2011年5月20日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Baghdad trials city-wide security siren (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 05:02 AM PDT

Hightened security is seen on the streets of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 8, 2011. Iraqi authorities tested a Baghdad-wide siren system on Friday designed to alert residents to foreign attacks, natural disasters and fires, the first such system since Saddam Hussein's 2003 ouster.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi authorities tested a Baghdad-wide siren system on Friday designed to alert residents to foreign attacks, natural disasters and fires, the first such system since Saddam Hussein's 2003 ouster.


Iraqis flee violence in Syria, return home (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:42 AM PDT

In this photo taken May 1, 2011 Salim Rahim, right, and his family during an interview with The Associated Press after their return from Libya, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis fleeing Syria are easily identifiable at the Baghdad bus station. They pull from the bus's undercarriage a sad array of worldy possessions: blankets and mattresses tied with cord, TVs, curtain rods, boxes from the U.N.'s refugee agency that once were filled with food aid now packed with clothes and baby toys. As violence sweeps Middle Eastern countries such as Libya, Syria and Yemen, Iraqis who fled the problems their country has endured for decades are beginning to return home. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - It's easy to identify the Iraqis fleeing the violent uprising in Syria as they arrive by bus in Baghdad.


Triple bombing kills 27 at Iraqi police station (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 11:13 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a bombing in Kirkuk, 180 miles, or 290 kilometers, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 19, 2011. Twin bombs that appeared timed to lure policemen out of their fortified headquarters killed and wounded dozens of policemen. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)AP - A triple bombing killed 27 people and wounded scores outside a police station, heightening tensions in a northern Iraqi city already on edge after a string of kidnappings and attacks against security officers.


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