2011年2月2日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq court ruling is 'threat to democracy' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:00 AM PST

Lawmakers listen to proceedings during an Iraqi Parliament session. Iraq's parliament speaker on Wednesday warned that a court ruling placing bodies such as the central bank under ministerial control was a danger to democracy, and threatened to revamp the judiciary.(AFP/POOL/File/Wathiq Khuzaie)AFP - Iraq's parliament speaker on Wednesday warned that a court ruling placing bodies such as the central bank under ministerial control was a danger to democracy, and threatened to revamp the judiciary.

Straw: UK ministers had `great anxiety' over Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:57 AM PST

AP - Britain's former foreign secretary said Wednesday he advised then-Prime Minister Tony Blair that the U.K. could play a much smaller role in the invasion of Iraq, days before the conflict began in 2003.

Iraq urges approval of settlement for US victims (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:24 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 file photo, people inspect a destroyed car and a wheelchair at the scene of a car bomb attack Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office released a statement Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 announcing the arrests of an unspecified number of suspected al-Qaida-linked extremists in last week's bombing of a Shiite funeral in Baghdad that killed 51 people. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - The Iraqi government called on parliament Wednesday to approve a $400 million settlement for Americans who claim they were abused by Saddam Hussein's regime.

US warned WikiLeaks suspect unfit for Iraq: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:14 AM PST

Immediate commanders of Bradley Manning, the US Army private seen here in a screengrab of a facebook support page in 2010, suspected of passing secret government files to WikiLeaks, defied a mental health expert's recommendation that he not be deployed to Iraq, The Washington Post reported online Tuesday.(AFP/Facebook/File)AFP - Immediate commanders of Bradley Manning, the US Army private suspected of passing secret government files to WikiLeaks, defied a mental health expert's recommendation that he not be deployed to Iraq, The Washington Post reported online Tuesday.

Iraqi regime change was not 'UK objective' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:13 AM PST

Former foreign minister Jack Straw was Wednesday to give evidence to Britain's Iraq war inquiry for the third time as the panel prepared to hold its final public hearing.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's former foreign minister Jack Straw told the country's Iraq war inquiry on Wednesday that removing Saddam Hussein had never been London's priority, as he gave evidence on the final day of the probe's public hearings.

Iraq readies to protect overseas funds (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:46 AM PST

An Iraqi man counts out Iraqi Dinars at a money changer in central Baghdad. Iraq has told its central bank to open accounts to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars out of a post-Gulf war US fund to protect the money from foreign claims, a government spokesman said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq has told its central bank to open accounts to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars out of a post-Gulf war US fund to protect the money from foreign claims, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Iraqi Kurdistan to resume oil exports 'soon' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:41 AM PST

A worker is seen at the Tawke oil refinery near the village of Zacho, in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan. Iraqi Kurdistan is preparing to resume oil exports AFP - Iraqi Kurdistan is preparing to resume oil exports "soon" after a long standoff with central government authorities in Baghdad, the autonomous region's prime minister said on Wednesday.

Britain's Iraq war inquiry to hold final hearing (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:29 AM PST

Former foreign minister Jack Straw was Wednesday to give evidence to Britain's Iraq war inquiry for the third time as the panel prepared to hold its final public hearing.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former British foreign minister Jack Straw was on Wednesday to give evidence to the country's Iraq war inquiry for the third time as the panel prepared to hold its final public hearing.

发贴者：iwvck12 时间 17:57 0 条评论

bnzv