2011年4月18日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Bush joins Texas bike ride with wounded veterans (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

AP - Former President George W. Bush will join 14 people wounded while serving in the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan on a three-day mountain bike ride next week in the Big Bend region of West Texas.

Controversial Iraq general mulls US senate run (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:04 PM PDT

A controversial general who commanded US ground forces in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib scandal said Monday he is mulling a run under the Democratic ticket for a US senate seat in Texas. Retired lieutenant general Ricardo Sanchez, pictured in 2007, is being recruited to try to fill the seat that will be vacated by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican-dominated Lone Star state.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - A controversial general who commanded US ground forces in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib scandal said Monday he is mulling a run under the Democratic ticket for a US senate seat in Texas.


Ninety wounded in northern Iraq protests (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:53 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 90 people were wounded in a second straight day of clashes between protesters and security forces in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya on Monday, police and medical sources said.

81 hurt in Iraq clashes with protesters (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 12:13 PM PDT

Iraqi Kurdish demonstrators run for cover from riot police during clashes following a protest in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, some 270 kilometres (173 miles) north of Baghdad. Eighty-one people were wounded, nine by live fire, in a second day of clashes between protesters and security forces in Iraq's northern city of Sulaimaniyah Monday, a medical official said.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - Eighty-one people were wounded, nine by live fire, in a second day of clashes between protesters and security forces in Iraq's northern city of Sulaimaniyah Monday, a medical official said.


Iraq: Why the U.S. Must Protect Iranians in Camp Ashraf (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Camp Ashraf was turned over to the Iraqi government on the condition that its residents would be protected. So why did the Iraqi army invade the camp?

Car bombs in central Baghdad kill 9 (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 10:59 AM PDT

Iraqi army soldiers secure the scene of a suicide car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 18, 2011. Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-packed cars Monday outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, killing and wounding several of people, police said. (AP Photo)AP - Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-packed cars Monday outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, killing at least nine people and wounding 23, officials said.


Iraqi soldiers say need U.S. beyond 2011 for training (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers take part in a shooting training course supervised by the U.S. army at a military base in Nassiriya, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, February 19, 2011. Picture taken February 19, 2011. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - Some Iraqi soldiers are worried about the U.S. troops' withdrawal from Iraq at the end of the year and say the country's security forces need more training to use the modern tanks and jets it has bought.


Suicide car bombs kill five at Baghdad Green Zone (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 09:34 AM PDT

An injured man sits on a hospital bed in Baghdad, after two suicide car bombs exploded at an entrance to Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone. Two suicide car bombings killed five people and wounded 15 on Monday at the entrance to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, where an Arab League summit is due to be held next month.(AFP)AFP - Two suicide car bombings killed five people and wounded 15 on Monday at the entrance to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, where an Arab League summit is due to be held next month.


Car bombs kill 5 at entrance to Baghdad Green Zone (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:57 AM PDT

The remains of a vehicle used in a bomb attack are seen near Baghdad's Green Zone April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Haider KadhimReuters - Two powerful car bombs exploded near a security checkpoint at a crowded entrance to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone Monday, killing five people and wounding at least 15, a security official said.


(AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:21 PM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials: Twin car bombs kill 9 at security checkpoint outside Green Zone in Baghdad.
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