2011年6月13日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Ex-Army major pleads guilty to water deal bribes (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:32 PM PDT

AP - A retired U.S. Army major pleaded guilty Monday to accepting $250,000 in bribes for contracts to supply bottled water to American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

CIA role suspected in 2003 Iraq prison homicide (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:44 PM PDT

A US soldier walks between cells with Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad in 2004. A secret US federal grand jury is looking into the role of CIA agents in several alleged AFP - A secret US federal grand jury is looking into the role of CIA agents in several alleged "war on terror" abuse cases, including the November 2003 homicide of a prisoner at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, Time magazine reported Monday.

Iraq's contested football chief resigns (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:21 AM PDT

The contested president of the Iraqi Football Federation (IFA), Hussein Said, pictured in 2010, who lives in exile in Jordan, announced his resignation Monday to end a long-standing dispute that has paralysed the body.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - The contested president of the Iraqi Football Federation (IFA), Hussein Said, who lives in exile in Jordan, announced his resignation Monday to end a long-standing dispute that has paralysed the body.

Suicide bomber kills 5 people in southern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:16 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 13, 2011. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a police building in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, killing and wounding several people, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a police building in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, killing five people, officials said.

Bye-Bye bidets! US troops leaving Saddam palaces (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 09:01 PM PDT

In this May 9, 2011 photo, U.S. Army soldiers walk past the building that once served as a jail cell for the late Saddam Hussein along with his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid 'Chemical Ali,' which still stands on the Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. As the U.S. plans to reduce its military forces to zero by Dec. 31, 2011, Hussein's palaces will be handed over to the Shiite-led Iraqi government that replaced the Sunni dictator. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Available soon: nine palaces in lakeside complex frequented by visiting kings and dictators, beautiful molded ceilings and light fixtures, many bidets, Saddam Hussein mural and former prison cell. As is, with Tomahawk missile damage. Contact: U.S. Army.

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