2011年4月2日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


AP Interview: Iraq PM says Libya assault selective (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:58 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister on Saturday called the international crackdown on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi "selective," chastising foreign forces for singling out one oppressive Mideast regime without helping peaceful protesters in others.


Six dead in attack on security post west of Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces search cars at a mobile checkpoint in Baghdad in January 2011. Six members of the Iraqi security forces were killed just before dawn on Saturday when their control post in the village of Kubisa, 200 kilometres (125 miles) west of Baghdad, was attacked by armed raiders, a police spokesman said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Six members of the Iraqi security forces were killed just before dawn on Saturday when their control post in the village of Kubisa, 200 kilometres (125 miles) west of Baghdad, was attacked by armed raiders, a police spokesman said.


Al-Qaeda branch claims Iraq suicide attack: monitor (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:24 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer guards a checkpoint on the outskirts of Tikrit in 2008. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility for Tuesday's raid on Tikrit's provincial council building which led to a bloody, hours-long gun battle with Iraq security forces.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - An Al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a recent suicide attack in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit that left 58 people dead, a US-based monitoring service said Saturday.


Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq's Tikrit attack (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate on Saturday claimed responsibility for a siege at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown in which 58 people were killed.

Crackdown in Bahrain enflames Iraq's Shiites (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:58 AM PDT

In this photo dated March 25, 2011, women work in a basement workshop in central Baghdad, Iraq, making Bahrain national flags.  The sewing machines have been working hard to produce the red and white Bahraini flags which are proving to be very popular for Iraqi protesters to wave at demonstrations, unfurl from buildings and fly from car antennas. The fervor for the Bahrain national symbol is testimony to the solidarity which Iraqi Shiites feel with their religious brethren in Bahrain battling for more rights.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The sewing machines have been furiously churning out red and white Bahraini flags at a basement workshop in downtown Baghdad, and Iraqi customers are snapping them up to wave at protests, unfurl from buildings and fly from car antennas.


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