2011年1月18日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Retiree: Obama Should Address Iraq, Health Care in State of the Union Address (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 05:21 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - I've been retired for almost 20 years, the first 19 of them in Tucson, Ariz. Due to failing health, I moved to Los Angeles in mid-2010 to be near my children. I served in the Navy during World War II, and was recalled to serve two more years in the Korean War. My wife of 45 years and I live a comfortable lifestyle. I receive sufficient income from a company pension, a company investment plan and Social Security to enjoy life. We are fortunate to be covered by an excellent health care plan provided for retirees from my company, Prudential Financial, Inc.

20 years later, Bush has no regrets about Gulf War (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:50 PM PST

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush talks about the Gulf War and liberation of Kuwait, which began 20 years ago this week, during an interview Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Houston. Bush is bringing together his administration’s key decision-makers to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the start of military operations to liberate Kuwait from occupation by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The event will be held Thursday at Texas A&M University, home of Bush's Presidential Library. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Former President George H.W. Bush said Tuesday he has no regrets about his administration's handling of the Gulf War, which began 20 years ago this week, including the decision pull out American forces even with a vanquished Saddam Hussein retaining power in Iraq.

In Violent Iraq, Prime Minister al-Maliki Lacks Security Minister (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 01:55 PM PST

Time.com - The Prime Minister has yet to appoint a Security Minister, choosing to handle the portfolio himself in the interim. But attacks and incidents keep happening

Suicide bomber kills up to 60 police recruits in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:54 PM PST

Bodies of bomb attack victims are seen outside a hospital in Tikrit, some 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, January 18, 2011. A suicide bomber wearing a vest filled with explosives attacked Iraqi police recruits on Tuesday in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, killing at least 42 and wounding over 100, officials said. REUTERS/Sabah al-BazeeReuters - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives and ball bearings attacked Iraqi police recruits on Tuesday in Saddam Hussein's hometown, killing up to 60 and wounding over 100, officials said.

Iraq's security berated after 52 die in bombing (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 11:23 AM PST

Injured Iraqis receive treatment at a hospital in Tikrit Iraq, after a suicide bomb attack in this image taken from TV Tuesday Jan. 18. 2011. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of police recruits in Tikrit Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people and undercutting Iraqi security efforts as the nation struggles to show it can protect itself without foreign help. (AP Photo/Salah Al-Din via APTN) TELEVISON OUTAP - A suicide bomber killed 52 people among a crowd of police recruits in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday, shattering a two-month lull in major attacks and spurring calls to keep the U.S. military in Iraq beyond 2011.

UK government blocks release of Blair Iraq notes (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:43 AM PST

AP - British authorities have refused to publish notes that Tony Blair sent to President George W. Bush before the Iraq war, prompting a complaint Tuesday from the chief of a public inquiry into the divisive conflict.

Suicide bomber kills 50 at Iraq police centre (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:27 AM PST

Onlookers and policemen inspect the spot where a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of police recruits in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, killing 50 people in the bloodiest attack in more than two months.(AFP/Mahmud Saleh)AFP - A suicide bomber blew himself up and killed 50 people in a crowd waiting outside a police recruitment centre in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, in the bloodiest attack in more than two months.

Iraq province cuts supplies to national grid (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:16 AM PST

An Iraqi soldier stands guard as an electrical worker snips illegally placed wires used to steal electricity from the national grid in Baghdad, June 2010. Iraq's northern Kirkuk province said it had stopped supplying electricity to the national grid on Tuesday, in a bold move to force the central government's hand in a dispute over power rationing.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's northern Kirkuk province said it had stopped supplying electricity to the national grid on Tuesday, in a bold move to force the central government's hand in a dispute over power rationing.

Iraq suicide blast kills 50 police recruits (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 01:51 AM PST

A policeman stands guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of police recruits in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, killing 50 people and wounding 150, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A suicide attacker detonated his payload in the middle of a crowd of police recruits in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, killing 50 people and wounding 150 others, an interior ministry official said, updating the toll.

(AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 01:07 AM PST

AP - Iraqi officials: Death toll in suicide bombing outside police recruiting center rises to 30.

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