2011年4月28日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Suicide bomber kills 8 at Shiite mosque in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 02:10 PM PDT

Municipality bulldozer cleans up while Iraqi security forces stand guard at the scene of a road side bomb in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Targeting a police patrol the explosion wounded a number of people, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A suicide bomber disguised as a worshipper blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad Thursday and killed eight people, a police spokesman said, shattering a period of relative calm across the country.


10 killed in Iraq mosque suicide attack (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:26 PM PDT

Iraqi soldiers look at the debris of a Shiite Muslim mosque following a suicide bombing in Baladruz in 2005. A suicide bomber killed 10 people as he blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in Baladruz on Thursday, as nationwide violence left 16 dead, including senior police and army officers.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - A suicide bomber killed 10 people as he blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in central Iraq on Thursday, as nationwide violence left 16 dead, including senior police and army officers.


Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 17 in Iraq mosque (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:03 PM PDT

This undated photo released Thursday, April 28, 2011, by the U.S. Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, N.C., shows Sgt. David P. Day, 26, of Gaylord, Mich. The Pentagon says Day died April 24 in Badghis province of Afghanistan during combat operations. Day joined the corps in 2003 and served tour tours of duty in Iraq before being deployed to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps)Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -At least eight people were killed and 17 wounded on Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Iraq's Diyala province, security officials said.


10 dead in Iraq mosque suicide bomb: official (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers look at the debris of a Shiite Muslim mosque following a suicide bombing in Baladruz in 2005. A suicide bomber killed 10 people as he blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in Baladruz on Thursday, as nationwide violence left 16 dead, including senior police and army officers.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims inside a mosque in the central Iraqi town of Baladruz on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, a security official said.


(AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:52 AM PDT

AP - Officials say suicide bomber attacked mosque north of Baghdad, killing 8.

Strategic shift in Afghanistan seen under new U.S. envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:50 AM PDT

Reuters - The nomination of diplomatic heavyweight Ryan Crocker as the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan represents a shift by Washington away from a military surge to a new political emphasis as foreign troops prepare to leave, diplomats and analysts said on Thursday.

US military: American soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:08 AM PDT

This undated photo released Thursday, April 28, 2011, by the U.S. Marine Corps in Camp Lejeune, N.C., shows Sgt. David P. Day, 26, of Gaylord, Mich. The Pentagon says Day died April 24 in Badghis province of Afghanistan during combat operations. Day joined the corps in 2003 and served tour tours of duty in Iraq before being deployed to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps)AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in southern Iraq in a non-combat related incident.


Iraq tries to revive ailing date industry (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:44 AM PDT

Women collect dates at a date palm orchard in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Mushtaq MuhammedReuters - Standing in the middle of what was once a date palm oasis overlooking the Tigris River, Salim Abdulla al-Salim sees little hope in Iraq's quest to relive its heyday as the world's leading producer of dates.


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

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:02 PM PDT

FILE - CIA Director Leon Panetta testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo. Administration sources say President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief's job.  The changes are expected to be announced Thursday April 28, 2011 at the White House. (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.


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