2011年2月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Colin Powell demands answers over false Iraq intel: reports (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:26 PM PST

US Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the United Nations Security Council on February 5, 2003 at the UN in New York. Powell called on the CIA and Pentagon to explain how he was given unreliable information which proved key to the US case for invading Iraq, the Guardian reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tim Clary)AFP - Ex-secretary of state Colin Powell called on the CIA and Pentagon to explain how he was given unreliable information which proved key to the US case for invading Iraq, the Guardian reported Wednesday.

Iraq to face problems without U.S. military: Gates (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST

An Iraqi soldier patrols the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Ako RasheedReuters - Iraq will face problems in everything from protecting its airspace to using intelligence unless it alters plans to send all U.S. troops home this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday.

Gates: Iraqis will have 'problems' after US pull-out (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:29 PM PST

Flames engulf the Wasit Provincial Council building in the southern city of Kut, capital of Wasit province, as some 2000 Iraqis demanded the resignation of the provincial governor poor basic services. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that US forces will leave Iraq as scheduled in late 2011 unless asked to stay but warned Baghdad would face sizeable AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that US forces will leave Iraq as scheduled in late 2011 unless asked to stay but warned Baghdad would face sizeable "problems" after the withdrawal.

Iraqi protesters set fire to government offices (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:24 PM PST

An Iraqi soldier patrols the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Ako RasheedAP - About 2,000 demonstrators attacked government offices in a southern Iraqi province, ripping up pavement stones to hurl at a regional council headquarters in a protest over shoddy public services that left dozens of people injured, officials said.

Renowned Iraqi sculptor has vision for Baghdad to 'flower again' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:13 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Mohammad Ghani, one of Iraq's pioneering artists, barely recognizes the Baghdad he left seven years ago.

Gates: US has 'interest' in keeping troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:46 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a House committee Wednesday that the Obama administration is interested in having more military personnel in Iraq after 2011 than the roughly 150 who are currently scheduled to remain.

Iraq to slash politicians' wages amid protests (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:05 AM PST

Iraqi police stand guard as some 2000 demonstrators gather outside the Wasit Provincial Council building in the southern city of Kut. Iraq's government plans to slash the salaries of ministers and MPs, a top official said, as protests swept the country against widespread corruption and poor basic services.(AFP/Ali al-Alak)AFP - Iraq's government plans to slash the salaries of ministers and MPs, a top official said on Wednesday, as protests against corruption and poor basic services left a teenage boy dead.

Iraqi: I'm proud my WMD lies led to war in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 07:58 AM PST

AP - An Iraqi man whose testimony the United States used as a key evidence to build a case for war in Iraq says he is proud that he lied about his country developing mobile biological warfare labs.

Three killed, dozens injured in Iraqi protests (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:56 AM PST

Protesters take over the governorate building of Wasit province and set it on fire during a protest in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Baghdad February 16, 2011. REUTERS/Jaafer AbedReuters - Three people were killed and dozens wounded in the southern city of Kut on Wednesday as Iraqis demanding better basic services fought with police and torched government buildings, hospital and police sources said.

Operation Desert Storm Timeline (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:56 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - The 20th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Desert Storm is Jan. 16 and 17. Here is a relevant timeline to events surrounding the U.S.-led coalition that took back Kuwait from Iraqi forces.

Teen killed as Iraq guards fire into demo (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:47 AM PST

A teenager was killed Wednesday when private security guards opened fire on protesters in south Iraq who tried to storm government offices and set fire to them.(AFP Graphic/AFP Graphic)AFP - A teenager was killed Wednesday when private guards shot at protesters who set fire to several Iraqi government offices, in the country's most violent demonstrations since uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

Iraq to auction 12 energy fields in 2011: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:31 AM PST

A man walks close to a flare at the North Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq, 2010. Iraq will offer 12 oil and gas exploration sites later this year in a fourth energy auction since mid-2009(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq will offer 12 oil and gas exploration sites later this year in a fourth energy auction since mid-2009, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told AFP Wednesday.

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