns a valve at an oilfield in northern Iraq. Iraq has begun pumping crude through a pipeline connecting the central Al-Ahdab oil field to export terminals in the south, Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said, adding that exports would begin August 1.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Iraq began pumping crude Saturday through a pipeline connecting the central Al-Ahdab oil field to export terminals in the south, Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said, adding that exports would begin August 1.


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