2011年1月17日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Northern Iraqi governor cuts Baghdad power (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 12:11 PM PST

FILE - In this March 2, 2010 file photo, governor of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province Qasim al-Fahadawi, wearing a new prosthetic left arm, speaks to The Associated Press in Ramadi, Iraq. The governor of Iraq's western Anbar province on Monday Jan. 17, 2011 survived at least a fourth assassination attempt in just over a year, escaping unharmed after a suicide attack left six people wounded, police and health officials said. Gov. Qasim al-Fahadawi, a former businessman who has friendly ties with the U.S. military in Anbar, lost an arm and underwent intensive surgery to rebuild his leg after a suicide bomber struck his Ramadi office in December 2009. Al-Fahadawi was not hurt in the blast, but three of his guards and three bystanders were wounded, a police official said. A health official confirmed the casualties.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - A local governor in Iraq's oil-rich north cut the electricity going to Baghdad from a power station in his province Monday because his own constituents have been left with little power this winter.


Club, shops attacked in Iraq alcohol clampdown (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 08:56 AM PST

Reuters - Men armed with steel pipes last week raided a Christian social club and vandalized liquor shops in Baghdad, raising fears of a creeping fundamentalism as Iraq's new government gets to work.

Jordan puts on trial pro-Taliban militants (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 06:21 AM PST

AP - The Palestinian-born mentor of slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi pleaded innocent at the opening of his trial on terrorism charges in Jordan on Monday.

US military says American soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 05:34 AM PST

FILE - In this March 2, 2010 file photo, governor of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province Qasim al-Fahadawi, wearing a new prosthetic left arm, speaks to The Associated Press in Ramadi, Iraq. The governor of Iraq's western Anbar province on Monday Jan. 17, 2011 survived at least a fourth assassination attempt in just over a year, escaping unharmed after a suicide attack left six people wounded, police and health officials said. Gov. Qasim al-Fahadawi, a former businessman who has friendly ties with the U.S. military in Anbar, lost an arm and underwent intensive surgery to rebuild his leg after a suicide bomber struck his Ramadi office in December 2009. Al-Fahadawi was not hurt in the blast, but three of his guards and three bystanders were wounded, a police official said. A health official confirmed the casualties.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in northern Iraq.


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