2011年4月8日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


UN: Iraq's leaders must address protest demands (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 1977 file photo, Roger Stockham, 30, is escorted by police after holding a psychiatrist hostage and surrendering in Los Angeles. Since holding the psychiatrist hostage in 1977, Roger Stockham has kidnapped his young son, tried to hijack a plane, crashed a plane, set fire to buildings, planted a bomb at an airport and threatened to kill the president. In his first public statements since his Jan. 24, 2011, arrest near the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich., Stockham told The Associated Press from Wayne County Jail that he meant to spray-paint an anti-Iraq war message on the mosque, but did not intend to use powerful fireworks he had with him in an attack. (AP Photo/George Brich, File)AP - The U.N. envoy to Iraq urged the country's leaders Friday to address the legitimate demands of protesters for jobs, services and accountability.


At least 10 Iranian exiles killed in clashes in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:15 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: Reuters is unable to independently verify the authenticity of the photo. A wounded resident is pushed on a wheelchair after clashes with Iraqi security forces at Camp Ashraf, an Iranian dissident camp, in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, in this April 8, 2011 handout photo provided by Camp Ashraf. REUTERS/Camp Ashraf/HandoutReuters - At least 10 Iranian exiles were killed at Camp Ashraf in Iraq on Friday, a hospital source said, after security forces clashed with residents of the Iranian dissident camp north of Baghdad overnight.


10 dead after Iraqi army raids Iranian exile camp (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Iraqi army units are seen outside Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 8, 2011. Iraq security forces raided the settlement of an Iranian exile group that the Shiite-led government has for years tried to oust, leaving at least 10 people dead after pre-dawn clashes Friday, officials said. The Ashraf Mosque is seen in the background.  (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq security forces raided the settlement of an Iranian exile group that the Shiite-led government has long tried to oust and at least 10 people were killed in the pre-dawn clashes Friday, officials said.


Gates: US troops could remain in Iraq after 2011 (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives at the presidential palace for a meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq.  (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, visiting Iraq on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, said Friday the United States would entertain a wide range of requests from Iraq to extend the U.S. troop presence.


Gates says Iraq to decide on post-2011 US troops (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:14 AM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates(L), seen here meeting with Iraq President Jalali Talabani in Baghdad, said Friday that American forces were prepared to stay in any role beyond a scheduled pullout late this year, but time was running out for Iraq to ask.(AFP/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that American forces were prepared to stay in any role beyond a scheduled pullout late this year, but time was running out for Iraq to ask.


Deadly clashes at Iran opposition camp in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:06 AM PDT

Relatives of residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq mourn during a press conference in Washington, DC. At least three people were killed Friday when Iraqi forces clashed with an Iranian opposition group, a security official said, but the rebels claimed 31 of its members died in a full military assault.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - At least three people were killed Friday when Iraqi forces clashed with an Iranian opposition group, a security official said, but the rebels claimed 31 of its members died in a full military assault.


US defence chief urges Iraq restraint over Iran attack (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:20 AM PDT

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (C) is greeted by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq (L) before meeting at al-Mutlaq's home in Baghdad on April 7, 2011. Gates said Friday that American forces were prepared to stay in any role beyond a scheduled pullout late this year, but time was running out for Iraq to ask.(AFP/POOL/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he was concerned about reports of an Iraqi army attack on an Iranian opposition base in Iraq, and urged restraint.


Pentagon chief in Iraq's Kurd region (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:04 AM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates flies on a Blackhawk helicopter back to Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Gates arrived in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Friday for talks with regional president Massud Barzani on security needs after American troops pull out this year.(AFP/Pool/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Friday for talks with regional president Massud Barzani on security needs after American troops pull out this year.


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