2011年6月21日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Woman's Iraq rape allegations, history questioned (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:03 PM PDT

AP - Attorneys for military contractor KBR Inc. and an ex-KBR firefighter tried to portray a Texas woman who says she was drugged and sexually assaulted in Iraq at the hands of co-workers as someone with a history of dishonesty and tried to point out to jurors on Tuesday what they believe are inconsistencies in her claims.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,463 (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 01:22 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at least 4,463 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Why the Muslim Brotherhood Are Egypt's Best Democrats (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Time.com - After the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, many Western commentators were surprised at the ease with which Iraq's religious movements adapted to multiparty democracy

Iran and Iraq to discuss future of Camp Ashraf (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:23 AM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (R) and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari (L) shake hands during their joint press conference after their meeting in Tehran. Iran and Iraq will discuss with the Red Cross the future of an outlawed armed Iranian opposition group living in Iraq, Zebari said on Tuesday.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Iran and Iraq will discuss with the Red Cross the future of an outlawed armed Iranian opposition group living in Iraq, visiting Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Tuesday.


22 killed in rare attack in Iraq's Shiite south (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of two car bombs that ripped through a group of policemen outside the local ogvernor's home in the central Iraqi city of Diwaniyah. Two car bombs ripped through a guard post killing 26 policemen outside the provincial governor's home in Diwaniyah city, officials said, amid a surge of violence across Iraq.(AFP/-)AP - Twin explosions including a suicide bombing killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens early Tuesday near a government compound in a rare attack in the Shiite heartland, Iraqi officials said.


Bombs kill 25 at local Iraqi governor's house (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:54 AM PDT

Security personnel and rescue workers gather at the site of a bomb attack in Diwaniya, 150 km (95 miles) south of Baghdad, June 21, 2011. REUTERS/Imad al-KhozaiReuters - Two bombs killed at least 25 people at a checkpoint outside a provincial Iraqi governor's house on Tuesday in the latest in a series of attacks against local government and security forces.


Twin car bomb attacks on Iraqi governor kill 26 (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:13 AM PDT

Iraqi rescue teams arrive at the scene of two car bombs that ripped through a group of policemen outside the local ogvernor's home in Diwaniyah. Two suicide car bombs ripped through a guard post killing 26 people outside the provincial governor's home in Diwaniyah city, officials said, as violence surged across Iraq.(AFP/-)AFP - Two suicide car bombs ripped through a guard post killing 26 people outside the provincial governor's home in Diwaniyah city on Tuesday, officials said, as violence surged across Iraq.


Indian firm to build new power plant in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:19 AM PDT

An electrical engineer working for the Karekh municipality is strapped to a pylon as he fixes electrical cables in Baghdad, 2005. An Indian infrastructure firm said it has signed a multi-million-dollar deal to build an power plant in Iraq as part of the war-torn country's plans to cut its energy deficit.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - An Indian infrastructure firm on Tuesday said it has signed a multi-million-dollar deal to build an power plant in Iraq as part of the war-torn country's plans to cut its energy deficit.


(AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 11:15 PM PDT

AP - Iraq officials: 22 killed by 2 suicide car bombs hitting government compound south of Baghdad.
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