2011年1月6日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqis look to U.S. foe Sadr to help stabilize state (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:02 AM PST

Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visits the Imam Ali shrine upon his return to Iraq, in Najaf, south of Baghdad, January 5, 2011. REUTERS/Handout by Sadr officeReuters - A mixture of euphoria and cautious hope greeted anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday, a day after his return to Iraq from exile, and many Iraqis looked to him to help stabilize their war-torn country.

Iraq marks army's 90th anniversary (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:06 AM PST

Iraqi soldiers stand guard next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Baghdad. Iraq's army on Thursday marked the 90th anniversary of its 1921 founding with a huge military parade that included tanks and artillery weapons in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq's army on Thursday marked the 90th anniversary of its 1921 founding with a huge military parade that included tanks and artillery weapons in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

Iraq: With Sadr In, Is the U.S. Out? (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 09:50 AM PST

Time.com - The radical cleric returns home after three years in Iran, a journey he said he'd only make once foreign forces leave Iraq. But as an influential voice in the new government, he may have a say over their departure

Iraqi cleric implores followers to show discipline (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 09:18 AM PST

Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, center, is surrounded by bodyguards in the Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Hundreds of raucous supporters celebrated the return of the firebrand Iraqi cleric Thursday after his emergence from four years of exile in Iran, drawing a plea from him to show more discipline and restraint.(AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Hundreds of raucous supporters celebrated the return of firebrand Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Thursday after his emergence from four years of exile in Iran, drawing a plea from him to show more discipline and restraint.

Iraqi cleric Sadr tells followers to remain calm (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:46 AM PST

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is surrounded by bodyguards as he arrives in Najaf. Sadr -- who returned to Iraq after four years of Iran-based exile -- has urged his followers to remain calm after they gave him a rowdy welcome in Najaf.(AFP/Qassem Zein)AFP - Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, back in Iraq after four years of Iran-based exile, urged his followers on Thursday to remain calm after they gave him a rowdy welcome in his home city of Najaf.

Iran foreign minister meets top Iraq clerics (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:11 AM PST

Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi, seen here in 2009, is courting Iraq's top clerics in Najaf as he aims to boost relations between the Shiite-majority neighbours.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iran's foreign minister courted top clerics in Najaf, the Iraqi religious heartland, on Thursday, the second day of a visit to Iraq aimed at boosting ties between the Shiite-majority neighbours.

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