2011年7月26日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,473 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:47 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at least 4,473 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Norway Muslims share nation's grief and hope for unity (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT

People gather to offer flowers in tribute to the victims of Friday's twin attack in Oslo outside the cathedral of Oslo July 24, 2011. REUTERS/Berit Roald/ScanpixReuters - As central Oslo reeled from Norway's worst massacre in modern history, a blond man in the grieving crowd asked Iraqi-born Iman al-Kofi, wearing a headscarf, for a hug.


US transfers security at Basra port to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:35 AM PDT

An Iraqi marine patrols near the Basra Oil Terminal in 2006. Iraqi forces on Tuesday took charge of security at the oil export terminals at the southern port of Basra from US troops, an Iraqi navy official said.(AFP/POOL/File/Thaier al-Sudani)AFP - Iraqi forces on Tuesday took charge of security at the oil export terminals at the southern port of Basra from US troops, an Iraqi navy official said.


Army chief: Iran may seek mass casualties in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, shakes the hand of Sgt. 1st Class Casey Roberts, with Lt. Thomas Harper at center, before Roberts, Harper, and four other members of the U.S. Special Forces were presented with the French 'Croix de la Valeur militaire' for distinguished service fighting in Afghanistan alongside the French Taskforce La Fayette, during a ceremony at the Residence of France in Washington on Monday, July 25, 2011.  The reshuffling of key members of President Barack Obama's national security team is nearly finished, with Dempsey facing his Senate confirmation as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Navy Adm. Mike Mullen. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Iran's stepped-up arming of Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq who are targeting American troops may be designed to trigger a "Beirut-like moment" of mass U.S. casualties, the Obama administration's nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Tuesday.


Al-Qaida in Iraq appeals for fundraising ideas (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:50 AM PDT

AP - Al-Qaida militants in Iraq made an online appeal Tuesday for new fundraising ideas, saying they are in dire need of money to help thousands of widows and children of slain fighters.

Qaeda militant killed by own bomb: Iraq police (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:36 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer gestures as others look at a vehicle damaged by an explosion in the northern city of Kirkuk. An Al-Qaeda militant has been killed together with his two children when a car bomb he was making at his home exploded near the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, police said on Tuesday.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - An Al-Qaeda militant has been killed together with his two children when a car bomb he was making at his home exploded near the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, police said on Tuesday.


Iraqi Kurdistan bans female genital mutilation (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:33 AM PDT

A young woman walks past a poster against female genital mutilation. Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed a draft law banning female genital mutilation by the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP - Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed a draft law banning female genital mutilation by the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan.


US takes on Iraq pullout 'one bite at a time' (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:30 PM PDT

US soldiers patrol July 17, 2011 in Iskandariya, Babil Province, Iraq. US forces are packing up to leave Iraq more than eight years after they first arrived. The scale of the operation is unprecedented in the army's history -- preparing to transfer dozens of bases to the Iraqis, and handing over, disposing of or shipping out thousands of vehicles, generators, air conditioners and other materiel.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)AFP - From flyers warning troops the post office will shut soon to disused housing units waiting to be dispatched to their new destination, the signs are everywhere: US forces are packing up to leave Iraq more than eight years after they first arrived.


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