2011年5月18日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq donkey named Smoke now at home in Nebraska (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Retired marine Colonel John Folsom watches as Smoke, the Iraqi donkey, checks out Annie, a 27 year-old Arabian horse, at the Miracle Hills Ranch and Stables, in Fort Calhoun, Neb., Wednesday, May 18, 2011. After traveling more than 6,000 miles from Iraq, Smoke the Donkey, who became a friend and mascot to a group of U.S. Marines living in Iraq's Anbar Province nearly three years ago, takes up residence in eastern Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Smoke The Donkey is now at his new home in an eastern Nebraska pasture after a more than 6,000-mile journey.


Marines' donkey mascot comes to U.S. after Iraq rescue (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Reuters - Smoke the Donkey's long odyssey from Iraq to Omaha gives new meaning to the U.S. Marine Corps motto "semper fi."


Qaeda 'military leader' in Iraq arrested: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:26 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier pictured on the streets of the capital Baghdad on May 8, 2011. The Iraqi army arrested the alleged military leader of Al-Qaeda's offshoot in Iraq, Mikhlif Mohammed Hussein al-Azzawi, and three of his acolytes in a raid on Wednesday, the defence ministry said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - The Iraqi army arrested the alleged military leader of Al-Qaeda's offshoot in Iraq, Mikhlif Mohammed Hussein al-Azzawi, and three of his acolytes in a raid on Wednesday, the defence ministry said.


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