2011年2月18日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US Marine in Iraq murder case returned to brig (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:12 PM PST

AP - A Marine returned to the brig Friday to serve the last five years of an 11-year sentence for murdering an Iraqi man in one of the most significant criminal cases against U.S. troops from the Iraq war.

Popular MP in Iraq PM's bloc resigns (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:05 AM PST

A popular member of Nuri al-Maliki's political party has stepped down as an MP, apparently over his unhappiness with a key supreme court ruling last month, an official said on Friday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A popular member of Nuri al-Maliki's political party has stepped down as an MP, apparently over his unhappiness with a key supreme court ruling last month, an official said on Friday.


Looters hit opposition offices in north Iraq demos (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:52 AM PST

Iraqi Kurdish anti-government protesters march in the city of Sulaimaniyah. A Kurdish regional opposition's offices have been targeted by looters, according to officials, after Iraq's most violent protests since uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia left three dead in two days.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - A Kurdish regional opposition's offices were targeted by looters, officials said Friday, after Iraq's most violent protests since uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia left three dead in two days.


Iraqi protesters demand better services in oil hub (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST

Protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration against the lack of basic services in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Protesters calling for the provincial governor to resign blocked a bridge Friday in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, as the demonstrations against the government continues across Iraq. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqis demanding better public services, jobs and pensions blocked a bridge Friday in the southern oil hub of Basra, as spreading Middle East unrest emboldens Iraqis to take on government officials over poor living standards.


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