2011年11月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US troops celebrate last Thanksgiving in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:40 PM PST

U.S. soldiers serve Thanksgiving meal for Gen. Lloyd Austin, left, the top U.S. commander in Iraq at Contingency Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad. A little less than 20,000 U.S. troops are scheduled to clear out along with their equipment. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - American troops marked their last Thanksgiving in Iraq Thursday with turkey, stuffing and a rocket fire alarm.

Triple bombings in south Iraq kill 19, injure 64 (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:28 AM PST

Police inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Three bombs went off in a popular open-air market Thursday evening, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A string of bombings in a southern oil city killed 19 people Thursday evening and injured dozens more, a grim sign of the security challenges Iraq will face after American troops go home.

(AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:18 AM PST

AP - Iraqi officials say death toll in triple bombings in southern Iraqi city raised to 19.

Bombs in Iraq market kill 10, wound dozens (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:59 AM PST

Security forces inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Three bombs went off in a popular open-air market Thursday evening, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Reuters - Three bombs exploded in a market in Iraq's southern oil city of Basra Thursday, killing at least ten people and wounding dozens, security sources said.

EU to urge member states to accept Iranian exiles (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:38 AM PST

AP - An official says the EU's foreign policy chief will urge the member countries to accept some of the Iranians living in a refugee settlement in Iraq.

U.S. withdrawal from Iraq: Eight years worth of stuff (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:27 AM PST

A view of humvees parked at a courtyard at Camp Liberty in Baghdad September 30, 2011. U.S troops are scheduled to pull out of the country by the end of this year, according to a 2008 security pact between the U.S. and Iraq. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - At the peak of the United States's war in Iraq, the U.S. military had more than 170,000 troops, 500 bases replete with tents and toilets, kitchens and motor pools, and an airline that flew hundreds of times a day across the country.

Provincial autonomy risks sectarian rift in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:33 AM PST

Reuters - Moves by some of Iraq's mainly Sunni Muslim provinces toward increased autonomy threaten to heighten sectarian tensions and put pressure on Iraq's already frail central government as U.S. troops depart at the end of the year.

US military legacy rubs off on Iraqi youth (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:00 PM PST

In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 photo, a restaurant uses the trade name of McDonald's in Baghdad, Iraq. After more than eight years in Iraq, the departing American military's legacy includes a fledgling democracy, bitter memories of war, and for the nation's youth, rap music, tattoos and slang. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - After more than eight years in Iraq, the departing American military's legacy includes a fledgling democracy, bitter memories of war, and for the nation's youth, rap music, tattoos and slang.

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