2011年10月24日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Bachmann on Iraq -- U.S. Troops 'Kicked Out' by Liberated Ingrates (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:36 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Political spin is a creature of perspective. Depending upon one's views, spin can read as reasonable and thought-provoking or misleading and disingenuous. Although Rep. Michele Bachmann, a 2012 Republican presidential hopeful, uses spin often, she is not particularly adept at it and her recent appearance on CBS' "Face The Nation" proved a case in point when she attempted to characterize President Barack Obama's announcement that American troops would be withdrawn from Iraq by year's end -- effectively ending major U. S. military involvement in Iraq -- as a failure of his foreign policy and describing the withdrawal as the U. S. being "kicked out" by liberated Iraqi ingrates.

Suspect in shooting of Ga. deputy served in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:39 PM PDT

AP - Military officials said a Tennessee Army National Guard soldier accused of killing a sheriff's deputy, then committing suicide, had previously served in Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division.

Sheriff: Ga. deputy's killer had drinking problem (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:13 PM PDT

AP - The girlfriend of an Army National Guard soldier who fatally shot a sheriff's deputy and himself told investigators the gunman "definitely had a drinking problem" and grabbed an assault rifle from his trunk after she made him pull over while he was driving drunk, a Georgia sheriff said Monday.

Turkish tanks move on N.Iraq, near PKK camp -sources (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Turkish tanks and armored vehicles crossed into northern Iraq headed in the direction of a Kurdish militant camp, Turkish security sources said Monday.

Military Drawdown in Iraq May Complicate Tribal Outreach and Humanitarian Engagement (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:26 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - Yahoo! News asked service members and their families for their perspective on Obama's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. Below is a story from a reader.

Iraqi speaker warns of meddling after US pullout (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:03 AM PDT

Relatives and friends of Iraqi traffic policeman Ali Hameed grieve during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Police said gunmen in a speeding car attacked a traffic police checkpoint in the center of the Iraqi capital early Monday, killing two policemen and two civilians. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The speaker of Iraq's parliament on Monday accused neighboring nations of meddling in Iraqi affairs and signaled it will only get worse if the country is seen as vulnerable after U.S. troops leave at the end of the year.


Costly Iraq war may mark shift in US approach (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:50 AM PDT

Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, left, shakes hands with his U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta during their bilateral meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. Panetta will join 10 ASEAN defense ministers in a meeting beginning in Bali on Monday. Indonesia is Panetta’s first stop during his first official Asian tour, which will also include Japan and South Korea. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)AP - In the final days of the U.S. war in Iraq, the outlook for America's military entanglements is markedly different from the confusing, convulsive first days.


Turkey Sends Troops to Iraq to Fight PKK Kurdish Separatists (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 08:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Regional dynamics, from Turkey's deteriorating ties with Iran and Syria to the plans for the pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq, have combined to fuel a new round of clashes

Clinton to Iran: Don't misread departure from Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks to the international media during her visit to a hospital in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. Clinton is at the tail end of a weeklong, seven-nation overseas trip that has already taken her to Malta, Libya, Oman, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. (AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov)AP - Iran should not misread the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq as affecting the U.S. commitment to the fledgling democracy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.


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