2011年5月14日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Operation Donkey brings Iraqi equine to US (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 03:21 PM PDT

In this Sept. 11, 2008 photo provided by the Department of Defense and Retired Marine Col. John Folsom, Smoke the Donkey takes part in a Freedom Walk event at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq. It took 37 days and a group of determined animal-lovers, but the donkey from Iraq is now a U.S. resident. Smoke The Donkey, who became the friend and mascot of a group of U.S. Marines living in Iraq’s Anbar Province nearly three years ago, arrived in New York this week aboard a cargo jet from Turkey. After being quarantined for two days he was released Saturday and began road trip to Omaha, Nebraska, where he is destined to become a therapy animal. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)AP - It took 37 days and a group of determined animal lovers, but a donkey from Iraq is now a U.S. resident.

Iraq sticks to ambitious oil output target (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani is pictured in 2010. Iraq insisted on Saturday it will boost oil production fivefold in the coming years, despite IMF predictions that it will fall short, and that power supplies would meet fast-rising demand by 2013.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq insisted on Saturday it will boost oil production fivefold in the coming years, despite IMF predictions that it will fall short, and that power supplies would meet fast-rising demand by 2013.

IRAQ NOTEBOOK: GIs are losing their joe (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT

In this May 11, 2011 photo, Sania Savic, 42, of Bulgaria, left, and Nayyer Pervaiz, 30, of Pakistan, center, contractors with Qatar International Trade, which has offices in the U.S. Victory Base Camp outside Baghdad, sit at a table outside the Green Beans Coffee shop. As U.S. troops prepare to leave Iraq, the few perks of living on military bases are among the first casualties of the withdrawal. Fast food restaurants, boutique coffee shops, activity nights and other comforts of home that have helped soldiers get through the years will be shuttered this summer. (AP Photo/ Lara Jakes)AP - No more lattes? War is hell.

Turkish forces kill 12 Kurd fighters crossing from Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Reuters - Turkish security forces killed at least 12 Kurdish militants after they were spotted crossing the border from Iraq, the military said on Saturday, while a soldier was killed by a mine blast.

Police: Iraqi Christian kidnapped for $100K ransom (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:30 AM PDT

In this Sept. 11, 2008 photo provided by the Department of Defense and Retired Marine Col. John Folsom, Smoke the Donkey takes part in a Freedom Walk event at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq. It took 37 days and a group of determined animal-lovers, but the donkey from Iraq is now a U.S. resident. Smoke The Donkey, who became the friend and mascot of a group of U.S. Marines living in Iraq’s Anbar Province nearly three years ago, arrived in New York this week aboard a cargo jet from Turkey. After being quarantined for two days he was released Saturday and began road trip to Omaha, Nebraska, where he is destined to become a therapy animal. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)AP - Police say a Christian man in a northern Iraqi city has been kidnapped and is being held for a $100,000 ransom.

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