2011年3月8日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Libya: live report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 03:12 PM PST

Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi pumps his fists as he arrives at the Rixos hotel in the capital Tripoli.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - 2306 GMT AFP's Live Report on Libya is ending for today. Some of the main developments: -- US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron talk by phone, and agree to plan for the "full spectrum" of action on Libya, the White House says.


Iraq's Sadr meets supporters in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PST

Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr, pictured in 2010, held talks in Baghdad on Tuesday on what was only his second visit to the Iraqi capital since the US-led invasion of 2003, aides said.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr held talks in Baghdad on Tuesday on what was only his second visit to the Iraqi capital since the US-led invasion of 2003, aides said.


Rumsfeld posts bizarre video from Saddam (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:45 AM PST

Donald Rumsfeld, pictured here on February 2011, has resurrected a bizarre gift from Saddam Hussein: a video that purports to show female Syrian soldiers biting the heads off snakes, and a male comrade stabbing a puppy to death.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Donald Rumsfeld has resurrected a bizarre gift from Saddam Hussein: a video that purports to show female Syrian soldiers biting the heads off snakes, and a male comrade stabbing a puppy to death.


Iraq arrests suspected Qaeda 'financier' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PST

Iraqi anti-terror police stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad. A suspected top official of Al-Qaeda's network in Iraq has been arrested at his hideout in Mosul, a military officer has told AFP.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A suspected top official of Al-Qaeda's network in Iraq was arrested in an army raid on his hideout Tuesday, a military officer said.


Attacks on media, activists spur fears in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 06:34 AM PST

An Iraqi soldier searches a protester at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 7, 2011. Protesters gathered in central Baghdad to demonstrate against corruption and the lack of government services. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A surge of protests against Iraq's U.S.-backed democratic government has provoked a violent crackdown on demonstrators and journalists that is raising concerns about a rollback of civil liberties throughout the country.


Iraqis stage 'day of regret' one year after celebrated elections (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:01 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqis on Monday marked the one-year anniversary of national elections that were meant to unite them but have instead resulted in an increasingly shaky coalition government and what they say are a trail of broken promises.
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