2011年1月19日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq beat North Korea in Asian Cup (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:14 AM PST

North Korea's midfielder Kim Kuk-Jin (R) challenges Iraq's midfielder Qusai Munir during their 2011 Asian Cup group D football match at Al-Rayyan Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha. Iraq won 1-0.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Reigning champions Iraq set up a quarter-final clash with Australia after beating North Korea 1-0 Wednesday, condemning the Koreans to an early exit having failed to score in the tournament.


Cameron calls for 'open' Iraq inquiry (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 10:14 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street to go to Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, London, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that lawmakers unhappy about the decision to withhold Iraq-related documents from the public should write to their author, former Prime Minister Tony Blair.


Suicide attacker in ambulance kills 7 in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:54 AM PST

An Iraqi policeman stands in rubble at the site where a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed ambulance crashed through the front gate of an Iraqi guard force headquarters in Baqouba, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Along with a suicide bombing a day before that killed scores of people in a crowd of police recruits, the attack shattered a relative calm that had lasted for weeks across Iraq. Both attacks had familiar targets: Militants frequently hit Iraq's security forces to try to keep the country off balance as U.S. troops prepare to fully withdraw at the end of this year.(AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber driving an ambulance blasted a police compound northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least seven people in the second major attack against Iraq's security forces in as many days.


Twin suicide blasts kill 16 in central Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:08 AM PST

Members of Iraq's security forces gather next to the ruins of the Baquba headquarters of the Force Protection Service (FPS) on January 19, 2011. A suicide bomber rammed an ambulance packed with explosives into the security headquarters on Wednesday, killing 14 people in the second major attack against Iraqi forces in as many days.(AFP)AFP - A suicide bomber rammed an ambulance packed with explosives into a security headquarters on Wednesday, killing 14 people in the second major attack against Iraqi forces in as many days.


Iraqi police targeted by suicide bomber, 15 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:42 AM 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 driving an ambulance killed up to 15 people and wounded more than 50 in an attack on Wednesday on an Iraqi police training center in volatile Diyala province, officials said.


13 killed in central Iraq suicide car bomb: doctor (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 12:57 AM PST

Iraqi officers are seen here during a patrol north of the town of Baquba, some 60 kms from Baghdad. A suicide bomber rammed an ambulance packed with explosives into a security headquarters on Wednesday, killing 13 people in the second major attack against Iraqi forces in as many days.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - A suicide bomber rammed an ambulance packed with explosives into a security headquarters in central Iraq, killing 13 people, a doctor at Baquba hospital said.


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