2011年6月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Attorney: KBR created hostile work environment (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT

Jamie Leigh Jones, center, pauses before answering a question as her husband, Kallan Daigle, right, and attorney Todd Kelly, stand with her outside the federal courthouse Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in Houston. Opening statements began Tuesday in the civil lawsuit filed by Jones, an ex-female contractor who claims she was raped by co-workers in Iraq in 2005 while employed by a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary and then held against her will when she tried to report the assault. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - A hostile work environment has been a longtime problem for military contractor KBR Inc., which failed to protect workers who were sexually assaulted or harassed, an attorney for a woman who claims she was raped by co-workers in Iraq told jurors Tuesday.

McConnell: Send Iraqis charged in Ky. to Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:37 PM PDT

AP - The top-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate wants two Iraqis facing terrorism-related charges in Kentucky sent to the prison at Guantanamo Bay rather than allow them to face trial in a civilian court.

Seven killed in Qaeda-style Iraq raid on govt HQ (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:28 PM PDT

A map locating Baquba in Iraq. residents of Kadugli waiting to collect water(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Gunmen blasted their way into government offices in central Iraq on Tuesday with two car bombs and suicide blasts that killed seven people and mirrored a March raid claimed by Al-Qaeda.

Lawmaker wants accused Iraqis sent to Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday called on the Obama administration to send two Iraqis who are accused of trying to help al Qaeda to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Attackers kill 9 at Iraqi government compound (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 10:59 AM PDT

A map locating Baquba in Iraq. residents of Kadugli waiting to collect water(AFP/Graphic)AP - Assailants set off a suicide car bomb and then stormed a government compound in a complex attack Tuesday, killing nine people in a former Sunni insurgent stronghold northeast of Baghdad.

Top US senator urges Guantanamo for Iraqi suspects (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 10:50 AM PDT

This photo, reviewed by US military officials, shows the Gautanamo Bay Camp VI in Guantanamo in 2010. The US Senate's top Republican, Mitch McConnell, called for two Iraqi nationals facing terrorism charges in his home state to be shipped to the controversial facility.(AFP/File/Virginie Montet)AFP - The US Senate's top Republican, Mitch McConnell, called Tuesday for two Iraqis facing terrorism charges in his home state to be shipped to the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Gunmen, suicide bombers storm Iraq council building (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 10:18 AM PDT

A map locating Baquba in Iraq. residents of Kadugli waiting to collect water(AFP/Graphic)Reuters - Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a provincial council in central Iraq on Tuesday after exploding a car bomb outside, killing at least 8 people before Iraqi forces retook the building with help from U.S. troops.

6 killed, tanks near Iraq as Syria faces backlash (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:57 AM PDT

An image grab taken from footage broadcast by the Syrian state television shows Syrian troops deployed in the flashpoint town of Jisr al-Shughur. Six civilians were killed Tuesday and tanks were deployed near Syria's border with Iraq, activists said as President Bashar al-Assad came under sharp pressure to halt a crackdown on democracy protests.(AFP/Syrian TV)AFP - Six civilians were killed Tuesday and tanks were deployed near Syria's border with Iraq, activists said as President Bashar al-Assad came under sharp pressure to halt a crackdown on democracy protests.

Tanks, troops move to snuff out Syria resistance (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:14 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Sunday June 12, 2011 and during a government-organised tour for media, a Syrian woman reacts as she welcomes the Syrian army soldiers, after they enter the town of Jisr al-Shughour, north of Damascus, Syria. Syrians poured across the border Monday to refugee camps in Turkey, fleeing a military crackdown that sent elite forces backed by helicopters and tanks into a northern town that was spinning out of government control. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Syrian tanks and the government's most loyal troops pushed into more towns and villages Tuesday, trying to snuff out any chance that the uprising against President Bashar Assad could gain a base for a wider armed rebellion.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,460 (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at least 4,460 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq's Sadr asks Bahrain to pardon Shiites (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, seen here in January, has called on Bahrain to pardon two Shiite protesters sentenced to death over the killing of two policemen in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.(AFP/QASSEM ZEIN)AFP - Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday called on Bahrain to pardon two Shiite protesters sentenced to death over the killing of two policemen in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:45 AM PDT

Two US soldiers prepare to enter a suspected terrorist hideout on the outskirts of Baghdad in 2006. Two US soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq, the military said on Tuesday, raising the number of American troops killed this month to eight.(AFP/US Army/File/Spc. Joshua R. Ford)AFP - Two US soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq, the military said on Tuesday, raising the number of American troops killed this month to eight.

(AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:42 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi army official says 8 killed in attack on government compound northeast of Baghdad.

4 suicide and car bombs kill 7 in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:44 AM PDT

Map locating Baquba in Iraq where militants blasted their way into government offices with two car bombs and suicide explosions that killed seven people and mirrored a similar March raid claimed by Al-Qaeda.(AFP/Graphics/pp/gc)AFP - Two car bombs followed by two suicide explosions against provincial government offices in central Iraq on Tuesday killed seven people and wounded 17 others, a security official said.

Nervous Iraqis buying more assault rifles, pistols (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:04 AM PDT

In this June 8, 2011 photo, a weapons dealer examines a pistol as he displays weapons for sale at his house in Baghdad. Iraqis are facing a changing and uncertain future, and they're dealing with it by arming up. (AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra)AP - Saadoun al-Sahil already had an AK-47 assault rifle at home but just didn't feel safe. The furniture merchant was worried about violence in Baghdad and the impending U.S. withdrawal of troops. So he bought two pistols and some more ammunition.

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