2011年4月5日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,442 (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:20 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at least 4,442 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Chaplain Col. Scott H. Jenssen direct aprayer over the transfer cases containing the remains of Army 1st Lt. Robert F. Welch III of Denton, Texas, Army Sgt. Christian A. Garcia of Goodyear, Arizona, Army Sgt. Quadi S. Hudgins of New Orleans, La, and Army Sgt. Jorge A. Scatliffe of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, upon  arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Department of Defense announced the death of Sgt. Garcia, Sgt. Hudgins and Scatliffe who was supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq and !st Lt. Welch III who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - An American soldier has died in what a U.S. military statement is calling a non-hostile incident in northern Iraq.


Nine slain in Iraq, six from one family (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:33 AM PDT

An Iraqi anti-terror policeman guards a checkpoint in Baghdad in January 2011. At least nine people were slain in separate attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, including six members of the family of a university professor who died in an attack last year, security sources said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least nine people were slain in separate attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, including six members of the family of a university professor who died in an attack last year, security sources said.


Iraq suffers from heavy legacy of unexploded mines (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Chaplain Col. Scott H. Jenssen direct aprayer over the transfer cases containing the remains of Army 1st Lt. Robert F. Welch III of Denton, Texas, Army Sgt. Christian A. Garcia of Goodyear, Arizona, Army Sgt. Quadi S. Hudgins of New Orleans, La, and Army Sgt. Jorge A. Scatliffe of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, upon  arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Department of Defense announced the death of Sgt. Garcia, Sgt. Hudgins and Scatliffe who was supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq and !st Lt. Welch III who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Twenty-five percent of the world's unexploded land mines are buried in Iraq, making it one of the most contaminated countries, the environment ministry said Tuesday.


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