2011年7月6日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


In Iraq, suicide bomber kills 2 police (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:29 PM PDT

The Iraqi press and military gather at the site of a mass grave in February 2011, close the northeastern city of Baquba. Iraqi authorities uncovered a mass grave with 900 corpses near the central city of Diwaniyah on Wednesday, believed to be Kurds killed during the rule of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said.(AFP/File)AP - Iraqi officials say two police officers have been killed in a suicide bombing outside a car dealership in eastern Iraq.


Mass grave with 900 corpses found in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:03 PM PDT

The Iraqi press and military gather at the site of a mass grave in February 2011, close the northeastern city of Baquba. Iraqi authorities uncovered a mass grave with 900 corpses near the central city of Diwaniyah on Wednesday, believed to be Kurds killed during the rule of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said.(AFP/File)AFP - Iraqi authorities uncovered a mass grave with 900 corpses near the central city of Diwaniyah on Wednesday, believed to be Kurds killed during the rule of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said.


Sadr says Iraqis employed with US are outcasts (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Anti-US Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, pictured in 2010, said Wednesday that his movement would not accept countrymen who had worked with AFP - Anti-US Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Wednesday that his movement would not accept countrymen who had worked with "the Americans," unless they had genuinely repented.


Iran and Iraq ink accords, vow to put past behind (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:29 AM PDT

A handout picture released by the Iraqi prime minister's office shows Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki (R) greeting Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi upon his arrival for a meeting in Baghdad. Baghdad and Tehran pledged on Wednesday to strengthen ties and put the past behind them, even as Washington accuses Iran of supplying new and more lethal weapons to anti-US militias.(AFP/IPMO)AFP - Baghdad and Tehran pledged on Wednesday to strengthen ties and put the past behind them, even as Washington accuses Iran of supplying new and more lethal weapons to anti-US militias.


Iran opposition head rejects U.S. plan for Iraq camp (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:03 AM PDT

Reuters - The leader of an exiled Iranian opposition group rejected a U.S. proposal to move the residents of a dissident camp in Iraq to a new location following deadly clashes in April, saying the plan would lead to a "massacre."

Iranian envoy seeks Iraq ties at `highest level' (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 07:13 AM PDT

AP - Iraq's prime minister told a senior Iranian envoy Wednesday that their economic bonds can expand in all directions as Baghdad signaled deepening ties with its anti-American neighbor despite worries from Washington and Arab allies.

Iraq's foreign workers fret over labor crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 06:28 AM PDT

Reuters - One of the legions of foreign laborers in Iraq, Bangladeshi mechanic Rajauol Abdul Haq managed to provide for his three children back home despite his meager pay and long, hard hours at a Baghdad auto repair shop.

Time short for Iraq to request U.S. troops stay: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 03:02 AM PDT

Reuters - The White House on Tuesday said time was running short for Iraq to issue a request for U.S. troops to stay in the country beyond the end of this year.
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