2011年4月23日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi cleric's followers demand U.S. troops leave (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Hundreds of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of Baghdad on Saturday, trampling U.S. flags and vowing to escalate military resistance if U.S. troops fail to leave Iraq this year.

Iraq PM pledges not to ask for US troop extension (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:08 AM PDT

A handout picture released by Iraqi Prime Minister's Office shows Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chairing a cabinet meeting on February 27, 2011 in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has pledged that Baghdad would not ask US troops to stay in the country beyond a year-end pullout, his office said on Saturday.(AFP/IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE/File)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has pledged that Baghdad would not ask US troops to stay in the country beyond a year-end pullout, his office said on Saturday.


Two US soldiers killed in Iraq: military (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:03 AM PDT

US soldiers attend a naturalisation ceremony at al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory, November 2010. Two American soldiers have been killed during a mission in southern Iraq, the US military said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Two American soldiers have been killed during a mission in southern Iraq, the US military said on Saturday.


Iraqi Shi'ites want Saudis to withdraw from Bahrain (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Hundreds of Iraqi Shi'ites rallied in Baghdad on Saturday to demand the immediate withdrawal of Saudi troops from Bahrain, which has sparked reminders of Iraq's own sectarian divide.

2 US soldiers killed in southern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 05:39 AM PDT

A man dressed as a U.S. soldier pretends to be detained by supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a parade near Sadr's office in Iraq's southern province of Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Atef HassanAP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq.


Iraqi Kurd demo fatalities rise to 10 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:59 AM 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, on April 18, 2011. A 28-year-old Kurdish protester died of gunshot wounds on Saturday, becoming the tenth person killed in more than two months of rallies in Iraq's northern autonomous region, a doctor said.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - A 28-year-old Kurdish protester died of gunshot wounds on Saturday, becoming the tenth person killed in more than two months of rallies in Iraq's northern autonomous region, a doctor said.


Iraq must decide in "weeks" on U.S. troops: Mullen (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:55 AM PDT

A U.S. soldier (R) watches Iraqi soldiers take part in a training course in Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad October 24, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Iraq has only weeks to decide if it wants to keep U.S. troops beyond an end-2011 deadline for their withdrawal, the top U.S. military officer said Friday in Baghdad following talks with Iraq's prime minister.


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