2011年5月8日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


'Al-Qaeda mutiny' kills 17 at Baghdad jail (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT

Hightened security is seen on the streets of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The accused Al-Qaeda mastermind of last year's Baghdad church siege overpowered a policeman, sparking a jail mutiny on Sunday in which six Iraqi police and 11 inmates were killed.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - The accused Al-Qaeda mastermind of last year's Baghdad church siege overpowered a policeman, sparking a jail mutiny on Sunday in which six Iraqi police and 11 inmates were killed.


17 killed in al-Qaida assault on Iraqi prison (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 09:21 AM PDT

Mourners carry the coffin Brigadier Muaeid Mohammed Saleh during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 8, 2011. Salah , the head of a department responsible for combating terrorism and organized crime in eastern Baghdad, was killed when prisoners entered his office and shot him along with another officer who was in the room. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The accused mastermind of a Baghdad church siege that killed dozens last fall nearly escaped from prison Sunday after wresting a gun from a guard and launching an hours-long assault that left 17 people dead, including a top Iraqi counterterrorism general.


Al Qaeda leader, 17 others killed in Iraq jail clash (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT

Reuters - Eighteen people, including an al Qaeda leader and a senior Iraqi counter-terrorism official, died in a battle between inmates and security officers during a jailbreak attempt in Baghdad Sunday, security officials said.

(AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 05:51 AM PDT

AP - Bahrain state media says the king has ordered an end to emergency law imposed to crush protests.
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