2011年8月18日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Former Army translator gets 18 months in prison (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 03:20 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service via the Detroit News, shows Issam George Hamama. Hamama, a former U.S. military translator was accused of conspiring to help the regime of fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He was convicted of a lesser charge of making false statements when he applied for a security clearance and was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, to 18 months in federal prison. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)AP - A former military translator and Iraqi native convicted of making false statements to the U.S. government when he sought national security clearance was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison.


Feds bust Iraqi-Mexican drug operation in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT

AP - Federal officials said Thursday they've busted a drug trafficking ring involving Mexico's most powerful cartel and members of an Iraqi immigrant community in the U.S. who were caught selling illegal drugs, assault rifles, grenades and homemade explosives.

Turkish military attacks PKK rebels in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Turkey launched a heavy air and artillery assault on Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq overnight after a declaration by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that he had lost patience with separatists fighting in southeastern Turkey.

Officials: 2 Iraqi soldiers die in Baghdad clashes (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:01 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service via the Detroit News, shows Issam George Hamama. Hamama, a former U.S. military translator was accused of conspiring to help the regime of fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He was convicted of a lesser charge of making false statements when he applied for a security clearance and was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, to 18 months in federal prison. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)AP - Health and security officials say two Iraqi soldiers and four militants have been killed in clashes in western Baghdad.


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