2011年3月30日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq, U.S. officials say attack bore signs of Qaeda (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Reuters - A bloody siege at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown in which 58 people were killed bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda militants, Iraqi and U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Angry Iraqis bury dead from Tikrit carnage (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:50 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman patrols in the eastern Baghdad area of Nahrawan. Grieving residents of Tikrit buried their dead on Wednesday, enraged that a band of gunmen and suicide bombers had managed to breach security to launch an assault a building in which 58 people were killed.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Grieving residents of Tikrit buried their dead on Wednesday, enraged that a band of gunmen and suicide bombers had managed to breach security to launch an assault a building in which 58 people were killed.


Death toll hits 57 in Iraqi hostage siege (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PDT

A resident inspects damaged vehicles at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, March 29, 2011. Two Katyusha rockets landed near a hotel on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad and wounded two people, an Interior Ministry source said. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - The death toll for a grisly hostage situation at a government building in northern Iraq continued to rise Wednesday as grieving families buried the victims and Iraqi officials questioned how it could have happened.


US military says troops responded to Tikrit attack (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:15 AM PDT

US soldiers patrol the streets of Tikrit in 2008. American forces rapidly responded to a brazen attack in Tikrit and some were lightly wounded, the US military has said, as the Iraqi city buried the 58 who died in the previous day's concerted assault.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - American forces rapidly responded to a brazen attack in Tikrit and some were lightly wounded, the US military said on Wednesday, as the Iraqi city buried the 58 who died in the previous day's concerted assault.


Middle East: Live report (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:09 AM PDT

Libyan rebels flee Ras Lanuf on Wednesday, 2011 as loyalist forces overran the key oil town, scattering outgunned rebels while world powers debated arming the rag-tag band of fighters seeking to oust Moamer Kadhafi.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - 1500 GMT: This live report is concluding. AFP will cover fresh developments in Libya, North Africa and the Middle East on its main news services.


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