2011年1月20日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Blair set for second grilling on Iraq War (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:28 PM PST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair attend a mass officiated by Pope Benedict XVI in Westminster Cathedral, in central London, September 18, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will appear Friday before an inquiry into the Iraq War for a second public grilling to clarify earlier evidence detailing his reasons for joining the controversial invasion.

50 dead in Iraq as suicide blasts rock holy city (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:29 AM PST

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of an explosion in Karbala. A spate of explosions across Iraq have killed at least 50 people, most of them in twin suicide car bombings in the holy city of Karbala, the third major attack in as many days.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A spate of blasts across Iraq on Thursday killed at least 50 people, most of them in twin suicide car bombings in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala, the third major attack in as many days.

Car bombs kill 51 in attack on Iraqi pilgrims (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:13 AM PST

Members of an Iraqi anti-terror unit are seen standing guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad. A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-filled car at a central Iraqi police headquarters on Thursday, killing two policemen and a female journalist in the third attack on local forces in as many days.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Three suicide car bombers struck Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 51 people and wounding more than 180 in a third straight day of attacks across Iraq.

Bombers kill 45 Iraqi pilgrims in new wave of attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:41 AM PST

Shi'ite pilgrims march towards the site of the religious ceremony of Arbain in Baghdad January 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Bombers killed at least 45 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq on Wednesday and also struck police for a third day in a row, in a wave of violence posing a challenge to Iraqi security forces as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw.

Iraq troop withdrawal on schedule despite attacks: US (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:23 AM PST

US troops patrol the streets of the ethnically-divided Iraqi city of Kirkuk, north of the capital Baghdad in 2010. The United States is on track to complete withdrawal of its troops by the end of 2011, despite recent violent attacks which seem calculated to disrupt that timetable, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - The United States is on track to complete withdrawal of its troops by the end of 2011, despite recent violent attacks which seem calculated to disrupt that timetable, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.

A look at recent major attacks in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:27 AM PST

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Iraq:

(AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:21 AM PST

AP - Officials: Death toll rises to 50 in bombings at checkpoints along Iraqi pilgrims' route.

At least 45 dead in twin Iraq car bombs (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:15 AM PST

Two suicide bombers detonated vehicles packed with explosives on the outskirts of the holy Shiite shrine city of Karbala, killing at least 45 people.(AFP/Illustration/null)AFP - Two suicide bombers detonated vehicles packed with explosives on the outskirts of the holy Shiite shrine city of Karbala on Thursday killing at least 45 people, a top official said.

Iraq football victory sparks joy on Baghdad streets (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:05 AM PST

Iraq's qualification for the quarter-finals of the Asia Cup has sparked hope of a repeat of its 2007 success, after jubilant fans lit up the Baghdad night sky with fireworks and bullets.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's qualification for the quarter-finals of the Asia Cup sparked hope of a repeat of its 2007 success, after jubilant fans lit up the Baghdad night sky with fireworks and bullets.

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