2011年4月27日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2009 file photo, CIA Director Leon Panetta speaks with reporters at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va. President Barack Obama plans this week to name Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the nation's top national security leadership, administration and other sources said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)AP - In a major national security reshuffle, President Barack Obama is sending CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon to replace Robert Gates, a widely praised Bush holdover, and replacing Panetta at the spy agency with Gen. David Petraeus, the high-profile commander of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Iraq culture chief escapes assassination bid (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:04 AM PDT

A security officer looks at the damaged car belonging to Iraq's top theatre official after he narrowly escaped an assassination bid in Baghdad.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq's top theatre and film official narrowly escaped assassination on Wednesday when a magnetic "sticky bomb" affixed to his car detonated shortly after he parked it, he told AFP.

AP sources: Crocker top pick for Afghan post (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 27, 2010 file photo, Ryan Crocker testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama is likely to name Crocker as the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, several sources told The Associated Press, signaling the beginning of a far-reaching turnover of the nation's top leadership team for the war in Afghanistan as the U.S prepares to begin forces home this summer. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Seasoned diplomat Ryan Crocker has emerged as the top candidate to become the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, part of a far-reaching revamping of the nation's top leadership in the conflict there, now in its 10th year.

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